Example sentences of "not the [adj -est] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Lost Leader , of course , had not the remotest interest in sport , although she is said to look back wistfully to those distant Lincolnshire days when she would clasp the hand of Alderman Roberts as together they watched the bear-baiting . |
| 2 | Is that not the best discouragement to crime and an encouragement to those elderly people who fear being attacked on the streets ? |
| 3 | Would not the best course of action be for employers to dismiss anyone who has addictive disease ? |
| 4 | We 're not , er we 're not the best thing about money and I would n't see that happening in the future . |
| 5 | An armchair by the fire in winter may be the ideal spot for reading a novel : however , it 's not the best place to structure or write an essay on " Newtonian thermodynamics ' or " Political and philosophical influences on the novels of Jane Austen " . |
| 6 | If the answer is no , then you need to think about how you could improve that piece of work , somebody is speaking now it 's bad enough you owe me ten minutes if it 's not the best piece of work you 've ever done , why is n't it ? |
| 7 | This latter remains undated , though it was not the earliest feature on site , overlying at least one slot-like channel . |
| 8 | We prefer that prostitutes should stand in the streets to be picked up by passing cars ( not the roomiest place for sex ) , in constant danger of being beaten up and even murdered , and that valuable police and court time be wasted in arresting , convicting and imposing heavy fines on girls who , unable to pay , return to soliciting even harder , that pimps should come into being to batten off the girls , and that women who are not prostitutes should be harassed by cruising motorists who will not take no for an answer . |
| 9 | The Reverend John Walker in his " Report on the Hebrides " 1764 and 1771 writes " There is not the smallest appearance of coal in Ila . " |
| 10 | ‘ I continue to do so , Master , ’ said the Robemaker and , although there was not the smallest trace of subservience in his voice , Nuadu , listening intently , received the impression that the Robemaker was choosing his words with care , as if he was in some and of thrall to this being . |
| 11 | Duncan , not the greatest fan of junk food , had picked at his while the policeman enthusiastically devoured his . |
| 12 | Not the faintest line of humour or tenderness , even of sarcasm , on his face . |
| 13 | There is not the faintest trace of float or wallow over the fastest crests or in the steepest dips ; the body just maintains constant ride height throughout giving a feeling of invincible security . |
| 14 | This crucial element in Morgan 's evidence is an illusion and there is not the slightest shred of evidence that those societies where large numbers of people can be referred to by the terms for parent are societies where marriage is either more or less individualistic . |
| 15 | Not the slightest trace of elil no scent or tracks or droppings . |
| 16 | Not the slightest mention of money , either , for an interview in depth from , offhand , Gavaskar , Richards , Botham , Willis , Marshall , McEnroe , Connors or Borg — though the latter , I must admit , was expecting me to stay the day , yet by elevenses we agreed there was not much more to say to each other except ‘ My game 's in pretty good shape ’ . |
| 17 | Not the slightest mention of money , either , for an interview in depth from , offhand , Gavaskar , Richards , Botham , Willis , Marshall , McEnroe , Connors or Borg — though the latter , I must admit , was expecting me to stay the day , yet by elevenses we agreed there was not much more to say to each other except ‘ My game 's in pretty good shape ’ . |
| 18 | I went to Croke Park and I had not the slightest interest in Protestantism but I did come from a Fermanagh family where you did live cheek by jowl with republicanism so I had imbibed it undoubtedly and it resurfaced , the inherited knowledge of the heart of the controversy in Ulster . |
| 19 | CUSHENDALL may have slammed Loughguile in the Antrim Hurling championship semi-final but there is not the slightest hint of complacency as they approach Sunday 's decider against Ballycastle at Casement Park ( 3.30 ) . |
| 20 | For in the presence of Kirsty Jake behaved impeccably , with not the slightest hint of animosity towards Shiona , just as Shiona behaved towards him . |
| 21 | He ran a relentless campaign based on the argument that ‘ there was not the slightest shadow of justification for Alexander to be captain of a side in which Frank Worrell was playing ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not the worst place to work , by any means , ’ said the woman . |
| 23 | I wa I wanted a a point that er respond er neighbourhood and the manager I spoke to said that the areas that were the case since er , de decentralisation because er people are er er in coming to neighbourhood offices and that of the of the managers arrange er er er aims or er either run in in two neighbourhoods er er I I feel personally it 's been very worthwhile because we were able to talk to the er , they they they were never able to go and and and they came to the er , the neighbourhood offices international conducive er er er or er er ah i i in areas they want to talk to , so I I , I personally would would like to see this continuing er for perhaps a it is n't the best value for money i i i it certainly far better for for for can come to their neighbour office Speak |
| 24 | He took my advice and I could see him thinking that maybe this was n't the best sort of area for his only daughter . |
| 25 | There was n't the faintest trace of pity in his face as he saw the defeated posture , just a glimmer of satisfaction that his own plans were starting to go well for a change . |
| 26 | I have n't the remotest intention of selling . ’ |
| 27 | In spite of the situation we find ourselves in , maybe hydrogen bombs are n't the biggest cause for concern . |
| 28 | Dana was n't the easiest flatmate on record , and now that she was upset by Roman 's refusal to take her with him she would be impossible . |
| 29 | Her escorts pay when she goes out to restaurants or parties , so Pickles has n't the foggiest idea about money . |