Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [Wh adv] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we have nothing against foreign investment in British companies , and I can not think why the Hon. Gentleman should take that line . |
| 2 | Title V of the Maastricht Treaty stipulates that the Common Foreign and Security policy ‘ shall respect the obligations of certain Member States under the North Atlantic Treaty ’ ; but this does not explain why a new structure is necessary at all . |
| 3 | Government policy does not explain why the organized networks only covered certain areas , or why the illicit trade declined in Kurunagala at the end of the nineteenth century , but continued to thrive for another fifteen years in the Low Country before suffering a similar decline . |
| 4 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 5 | But it has to be reiterated that the CTP does not explain these observations : it does not explain how the impinging events give rise to awareness of those events . |
| 6 | So my answer to the question A is , I am not against a new settlement , of the right scale in the right location , but it is not a panacea , it is not an answer to all the questions , now it 's being offered in terms of a balanced strategy , I say that balanced strategy as put forward does not work , certainly beyond two thousand and six , and may grind to a halt well before two thousand and six if rates of development proceed er as they have done in certain years in the past , so it 's very important to look at that , can we just revisit the public acceptance of the new settlement , of course the public have accepted it and welcomed it , it has certain attractions , I support those attractions , however it 's easy for the public to accept that when measured against certain sites specific proposals that were put to them when they did not know where the new settlement would be , and still do not know , when new settlement locations are put forward it will be quite a different scenario . |
| 7 | But she did not know where the young men slept , either . |
| 8 | I really do not know where the hon. Gentleman found the ’ 44 ’ figure . |
| 9 | He thought about it for a few moments , but said nothing except that he did not understand why a second shoe had been stolen . |
| 10 | In fairness , the bank manager would concede , he could not see where the poor fellow could make another economy and continue to live a half-way acceptable life . |
| 11 | Many Frenchmen remained suspicious even of arming Germans within a European force , and many did not see why the French army should lose its own military independence by joining EDC . |
| 12 | But the fact remains that while local authorities demonstrate their continued inability to use the resources that are already at their disposal , when so many Labour-controlled authorities can not even be bothered to collect the huge sums in uncollected rent , I can not see why the hon. Gentleman should be concerned about the level of rents . |
| 13 | But I still do not see why the little houses . ’ |
| 14 | It went on , " I really do not see how a successful result could be achieved by forcible means . " |
| 15 | As their only specific spending pledges are on child benefit and pensions , I do not see how a Labour Administration would make one iota of difference to unemployment . |
| 16 | Experts in commons legislation do not see how a future purchaser could exploit timber , withdraw public access or charge for access on Newtown Common . |
| 17 | Although be knew that this happens , he did not think it plausible that all differences between cells could be caused in this way , because he could not see how a sufficient number of specific external stimuli could be brought to bear during development . |
| 18 | We can not see how the continued use of inappropriate information can enhance equity of health care . |
| 19 | There must be quite a number of readers who have had Uxbridge Cottage Pie at some time — and I obviously can not tell how the 1991 version compared with earlier versions — but I can say that I enjoyed this particular dish and that the taste and texture were very good . |
| 20 | It is noticeable that overgrowth cements only develop on biogenic carbonate grains , and do not form where the skeletal wall has been heavily bored by fungi or algae ( thus forming a ‘ micrite ’ envelope ) . |
| 21 | He could not imagine how an intelligent person ( as Ludo insisted this girl was ) would behave as Constance had , unless there were some emotional flaw in her . |
| 22 | Well I ca n't think why a free kick would have been given for anything else . |
| 23 | Well now you mention it , I think I did go twice , but I do n't know when the second time was . |
| 24 | I do n't know when the first visit was , but it must have been very recent , possibly within a few days of your , er , release . ’ |
| 25 | And this is why your first attempt to conduct a great work will often end up as a disaster , because you do n't know where the real points of stress are , you do n't know how the piece is distributed . |
| 26 | He did n't know where the other door was . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't know where the bloody bitch is … |
| 28 | If I do n't know where the right place is , I ca n't very well can I ? |
| 29 | Do n't know where to go though do n't know where the best places are do n't know where they are . |
| 30 | ‘ They do n't know where the next win is coming from and they can not wait until the season finishes . |