Example sentences of "not [v-ing] the [noun] [prep] 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 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 3 | When his dinghy blew out to sea , he swum after it , not realising the strength of the waves . |
| 4 | Bodie scowled , angry at the way a family , which had asked for protection , could then make itself so vulnerable by not trusting the judgment of the men they had hired . |
| 5 | However , there was also a considerable consensus from the non-arts staff of LEAs and colleges that arts teachers were not helping the advancement of the case for the arts in a number of ways . |
| 6 | The brush should be suspended in linseed oil , so that the bristles are in the oil , but not touching the bottom of the container , as this would distort the bristles . |
| 7 | This was scored by awarding one point for each step as follows : unscrewing bottle lid , tilting head back , gently pulling lower eyelid down , occluding the punctum , aiming accurately , avoiding hand shaking , squeezing bottle , not touching the eye with the bottle and blinking gently and slowly . |
| 8 | They 'd remove the hour and minute hands , drill a hole in the glass and insert a metal pin at the 55-second mark — not touching the face of the watch . |
| 9 | It 's very thorough , and if you are not producing the goods on the field you have to do it in training or you 'd be out . |
| 10 | In the North , protestant loyalists accuse catholic nationalists of not accepting the rights of the majority in the statelet to govern as it sees fit . |
| 11 | The offer is dependent on Owners Abroad shareholders not accepting the terms of the proposed link with Thomas Cook . |
| 12 | And they said we 're not naming the home for the elderly that will probably be closed . |
| 13 | Not easing the burden of the consequences in any way . |
| 14 | He called for working-class unity across the sectarian divide and accused both Unionist and Nationalist members of the council of not representing the interests of the working class . |
| 15 | It must be stressed that the courts are not challenging the merits of the decision but rather the power of the body in question to reach that particular decision . |
| 16 | Jones is not challenging the verdict of the FA commission , which found him guilty of bringing the game into disrepute , but he hopes for a reduction in the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an individual player . |
| 17 | Rhee condemned Hodge for not understanding the strength of the Korean wish for independence and for unity . |
| 18 | Is n't it — look , I know — is n't it like your signing or not signing the minutes of the last meeting ? |
| 19 | An unspoken assumption is that those not adopting the attitudes of the early twentieth century American ‘ other ’ were personally underdeveloped and possibly even deviant . |
| 20 | ‘ In the event of that not happening the operation of the facility would have to be reexamined given the prohibitive costs of covering wagons . |
| 21 | The RL board of directors accepted Steadman 's explanation but said he was ‘ irresponsible ’ in not checking the contents of the medicine which he bought from a chemist 's shop . |
| 22 | The Indian government had sought to maintain good relations with China by not condemning the crushing of the June pro-democracy demonstrations [ see pp. 36720-22 ] . |
| 23 | Not relishing the prospect in the slightest , she slid right under the water for a long moment , as though seeking sanctuary , then sat up abruptly , creating a tidal wave . |
| 24 | He is not denying the possibility of the English language overcoming the mind — body dichotomy nor of the Dinka language expressing it . |
| 25 | More recently , and critically , Jim Gillespie ( 1984 ) , while not denying the significance of the LLP , points to the need to break with the implicit teleology of these explanations . |
| 26 | in so doing , he is not denying the value at the root of the accusation — namely , that prejudice is wrong . |
| 27 | ‘ We do need to talk to the tutors and point out that the patterns of study that they are providing are not meeting the demands of the market , ’ Mr Armitage stresses . |
| 28 | He gave her the chance to enter into a light dalliance but she appeared totally unaware of his subtle overtures , wholly preoccupied in not spilling the beer over the gentleman . |
| 29 | On the other hand , given the importance the Netherlands attached to the Convention , the 1985 amendment was interpreted as not displacing the application of the Convention , and so the requirements of Article 15 had to be complied with . |
| 30 | In conversation about this family it may be perfectly understandable to say that ‘ one of Keith 's problems is that he is so aggressive ’ but it is not defining the problem from the viewpoint of intervention . |