Example sentences of "not [verb] they [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who knows what the exact situation will be and what problems will arise as those changes are forced upon the Scottish people who did not want them in the first place ? |
| 2 | Given then that all public sector organizations will keep meticulous records of debtors , it is hard to see that much effort is saved by not incorporating them in the double entry . |
| 3 | the best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 4 | ‘ The best way to solve pollution problems is not to create them in the first place . |
| 5 | I can not chuck them at the last minute . |
| 6 | Certainly the tabular method of presenting results does not show them in the best light and the use of graphs would have made them much more accessible . |
| 7 | Most countries organize censuses of their population on something like ten-yearly intervals , but not all do , and they certainly do not do them at the same point in time . |
| 8 | Some were canonised and others — like Eckhart and Tauler — were hounded by the Church , but all were seen to be of enormous importance by their contemporaries , even by people who could not follow them into the inner world . |
| 9 | Although they will gallop around trying to get rid of the bot-fly , they seem to quickly discover that the bot will not follow them into the dense shade of a shelter shed or stable . |
| 10 | Clearly , if the knowledge that classes A and B were once distinct is no longer present in speakers ' minds , they can not pick out the class B items and so can not separate them from the merged class and then re-merge them with a completely different class . |
| 11 | For though princes might now punish delinquent vassals or officials ( see pp. 360 , 286 ) , there was solid political sense in not subjecting them to the same penalties as lesser men . |
| 12 | Since then , negatively , he did not number them among the twelve , it may be held to have been his intention not to do so . |
| 13 | In a national park , 33 such species were found : one endemic ( Acacia koa , Leguminosae ) though six other indigenous species were pantropical coastal plants , but three others with such nectaries elsewhere in their range did not have them in the Hawaiian populations . |
| 14 | My flocks of thought have dispersed and become lost for I have not marked them with the branding iron of the images . |
| 15 | Why not circulate them to the whole group . |
| 16 | In considering Lanfranc 's letter of 1072 , we were faced with the question : Why did he not produce them at the papal court ? |
| 17 | This is a matter of personal conscience and what every member in the council chamber today must be aware of , is that there is a vociferous and committed group of people we know that because we 've all had a great deal of communication from them and interestingly enough I have and most of the communication I 've had has been in favour so victory , people who write must be extremely perceptive in , with er marketing the that 's not the point , we all know that there is a committed and vociferous group of people whose consciences do not lead them to the same conclusions as Mr 's conscience and the issue really is , do we in a liberal and democratic society have the right to impose our consciences on those of other people who live in the community and quite clearly and quite determinedly take a different view . |
| 18 | They might be , predictably , so unpopular that Parliament would not pass them in the first place . |
| 19 | Why is it that those countries can accept basic , decent minimum standards for their people whereas this Government will not accept them for the British people ? |
| 20 | David does n't want them in the first place and he wo n't argue , I 've discussed it with Robin he wo n't argue , erm Richard who 's the only one that could really be regarded as a loser dare n't argue 'cos it 's his report that recommends we they come back to us , and John wo n't understand the item so I think we 're alright there . |
| 21 | You do n't want them in the next group with us do you ? |
| 22 | They get bored easily , so if you ca n't excite them in the first 30 seconds of your record , you are probably in the wrong business . |
| 23 | We all like ‘ to do right ’ by our horses and this often involves the over-feeding of supplements , either because the horse does n't need them in the first place or because we tend to think ‘ a little bit extra will do him even more good ’ . |
| 24 | I mean , as you say , I cover all the points but because you do n't do them in the right order perhaps you muck them up |
| 25 | I could n't convince them at the other end that I needed an ambulance because I was outside the hospital . |
| 26 | Whether they 're hard to get or whether they have n't got them on the normal channels I do n't know ! |
| 27 | I do n't like them in the slightest . ’ |
| 28 | I 've looked with binoculars and I ca n't see them with the naked eye . |
| 29 | They do n't er , you ca n't see them in the same way you could go and see your parents . |
| 30 | Do n't miss them over the next few months — in fact , you can ensure that you get them , and get a free thermometer , by filling in the form on page 23 . |