Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] with the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | " Still , I 'd better not stay long with the sepoys attacking … |
2 | Statistics like these do not compare well with the animal world where the male rattlesnake apparently lasts twenty-four hours before letting himself go . |
3 | They might not compare favourably with the discovery of penicillin or the invention of the wheel but , at least for me , they have made the year more palatable : |
4 | Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract . |
5 | But Teesside Crown Court was told both brothers changed their minds and tried to persuade McEvoy not to go through with the burglary . |
6 | Their parents spent three years contemplating whether or not to go through with the separation , which was at first thought impossible because of the degree to which the girls were joined . |
7 | I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition . |
8 | However , she finally decided not to go ahead with the lawsuit . |
9 | Further , the defendant does not have the option of minimising the cost by deciding not to go ahead with the case ! |
10 | Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison . |
11 | Now supporters are trying to persuade the council not to go ahead with the plans . |
12 | ‘ I said you were crazy not to go along with the Corporation 's proposals , did n't I ? |
13 | Time to Declare by David Owen ( Penguin , £7.99 ) — Had he not fallen out with the Alliance , this passionate rebel male might well have been a key figure in this the general election . |
14 | American unionism has had the inestimable advantage of being born in a land whose social landscape was not cluttered up with the debris of a feudal age . |
15 | One can speculate that if Mezey had not come up with the idea of dispensing with two hospitals , and of the remaining four being given a quadrant of the region to serve each , the idea that it was an RHA rather than local management responsibility to deal with the issue , might never have stuck in the minds of senior regional officers . |
16 | and what you 've got to be very careful , cos you ca n't offer them and not come up with the goods |
17 | And he denied Mr Major would lose all credibility by not pressing ahead with the treaty . |
18 | For I could tell that he was a little rusty , and I wondered if sometimes this affable and agreeable companion was worried because he knew that he was not keeping up with the strides that modern medicine was taking . |
19 | Salaries were not keeping up with the rate of inflation , which in the cities was estimated to be running at 20 per cent . |
20 | The first is anyone who is in any way mentally deficient , as such people can not cooperate sufficiently with the therapist to achieve the desired result . |
21 | The hospital management team for Claybury rejected the idea of the quadrant hospital concept , since this could not tie in with the principle of community care . |
22 | The Committee took the view that lawyers are unapproachable because of the inaccessibility of premises and their unwelcoming nature , because the methods of work do not tie in with the needs of clients , and because of a lack of response to the needs of linguistic minorities . |
23 | For a party you could prepare all four — and why not finish up with the orange and almond dessert on page 16 . |
24 | After washing , twist taps were not turned off with the paper towel ; and where elbow taps were available , they were used properly only four times ; and when disposing of the paper towel in foot-operated pedal bins , nurses used their hands to open and close the bins . |
25 | Critics may argue that it has not moved enough with the times , is not as up-to-date in its special effects as its counterparts across the Atlantic , but this perhaps highlights its attraction . |
26 | Many companies in the Heavy Electrical Equipment conspiracy did not dismiss ‘ guilty executives ’ ( for they had merely been doing their job ) but even those who did , did not do so with the intention of ruining them . |
27 | He says they have to photograph issues not connected directly with the rally , perhaps the environment or wildlife . |
28 | Some of this desire for peace seems to have been genuine , and not connected merely with the glory it might bring the President . |
29 | Just as they are taught other subjects , they should increasingly be taught about such topics as mental handicap so that they do not grow up with the prejudices that their parents may possess . |
30 | One reason for the low conviction rate was that a large number of cases were dismissed without trial , sometimes because the complainant did not follow through with the prosecution . |