Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It follows that in our judgment C.N.L. can not successfully bring themselves within the ratio of Peach v. Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis [ 1986 ] Q.B . |
| 2 | In other words , whilst appearing to criticize the antisemitism of Streicher and The Protocols , the author does not wholly distance himself from the traditions of antisemitism . |
| 3 | Can we entrust the future of Europe to a Germany which has still not wholly rid itself of a nationalism that hankers , whatever is said officially , over the ‘ lost ’ territories in the East , that still sees Germans as superior to other nations and races , that still relishes power over others ? |
| 4 | Can we entrust the future of Europe to a Germany which has still not wholly rid itself of a nationalism that hankers , whatever is said officially , over the ‘ lost ’ territories in the East , that still sees Germans as superior to other nations and races , that still relishes power over others ? |
| 5 | But the ancestral organs did not literally change themselves into the descendant organs , like swords being beaten into ploughshares . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the party could not entirely dissociate itself from the events which led to the formation of the National government , even if the chief villains , as far as it was concerned , were now in political opposition . |
| 7 | That individuals prosecuted for sodomy did not necessarily identify themselves with the demonized sodomite of official discourse also lends credence to Foucault 's distinction between sodomy as a kind of behaviour , and homosexuality as a modern identity . |
| 8 | Well , well , well , Captain , I nearly did you a great injustice a minute or two ago , I thought you had not perhaps addressed yourself to the problem on hand . |
| 9 | By taking certain needs to be universal , classical theory not only committed itself to a particular approach , but also defined its subject-matter . |
| 10 | Of great importance was the real incentive to [ Bunn ] not only to dis-embarrass himself of a thoroughly unsatisfactory debtor by getting a guarantee secured by a charge on a registered property , but also of producing a satisfactory answer to the awkward interest being shown by those at London Head Office . |
| 11 | We should , however , appreciate the close relationship that existed between the philosophical beliefs and the political doctrine , which not only manifested itself in the convergence of interests with respect to social problems and class politics , but also provided the proposed reform in education ( and other attempts to ‘ educate ’ young workers , such as the club movement ) with a certain authority . |
| 12 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 13 | She is not only asserting herself as an artist , she has painted herself with all the bloom and freshness of a young woman although she was in her mid sixties when it was made ! |
| 14 | Enter our simple competition and you could not only find yourself with the answer to all your bedroom storage needs , but also regain an extra , usable room . |
| 15 | By contrast , the failure to introduce new benefits , payments or services is a much blunter grievance : political opponents have only something hypothetical to discuss ; individual electors do not easily identify themselves with the deprived . |
| 16 | Finally , while the Americans were well aware of Britain 's economic problems , they could not easily reconcile themselves to the need for actual defence cuts . |
| 17 | As with all the stages so far discussed , during the process of learning to fly aerobatics the model will be put into many very unfamiliar positions and attitudes , so it is essential that your flying capabilities are such that you are not still finding yourself in a position where you are disorientated . |
| 18 | Once again , the marketing mentality permeates these specialist services for they need to understand marketing principles and concepts even if they do not directly involve themselves in the data and planning . |
| 19 | If the object-glass of a refractor or the mirror of a reflector is of poor quality , the images will also be poor — and a bad telescope does not always betray itself at a glance . |
| 20 | Thirdly , speakers of a language do not always comport themselves in the manner recommended by the prevailing mores-they can be outrageous , and otherwise " inappropriate " , So such a definition would make the data of pragmatics stand in quite an abstract relation to what is actually observable in language usage , whereas for many linguists one of the major contributions of pragmatics has been to direct attention once again to actual language usage . |
| 21 | I believe that Wales continues to be less severely affected by the recession than the United Kingdom as a whole , but it can not possibly shield itself from the recession both in the United Kingdom and in the rest of the world . |
| 22 | At the lac wild-type promoter , RNA polymerase does not correctly position itself in the absence of CRP [ 14,42 ] . |
| 23 | Furthermore , firms may set themselves several targets and not simply restrict themselves to the sole target of profit maximisation . |
| 24 | That application can not simply model itself on the procedures of empirical research , however , since it has to operate within contexts which preclude it . |
| 25 | But Borssele has not simply contented herself with the odd leak . |
| 26 | In the middle of a still most active social life I am being drawn into an absolute solitude in which I can not even entertain myself with the motions of the teleonomic mechanisms on stage or screen , and making love is equivalent to copulating with a perfectly lifelike mechanical doll . |
| 27 | Lewis , a metre behind , equalled the old world record of 9.93 seconds but could not even console himself with a new American best for he only equalled the time of Calvin Smith . |
| 28 | Code switching in this community therefore does not immediately lend itself to an account based on a notion of " we " and " they " : the " we " and " they " psychology must first be shown to exist . |
| 29 | The likelihood is that he saw the decisive disadvantages of Curzon but could not quite reconcile himself to the thought of the very junior Baldwin , who had so recently ‘ bounced ’ and damaged him over the debt settlement , being in 10 Downing Street . |
| 30 | He was certain that Scarlet would never behave so irrationally but could not quite rid himself of the image of the breakfast table . |