Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] the other [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Beware of the trap of spending time on long explanations in English on what something is. it may not exist in the other culture .
2 ‘ Let's not speak of the other night , shall we ? ’ she said coolly .
3 Since control means some infringement of individual liberty , great care has to be taken to ensure that the control is not abused , and also that it does not clash with the other needs for care and treatment .
4 Variation in colour , however , does not correlate with the other patterns .
5 This does not fit , however , with the reef limestones and it certainly does not fit with the other facies that show the same persistence .
6 This is so stupid that you might wonder why the employers did not plump for the other alternative — until you come to look at it !
7 There would , therefore , be the anomalous situation that half of the Scottish Bus Group would be subject to a statutory form of supervision which did not apply to the other half and that would be unsatisfactory .
8 Happily , such conditions did not apply to the other universities checked .
9 The visual identification of HAPCs was easy because of their high amplitude ( which did not overlap with the other contractions ) and their unequivocal propagation over at least three recording sites .
10 But , let me say by way of rejoinder , there is no necessary reason why things should not come about the other way round — with the personality regression preceding the growth in power of the state — and that even if this is a functional , rather than causal , relationship , it is nevertheless a significant one .
11 I mean , it 's a double cost whatever you take away , it 's likely to cost twice as much because the Europeans will not put in the other half of the money .
12 I ca n't compare with the other companies in the industry .
13 You ca n't answer for the other officers but you can answer for yourself .
14 ‘ And as for the idea that I am being some how manipulated all I can say is that I do n't know about the other girls but I have been in a similar industry — television , for the last couple of years and now I know how it works .
15 Or perhaps he felt he had no choice , perhaps he did n't know about the other places in the city which he could have gone to ; anyway he became a real regular , and soon he was there most nights , in fact every night , six nights a week , The Bar being open every day of the week except Monday , usually from the afternoon and always until three a.m. ( at least officially ) .
16 I do n't know about the other items .
17 I did n't know until the other day .
18 A Protestant woman , naturally , I do n't speak for the other sort . ’
19 The reason why a lot of Vox amplifiers blow up is because , when you turn the amplifier on , all the preamp tubes and power tubes are powered up , but if you 're only going to use one channel , plug the guitar in that one and take out the valves that you do n't use from the other channels , so the amp is n't quite as hot .
20 Stefan did n't room with the other members of the company in the Goldener Adler , nor in any other Gasthaus close to the theatre .
21 If if if if you were wanting to buy erm buy a house if you were moving house , and I did n't realize until the other day that ninety percent of people who buy and sell houses are moving within their own area .
22 The slogans of the main parties could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for the other party ’ ; and the only person rising in the polls was the leader of the Liberal Democrats , whose message could be summed up as ‘ Do n't vote for negative campaigning ’ .
23 I work hard at dull , practical things , she thought , and so everyone thinks I must be mature and reliable and sensible ; but really it 's because I ca n't cope with the other things , the things that are frightening and dangerous .
24 Although their rooting system did n't interfere with the other crops , the 18in-tall vines cast too heavy a shadow on the plants below .
25 No , I do n't play on the other machines either .
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