Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You can not insulate a man
2 The thought of it filled her with an immense regret because a child could not stay a child there would be men ( a man she hoped ) in Nicandra 's life , Aunt Tossie thought with pity and some disgust — her mind scampered hurriedly from the contemplation of a subject not forbidden so much as not existing for her .
3 The authorities tend to show that if a test is bodily invasive and/or unpleasant or dangerous then the court will not stay an action until the plaintiff submits him or herself to the test .
4 Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram .
5 Some will give the personal aspects the highest priority because of accumulated experience which shows that a client who is not emotionally ready for the severe belt-tightening and discipline involved in emerging from serious debt , will not stay the course .
6 I was working for a yarn firm who had just gone into the marketing of coned yarns — unfortunately they did not stay the course .
7 He can not stay the distance and his breathing is now difficult . ’
8 The trio kept the 3.5 litre Peugeot 905 ahead f or most of the rain-hit race to delight the flag-waving local and British fans and confound the critics who predicted the car could not stay the distance .
9 The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised .
10 " I 'm not seeing a girl , " Patrick insisted with a grin , his sister was as eager to see him married off as his mother was against the idea .
11 Like most of the nomes who had been born in the Store he hated looking up and not seeing a ceiling .
12 Isabel walked over to the window and stared out , not seeing a thing .
13 Perhaps it was also relief at not seeing a flood of overpriced Japanese owned art back on the market , or the sense that the cloud of economic recession might be lifting .
14 He made detailed admissions and at the end was asked whether not seeing a solicitor had made any difference , He said not , but would like to see a solicitor , and refused to sign the notes of interview until he had done so .
15 Dancing was a consolation for not seeing the lady .
16 ‘ The political situation in FIFA , at the moment , is such that we have to be very careful of not seeing the majority move towards that idea . ’
17 Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores .
18 The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all .
19 ‘ Yes , but — are they not seeing the jokes ?
20 In the Game of Life not seeing things as they are is like not seeing the ball clearly when playing tennis , or not knowing where the white lines are .
21 He was not seeing the ball so well .
22 Not seeing the size she was .
23 ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees .
24 THE Hitch-hiker 's Guide To Not Seeing The Galaxy Before Your Time : Do n't accept a lift in President Kennedy 's Cadillac , James Dean 's Porsche , Mark Thatcher 's Land-Rover .
25 ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser .
26 What makes a fanatic is not having strong and extreme ideals oneself but taking no notice of other people 's — not seeing the considerations that other people are concerned about .
27 There is a tedious pounding at the heart of this music , a sincerity that allows for only one angle of delivery , a passion that has created a pop atmosphere in which it 's impossible to be clever , cool or cynical , a soul whose impulse is NOT to embrace the avant-garde , like Faustus , and be cut into a thousand pieces by a sampling machine .
28 Further support for the view that there does not exist a principle such as Woolwich contend for is to be found in statutory provisions for the recovery of imposts which should not have been paid .
29 It is then possible show that the hypersurface is not merely a coordinate singularity , but is actually a singularity of space-time in the sense that there does not exist a C 1 extension from region II to this surface .
30 Hughes admitted that one reason for the slow growth of the movement in Wales was that the Church of Wales was in a minority ‘ and there did not exist the sense of peril which , he feared , must be admitted , had done so much in driving them together in England ’ .
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