Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 Although it is the case that many of Freud 's speculations were mistaken , something he half , if not fully , expected would happen within biology , it is not possible to ignore the other aspects of the death-instinct theory which have an application within psychoanalysis , and its extension into sociology .
2 Though it is not possible to determine the relative roles of revegetation and acidic precipitation from this work along , in conjunction with other studies Renberg et al .
3 Massive chunks of history are missing and it is really not possible to understand the Abstract Expressionists without reference to how they incorporated or reacted against those earlier tendencies .
4 It is not possible to identify the proportional contributions of student and supervisor to the publication , in terms of information content , but in the case of mapping assignments , it would be logical to assume that the student performed most of the fieldwork , deriving theoretical insights in later discussion with the supervisor and others .
5 It is not possible to identify the proportional contributions of student and supervisor to the publication , in terms of information content , but in the case of mapping assignments , it would be logical to assume that the student performed most of the fieldwork , deriving theoretical insights in later discussion with the supervisor and others .
6 For a variety of reasons , therefore , it is not possible to regard the overall figures for the consultation as statistically representative of the views of solicitors in private practice as a whole .
7 ‘ We are not afraid to ask the dumb questions on this show , ’ he proclaims .
8 David DuBon has had to battle with a notoriously difficult subject , and is not afraid to state the plain facts , such as : ‘ it is no longer possible to determine whether its present form is that of the original piece ’ ( Vol .
9 It is sad to see that the ruling body of American golf is still not willing to invite the best players to compete in its Major Championships .
10 Reich claimed that Freud was not willing to draw the obvious conclusions from psychoanalysis , namely , that changes were needed in these institutions if the sexual repression was to be overcome .
11 I am not prepared to condemn the various newspapers which have written about this subject in a responsible way .
12 Western , in particular American , statesmen were not prepared to forgo the strategic benefits derived from bases and military facilities in the Gulf region while the Soviet Union retained a military presence in the peripheral countries of South Yemen ( PDRY ) , Ethiopia and Afghanistan .
13 It is not easy to survey the many areas in which there has been not only response to Dei Verbum , but also developments traceable to its influence , yet going far beyond what most of the Council 's members could have foreseen .
14 It is not easy to assess the social implications of the mine , but certainly there would have been overcrowding .
15 I think there 's a lot of the co , er , the smaller companies feel that way , but the bigger companies have tried the smaller ones , and I think we , we 're not likely to lose the bigger ones as easy as lose the small ones .
16 However the public is influenced by the wider allegations and Kitcher expresses concern that ‘ Those who have been beguiled into thinking that a high school course in evolutionary biology is the gateway to a life of violence and depravity are not likely to ponder the scientific credentials . ’
17 We 're not likely to make the same mistakes again .
18 It is not unusual to find the mobile forms of worm , such as polychaetes , swarming in large aggregations to breed , which is a good means of ensuring a high proportion of fertilized eggs .
19 Cos we 're not supposed to have the strong glues and it 's so much easier
20 And it 's not hard to guess the local sports facility adjacent to Ski View Road at Vicarage Farm in Sunderland !
21 The police were not competent to enforce the civil provisions , which required that employers should do so .
22 But such a bland and anodyne approach will fail even to begin to understand the basis of human society and is certainly not competent to uncover the true causes of our present social unrest .
23 The difficulty arises , as we saw with professional groupings , of sub-groups existing within an organisation that do not all share the same goals or values .
24 We can not all , as it already been emphasised by the last speaker we may not all be able to do the same things we have not all got the same gifts or the same responsibilities er within the church but you all have the same responsibilities in this light of God .
25 We do not all live the same lives nor do we all need the same things .
26 If I am not able to visit the Western Isles in the near future , I shall certainly act on his suggestion that we should send a team of Scottish Office officials and that will be arranged as soon as is reasonably practicable .
27 However , this is only the case because Marx was not able to ascertain the correct proportions between .
28 ‘ This equipment will prove very useful in testing premature babies we suspect might have hearing problems but who are not able to have the normal tests , ’ he said .
29 The common belief that resources are not available to implement the necessary changes is a major obstacle to the development of a new service delivery pattern .
30 It is not difficult to calculate the exact proportions of hawk and dove that give an equilibrium , if W < D. The calculation proceeds as follows .
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