Example sentences of "not [verb] the [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 2 | Last week , the Physiological Society decided that it would not pursue the matter at the present time , and would accept the foundation 's argument . |
| 3 | in so doing , he is not denying the value at the root of the accusation — namely , that prejudice is wrong . |
| 4 | Conversely , the fact that an applicant is given leave does not prevent the court at the hearing stage deciding , for example , that the application should fail because of undue delay , even if the issue of delay was argued and expressly decided in the applicant 's favour at the leave stage . |
| 5 | The vote for the Green Party , which did not contest the seat at the general election , was only 2 per cent . |
| 6 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 7 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 8 | This can be exercised during the " cooling-off " period where the debtor did not sign the agreement at the business premises of the creditor , a party to a linked transaction , or a negotiator in antecedent negotiations ( s67(b) ) . |
| 9 | These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end . |
| 10 | It is , of course , easier to start a new business , whether co-operative or conventional in organisation , which does not demand the investment at the outset of large sums but can build up its capital assets from a modest beginning . |
| 11 | He asked me to take a message to the Blackpool Conference conveying to the delegates that he felt that he could not lead the Party at the General Election , and inviting those whose business it was to do so , to take soundings about the future leadership . |
| 12 | Note that for total safety , the command procedure must also trap to the Exit routine on errors , so that a VMS error can not leave the user at the DCL prompt with any of the default privileges . |
| 13 | The industry has marketed Britain energetically as a year-round destination , with many attractions that do not leave the visitor at the mercy of our fickle weather . |
| 14 | If the load exceeds the peak static torque the motor can not hold the load at the position demanded by the phase excitation . |
| 15 | If a larger bird is low in the queue , why does it not displace the bird at the head ? |
| 16 | This form is not to be recommended to a landlord , because if his power is restricted to a power to determine for certain specified purposes , he may lose the power altogether if he can not establish the purpose at the crucial date . |
| 17 | The police officer had him handcuffed to him and so was unable to make a contemporaneous note of the conversation until he reached the police station ( though he did not record the reason for not making the note at the time , nor the time when the note was made ) . |
| 18 | A good illustration of this is provided by a recent study of surgery for otitis media with effusion , in which 34% of children operated on were found not to have the condition at the time of surgery . |
| 19 | The measurement for the length of the trunk , measured from the breast bone to the point of the rump , should not exceed the height at the withers by more than 15 per cent . |
| 20 | She said the company did not own the land at the rear of the shops and was not therefore responsible for maintaining it , but added : ‘ As a gesture of goodwill , we will organise to have the rubbish cleared . ’ |
| 21 | If the computer can not find the part at the local air base , the request is automatically forwarded , via satellite , to the right place back in America . |
| 22 | I mean you 're going with me now if I do n't make the grade at the interview |
| 23 | exercise some option to , to switch it over and I did n't need the cash at the time |
| 24 | You do n't need the diploma at the top |
| 25 | We have n't got the money at the moment we have |
| 26 | So , you know , there 's no point in having all these systems set up if you have n't got the support at the branch level for it . |
| 27 | Do n't like the dentist at the best of times . |
| 28 | Polly did n't understand the bitterness at the corners of his mouth . |
| 29 | He could n't see the hedge at the far end . |
| 30 | ‘ It is a pity you did n't see the girl at the place she died . |