Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv prt] with the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comment : Indirect questions are used all the time by people who need their status boosting through being given buckets of approval , or who are looking for a reason for punishing other people should they not fall in with the anticipated scenario . |
| 2 | I was just beginning to get to grips with the Campaign for Ink Print Information , but Women 's Tapeover could not keep up with the steady stream of new feminist writing that was emerging week by week . |
| 3 | A Scottish Office spokesman said changes have taken place in the health service since 1989 and the previous plan did not fit in with the present set-up of purchasers and providers . |
| 4 | Where such arguments did not fit in with the overarching themes of race , violence and disorder , and social deprivation they were either sidelined or pushed into the sub-clauses of official reports . |
| 5 | CIBS ’ , its just the little matter of hairy legs that just might not fit in with the ra-ra skirts … ) |
| 6 | This constant sweeping under the carpet of all information which does not fit in with the Tory vision of a new North does no-one in this region any favours . |
| 7 | He could not get on with the believing Jews from Eastern Europe whose religion and traditions he neither shared nor understood . |
| 8 | Erm , the reason that that does n't tie in with the four hundred and eighty thousand pound er , increase in spending is that offsetting that seven hundred and seventeen thousand that you 've funded from your contingency , there is also a net reduction in spending by the Committee because of the changes in the devolution of central department charges and their allocation through committees , well less have been allocated to Social Services Committee in total . |
| 9 | The old argument that software ca n't keep up with the rapid advances in hardware performance simply is n't true , he says . |
| 10 | Faith No More are a phenomenon : a stadium rock band who really do n't fit in with the whole rock grandeur . |
| 11 | The pencil lines on the back of the Lucky Strike packet that were supposed to represent the commercial heart of Glasgow , somehow did n't match up with the darkened canyon they were driving along . |
| 12 | But she does n't go along with the various analyses of why vampires are becoming hipper . |
| 13 | Pleat had the chance to follow the same path trod by Terry Venables at Tottenham but could n't come up with the necessary funds for a stake in the struggling First Division outfit . |
| 14 | Kohler said : ‘ I offered David the chance to come in with me in a partnership but unfortunately he could n't come up with the necessary amount . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ We just could n't come out with the key hits . |
| 16 | ‘ There may be benefits for us too — if we do n't get on with the new rector he may only be here for five years , ’ said Miss Duff . |
| 17 | Former champion and born-again Christian George Foreman — who has seen the sleazy side of life at first hand — warned after Lewis 's brilliant two-round knockout of Razor Ruddock at Earls Court : ‘ Lennox Lewis will win the world title — as long as he does n't get in with the wrong crowd . ’ |
| 18 | Please let me know if you are n't able to come on that day because the security at the Palace of Westminster is very sensitive and if we do n't turn up with the right number of people we could be in trouble ! |