Example sentences of "not [vb infin] that a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The faculty could not think that a young man of 35 years , who had written one book which not everyone thought wonderful , could hold a candle to his predecessor . |
| 2 | I do not think that a defined solution can be provided for all cases . |
| 3 | In addition the learned judge did not think that a nationalised industry can be said to accumulate a substance for its own purposes . |
| 4 | ‘ I do not think that a single relative should ever have the sole care of senile dependent . |
| 5 | I do not think that a single critic noticed that it was any different from the customary ‘ rum-te-tum ’ , but if one of them did he evidently did n't think it was worth a comment . |
| 6 | Moreover , they did not stress that a high burden of taxation is inevitable with high unemployment and , thus , the burden will always be higher under Tories . |
| 7 | The deadline was the following day and the couriers could not guarantee that a floppy disk would get there in time . |
| 8 | We will not specify that a certain number or percentage of candidates are to be awarded merit . |
| 9 | However , we should not assume that a great deal has not been achieved quite spectacularly in the past few years . |
| 10 | He did not believe that a long period of purdah was necessary , and the general rule that such a record could not be published until thirty years after the event was indeed ridiculous , since it has been honoured only in the breach . |
| 11 | As I have said before , I do not believe that a Labour Government would have embarked on any of this . |
| 12 | Erm Ryedale District , as can be seen from the table supplied by Greater York , has taken the largest proportion of the Greater York housing element over the past ten years , as regards the proposed level of future housing growth suggested for the Greater York area , the District Council supports the figure in the structure plan , the Greater York study identified a number of sites around the Greater York area which could accommodate further development without compromising greenbelt objectives or adversely affecting the character of the settlements surrounding York , and within that part of Southern Ryedale within the Greater York area the identified sites were , by and large , incorporated into the Southern Ryedale local plan , which has recently been through the public enquiry , the District Council does not believe that a larger amount of land could be identified within Southern Ryedale , without compromising greenbelt objectives . |
| 13 | I do not believe that a Conservative government would have aroused hostility at that pitch , but the difference between a Tory government and a Labour government was that the latter threatened , or was thought to threaten , the money and positions of the rich — a threat which moved the rich to unreasoning hostility . |
| 14 | I would not recommend them for submersed cultivation and I do not believe that a reputable aquarium dealer would sell you those plants as aquarium plants . |
| 15 | It does not follow that a good display in the second half against FC Brugge , and a goal to earn a draw , means we can dismiss the Belgian champions . |
| 16 | Such a figure would not suggest that a serious attempt was being made by underwriters to deal with a problem that could undermine the stability of the world 's pre-eminent insurance market . |
| 17 | The approaches which have been here categorised as elite approaches do not suggest that a small clique were responsible for a decision taken at some unspecified point in the past that government should grow . |
| 18 | Conrad did not recognize that a mere equality of strength was , for an attacking army , inadequate in the face of modern , though as yet undeployed , defensive weaponry . |
| 19 | This will not imply that a false belief will never be justified , since the suggestion is that although some beliefs are defeasibly justified , we require indefeasible justification for knowledge . |
| 20 | [ But this does not mean that a primary business group has to be kept together as a unit for example , polymers research on fibres is carried out at Wilton , but that on spinning at Gloucester . ] |
| 21 | The fact that a transmitter substance has been found does not mean that a new drug has been discovered . |
| 22 | Perkin 's placing of the critical moment in the last quarter of the eighteenth century does not mean that a new demand for manufactured goods suddenly made an impact on the British economy around the time of the American Revolution . |
| 23 | The Labour manifesto did not refer to the issue , but that did not mean that a Labour government would not legislate on it . |
| 24 | Dr Tyrell stressed that the results do not mean that a similar vaccine can be made for HIV ‘ but at least the road now does not look like a dead end ’ . |
| 25 | Because really big bream are too much of a mouthful for even the biggest pike does not mean that a big bream has lost its natural , cautious instinct . |
| 26 | I do not mean that a self-conscious conventionalist would ignore statutes and precedents altogether once it was controversial what force these should be given . |
| 27 | What was crucial , though , was that this development did not mean that a special category of movies was made for a sectional audience but rather that what was thought of as the ‘ quality ’ taste was allowed to shape the general output of movies . |
| 28 | They can take into account a painting 's decline in value if it has actually sold for that price , but because the decline in prices has only occurred at a dealers ' auction , they will not accept that a similar composition by the same artist would automatically be valued at much less than the price paid for it . |
| 29 | His Lordship could not accept that a sensible construction of paragraph 19 involved that , provided only the commercial deputising service was large and efficient enough , the FPC was in practice obliged to give its consent even though it knew that the doctor in question intended to delegate his entire practice to such an organisation . |
| 30 | Salim states that he was having a rough time , and was tired and suspicious of Yvette : he does not say that a tribal god commanded him to leave her . |