Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When an agreed standard of performance does not exist it might be useful to compare present performance with some previous base period ( e.g. the same month last year ) . |
| 2 | It is extremely unlikely that if the House of Lords did not exist it would be invented in its present form . |
| 3 | Where they do not exist it can be presumed that either the genuine silver-gilt coronet was used at the funeral and then put back into the strongroom after the funeral , or they have disintegrated . |
| 4 | And no , she did not think it would jeopardise the marriage although he would , no doubt , be miffed at missing out on the latest freebie to the investing classes . |
| 5 | Like Ulysses , I had , by my standards then , made un beau voyage , but I did not think it would result in my being content to stay at home thereafter . |
| 6 | The band could probably have signed to IRS but Hallin does not think it would have been the right move . |
| 7 | ‘ I am thrilled , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ I did not think it would be as easy as this to make friends with an English gentleman . ’ |
| 8 | Pentium is the name Intel Corp has chosen for what would otherwise have been the 80586 microprocessor , the company announced last week : reason is that it did not think it would be permitted to claim 586 as a trade mark . |
| 9 | ‘ … I did not think it would come so quickly , ’ he told Tom Jones on 4 November . |
| 10 | I do not think it would be helpful to try to define the point at which the court should be prepared to disregard the 16- or 17-year-old child 's wishes to refuse medical treatment . |
| 11 | The ward sister had actually drawn her aside and asked her whether she did not think it would be a good idea to let her husband see his children more often in the future . |
| 12 | I do not think it would be reasonable to pretend that the cost of paying people , recruiting them and retaining them is the same in the south-east as in other parts of the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | I do not think it would be appropriate for a statement , but I shall draw his comments to the attention of my right hon. Friend . |
| 14 | Substantial assets are held in this way , and the Government do not think it would be right for this to pass to individual beneficiaries entirely tax free . |
| 15 | Do you do you not think it would be better for us both to speak to ? speak to her and say obviously you were upset about not getting the job but this non- communication thing is not really erm going to you know be good for the sales office in the long term . |
| 16 | er which goodness erm , we believe that we are spending substantial sums of money in areas of traffic calming town and parks and and various other areas that have er been er touched upon er we do not think it would be prudent |
| 17 | They hope to sell the house as soon as possible but did not think it would go to a Vic Reeves fan . |
| 18 | But I do not think it 'll be a good idea . ’ |
| 19 | It sells businesses it does not think it will be good at , such as those in high-technology , volatile markets . |
| 20 | If anything happens I do not think it will be bad . |
| 21 | He gives Sting away at III , 204 , keeping an orc-blade but saying ‘ I do not think it will be my part to strike any blow again . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I will send to him , though I do not think it will please him . ’ |
| 23 | I do not think it will be possible to have a debate in Government time , but I shall discuss the matter with my right hon. and learned Friend . |
| 24 | I do not think it can be said that the manner of death is any more horrific than it used to be ( although it may well be different ) but it may be that the way of reporting someone 's death has radically changed and that this has brought its own problems . |
| 25 | The issue is philosophical , but it is so central to the analysis of behaviour that I do not think it can be avoided . |
| 26 | I do not think it can be claimed that they opened up new territory ( writings by Dorothy Heathcote and others in the 1970s were concerned with a level of sophistication in drama teaching which the team seemed not to be able to articulate ) , but in terms of giving some sense of order to the basic functioning of drama the publication deserves to be seen as an important landmark . |
| 27 | Though its technology , which makes chips , has won much praise , Perkin-Elmer did not think it could profit in the face of Japanese competition . |
| 28 | She saw the hole in the grave and the expensive new gravestone , but did not think it could be Fanny 's . |
| 29 | If it is not registered it will be void against a purchaser of the reversion where the land in question is unregistered land . |
| 30 | It 's a mild type , but if not treated it could suddenly develop into an acute form with increased coughing , loss of appetite , fever and fast breathing . ’ |