Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Felipe is just angry that Mitch touched me and that I did not repulse him quickly . |
| 2 | However , given the small size of our anticipated samples and the fact that they would not lend themselves easily to quantitative analysis it was decided to focus in this study upon qualitative data . |
| 3 | Following on from this , the superficial certainties of theoretical abstraction do not lend themselves easily to neat policy prescription , theoretical writing is necessarily partial , of limited value in helping people to see urban crisis from a different perspective . |
| 4 | Moreover , the proposed business units would span several establishments and would not lend themselves easily to rapid consolidation . |
| 5 | It is difficult to judge the material of the shroud from its marble representation , for sculpture does not lend itself easily to such subtleties . |
| 6 | The dairy-type conformation does not lend itself readily to beef production and though steers will fatten they grow rather slowly . |
| 7 | However the very nature of weaponry does not lend itself so readily to such analysis . |
| 8 | And we do some marine not a lot of marine erm For some strange reason , our design of engine does not lend itself too well to marine applications . |
| 9 | You would not think her unduly burdened with worries , if you watched her crossing the campus , smiling at people she knows , her eyes bright , her brow unfurrowed . |
| 10 | Well , it was the best he had been able to come up with and , if it was not sufficient , he could not think what else he could do . |
| 11 | He did not think one ever would be , though the sanction was permitted . |
| 12 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not think you even realise the danger you walk towards so willingly . ’ |
| 14 | What he says about the king 's own explanation for his forwardness in battle is one of a number of examples of d'Ayala 's perception of the Scottish kingdom : ‘ He ( the king ) said to me that his subjects serve him with their persons and goods , in just and unjust quarrels , exactly as he likes , and that therefore he does not think it right to begin any warlike undertaking without being himself the first in danger . ’ |
| 15 | ( e ) I would not think it right , especially bearing in mind the development of the concept of economic duress , to regard the categories of compulsion for present purposes as closed . |
| 16 | Of course we hope that Dounreay will diversify and look for work outside nuclear tasks , especially in the area of alternative and renewable energies ; but we all know that the fast reactor programme will cease in 1994 and I do not think it right that , as a matter of policy , the hon. Lady should seek to shut off the work going on there to reprocess nuclear fuel . |
| 17 | I do not think it right to ban all these services . |
| 18 | Might they not think it more sensible to throw in their lot with their fellow Germans west of the Elbe , who know as much about running a liberal capitalist society as anybody , and have abundant reserves of capital , not to speak of generous welfare benefits ? |
| 19 | I have never heard this case made in anything like the explicit fashion in which I have just outlined it , and I do not think it ever would be publicly made . |
| 20 | ‘ Although , I agree , some of them might not think it very appropriate . |
| 21 | He had seen the Eiffel Tower so many times in photographs or on television he did not think it really existed . |
| 22 | I had to conform ; I do not think I ever used the term in my reports , except in parenthesis to denote a sort of dirty word . |
| 23 | In the cold light of the morning after , she did not think she even fancied him , could hardly bring what he looked like into focus , she had gone briefly crazy that was all , gone native . |
| 24 | But she did not think he ever would be . |
| 25 | It is now almost impossible to imagine how doctors did not diagnose it before . |
| 26 | These days , of course , huge numbers of interactive terminals are also available for simple transactions such as automated bank telling , but these are rarely multimedia applications and we will not cover them here . |
| 27 | If you do n't tell us ? about relevant changes , your policy may not be valid or the policy may not cover you fully . |
| 28 | If you do n't tell us about relevant changes , your policy may not be valid or the policy may not cover you fully . |
| 29 | If you do n't tell us about relevant changes , your policy may not be valid or the policy may not cover you fully . |
| 30 | If you do n't tell us about relevant changes , your policy may not be valid or the policy may not cover you fully . |