Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You snored all night , ’ he said with relish , and Cermait got up and removed himself from this low vulgar company , because you could not stay in a room with people who told the High Queen that you snored . |
| 2 | Equally , concepts , the stuff of rules , can not exist in a vacuum as mere semantic toys . |
| 3 | These atoms , as we have seen , are spewed out from dying stars ; but it would take at least a billion years for a star to use up all its helium energy and explode , hence life could not exist in a universe consisting of the shortest-living stars , since the necessary elements such as carbon would not exist . |
| 4 | Current research assumes that crime and justice do not exist in a social vacuum , that they are at least partially political creations , and that they are inextricably involved in society . |
| 5 | The possibilities for integration , that do not exist in a segregated , all-age special school , are many — as students begin to mix , sometimes for the first time , in a community setting with other adult learners . |
| 6 | No matter how ethereal they may seem , they do not exist in a timeless limbo but possess determinate antecedents in time and space . |
| 7 | The interpretation is a valuable reminder that the crisis of 1483 did not exist in a vacuum . |
| 8 | Ideas do not exist in a vacuum , free-floating in outer space , waiting to be corralled . |
| 9 | Forms of knowledge , even the most pure and theoretical , do not exist in a vacuum . |
| 10 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 11 | Indeed , as the conventional dominant does not exist in a whole-tone scale ( perfect fifths are not available ) , there can not possibly be effects of resolution such as we find in dominant-tonic harmonic movements . |
| 12 | The interpretation is a valuable reminder that the crisis of 1483 did not exist in a vacuum . |
| 13 | This uncertainty , by definition , does not exist in a currency union . |
| 14 | It is typical of options that if a particular contract does not exist in a ready made form for trading directly on an exchange , it can be manufactured from existing tradeable instruments . |
| 15 | Mrs. Upton explained that the polling station was changed this year to the Forestry Commission 's office in Alice Holt Forest , so that it would be more centrally located for Bucks Horn Oak voters , and not situated in a school which would then have to be closed for the day . |
| 16 | Attitudes towards employment , retirement , and early retirement are not formed in a vacuum . |
| 17 | Do you tell me that my brother is not treated in a like manner ? ’ |
| 18 | Despite introducing some dynamic elements into the discussion , these are not treated in a formal way . |
| 19 | I sincerely hope that Mrs. X 's complaint was not treated in a dismissive way because , as she readily admitted , she was drunk at the time of the assault . |
| 20 | True , politicians are by nature optimists , otherwise they would not persist in a trade that offers more kicks than ha'pence . |
| 21 | If your aircraft is not painted in a standard colour you will often find details of the exact type and colour in the airframe log book . |
| 22 | Some undertake this role at a working level by assisting and challenging the business units when they submit their plans ; for example , by questioning why the business units are not competing in a certain way or as much as they should . |
| 23 | Even the transition from an artificial to a natural system was not completed in a uniform manner throughout the scientific community . |
| 24 | More often than not a shoal of big bream , particularly a small shoal of very big bream , does not remain in a swim for long . |
| 25 | Thus , an infinite collection of stars can not remain in a motionless state . |
| 26 | The ideal of beauty and normality can not perish in a healthy society ; and for this reason you ought to let art go its own way ad be confident that it will not go astray … |
| 27 | Look in the locker under the passenger seat for its original colour as it is usually not repainted in a respray . . |
| 28 | The Court held on the one hand that the protection of the Directive was a matter of public policy and so the worker could not trade away his right under the Directive to the maintenance of the same terms and conditions , even if ‘ the employee obtains new benefits in compensation for the disadvantages resulting from an amendment to his contract of employment so that , taking the matter as a whole , he is not placed in a worse position than before ’ ( point 15 ) . |
| 29 | Second , since it is raised by the salesperson , the buyer is not placed in a position where , having raised a problem , he feels that he must defend it . |
| 30 | Questions 1 to 4 cover considerations necessary for any type of intervention but they are not arranged in a logical , systematic order . |