Example sentences of "not [vb infin] it a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did not think it a good book , but I shall always be grateful to it . |
| 2 | I know and you know that Hardy did not think it a sad poem — just a comment and a summing up . |
| 3 | Personally , I reject the Oxford claim that English Literature begins with Anglo-Saxon , and would not make it a required subject . |
| 4 | She mentions Chodorow 's socialization theory of the transfer of concerns with care and responsibility from mothers to daughters , but she does not make it an integral part of her own account . |
| 5 | But a spokesman from Berne said : ‘ We did not consider it a serious incident . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've since had quite a number of first division chairmen clearly indicating they did not consider it a final offer and that they want this thing settled , ’ said Taylor . |
| 7 | As the following sections show , however , case load problems were not as great as predicted ; and although the development officers continued to feel some lack of back-up services they did not consider it a severe impediment to their implementation of the project . |
| 8 | The company desperately needs a fresh injection of capital but its financial predicament , where the full implications are still far from clear , does not give it a strong hand at the negotiating table . |
| 9 | Building societies and banks have finally abandoned their secrecy and pretence over their ‘ inspection ’ and do not call it a structural survey any more . |
| 10 | However , if they do not find it an attractive business or one that they are successful at , they are likely to be asked to leave . |
| 11 | And that does n't make it a good single . |
| 12 | The odd tipple wo n't make it a bad habit ! |
| 13 | To which I would answer , first , that the witness is not before the court and has not been cross-examined on the matter , and secondly that just because something 's a ‘ well-known fact ’ this does n't make it a well-known fact about me . |
| 14 | You ca n't call it a National Anthem , because it covers the the twelve or more states of the European Union , as it is now , and do you know what that is , the the Anthem for the European Union . |