Example sentences of "not even [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , the Federal Government did not even consult the bank before making its announcement on GMU . |
| 2 | Neglected , possibly — there are only two recordings listed in The Classical Catalogue , and Alan Walker does not even mention the piece in his standard biography ( Faber : 1989 ) . |
| 3 | It was difficult , in any of this , to discover what a future socialist or communist society would be like ; if there was consensus about anything it was that it would not be based upon public ownership , would not be dominated by a single ruling party , would not supersede capitalism and might not even offer an alternative to it . |
| 4 | ‘ While partnerships are part of our industry 's culture , we were not even scratching the surface of the benefits that could come from taking traditional relationships many steps further , ’ he said . |
| 5 | " We have not even reached a state of modest comfort , so there is nothing to brag about , " he reportedly said . |
| 6 | Clara , already familiar with children of famous parents , and with children who believed their parents to be famous , could not believe that Clelia 's assumption was ill-founded , yet she could not even locate the field of Mrs Denham 's distinction . |
| 7 | Why he should have dangled it for three months before an undistinguished ex-Chancellor of another party who did not even possess a seat in Parliament defies explanation . |
| 8 | at the end of the first year will be laughed at , because the value will then be much less — in some cases it will not even cover the commission of the salesman who organised the sale . |
| 9 | ‘ McAllister ? ’ he said , looking up , surprised , to impress on her that maid servants , even American ones , were not supposed to quiz the Master when he was at work — should not even originate a conversation with him . |
| 10 | The reform program has not even raised the subject of the ultimate right of the party to control society . |
| 11 | He refuses to commit himself at all on the dating of Abdulkerim 's Muftilik , not even naming the sultan in whose reign it occurred . |
| 12 | As a member of his Policy Unit , the economist Gavyn Davies , revealed in a private paper for a Fabian Society inquiry in 1980 , Callaghan withdrew effective decision-taking on sensitive market-related issues into a highly secret ‘ economic seminar ’ which was not even given the status of a formal Cabinet committee . |
| 13 | Allen thought this ‘ a very ingratiating-type comment ’ with no substance and no meaning ; he did not even make a note of it . |
| 14 | Forty-five per cent of this group said that they could not even make a guess at the likely interest rate . |
| 15 | In four years on French soil they did not even acquire a liking for wine . |
| 16 | to misinterpret religious people 's behaviour and commitment ; 2. to take literally what may have been intended metaphorically or symbolically ; 3. not even to see the possibility of the truth of religious concepts . |
| 17 | Senior officers did not even visit the ground before approving the ground control plan , and the club was criticised for lack of rescue and medical equipment , and inadequate signposting to steer any latecomers away from full terraces . |
| 18 | You can start with a cocktail at the Waikiki fun pub , relax in the New Pacha bar , slip down to ‘ Snobs ’ or ‘ Gigalo 's ’ for a dance , and you 've still not even scratched the surface of the place . |
| 19 | Cellars sprouting fungus from every dripping crevice , where those who could not even afford a place on an upstairs mattress paid a penny to sleep standing up like horses , leaning against a rope which would be simply untied the next morning when the landlord considered they had slept long enough . |
| 20 | But where this is successful , they will link their fortunes to capitalism , and will not even see the state as an oppressive part of the class struggle . |
| 21 | Moreover , there is the likelihood that the experimenter has not even considered the possibility of such unintended effects on his subjects ' responses . ’ |
| 22 | A precise use of imagination with regard to religion is that without it a person can quite easily not even consider the possibility of there being truth in religion . |
| 23 | He claims not only that the parties to the original position will avoid choosing any particular perfectionist principle as a constituent of their doctrine of justice , but that they will not even accept a doctrine of justice including an agreed process for determining which perfectionist principle should be implemented in the state . |
| 24 | She had not even had the support of her mother , sister , or boyfriend while she gave birth , and the baby had to stay in hospital for several weeks after she returned alone to her bedsit : |
| 25 | But he had not even caught a glimpse of a young girl . |
| 26 | I mean we 've talked only about about women ; we 've maybe touched on class , and we 've not even mentioned the position of black women and the extra discrimination that they face in our society , and in other societies . |
| 27 | Chief Insp Copeman admitted the police did not even known the cause of the accident . |
| 28 | Indeed , she could not even remember the day in question or her request for a baby to play with . |
| 29 | Some patients do not even get the chance of surgery because they have waited too long . |
| 30 | Jones , who had not even walked the course before playing had a poor start and returned an 80 in the morning . |