Example sentences of "[subord] [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Humbug ( Dascyllus aruanus ) is a good example and although not achieving the tactile relationship of the clowns , is usually found shoaling close to the anemone 's tentacles , darting away to hide in crevices around the anemone when approached . |
| 2 | However , an important data set did give clear indications that , although not increasing the likelihood of long-term unemployment , temporary working was linked to recurrent unemployment . |
| 3 | In November 1914 at the Annual General Meeting , it became clear the Club had to abort some costly schemes and , although not blaming the war , it must have been the cause . |
| 4 | The 1350s had seen relatively little fighting at an ‘ official ’ level , but the decade had witnessed the growth , in both numbers and size , of bodies of soldiers who , although sometimes finding local employment , more often than not roamed the countryside in search of adventure and the easy pickings of war . |
| 5 | The proponents of the transnational relations approach have a tendency to analyze interactions within systems rather than effects of practices and , though they claim to be transcending the statecentric model , they more often than not permit the state to set the agenda for them . |
| 6 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 7 | Doubly authentic , because I have often observed that where , these delicate questions are concerned most listeners are more inclined than not to accept the most improbable of two or three possible explanations for the vagaries of a person 's conduct . |
| 8 | Part of the charm of a sale is that the financial result is in itself a sort of critical judgement , reflecting even if not defining the taste and mood of the moment . |
| 9 | Hopefully they 're are the same as the ring , if not tick the other one . |
| 10 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 11 | So the total for the week , including practice days , is expected to equal if not surpass the 1989 figures . |
| 12 | Central government may also be expected to monitor the implementation of the Elton Committee 's recommendations if not to provide the extra resources necessary for the extended role for ( and numbers on education welfare officers , teachers and LEA officers envisaged by the Report . |
| 13 | If the taste or effect of taking tansy proved too daunting a thought , perhaps the patient might have consoled himself that the suspension of aquavitae could have aided the effects of the medicine if not improved the taste . |
| 14 | He was said to become of the very few senior officials who ever dared to question , if not contradict the Shah . |
| 15 | So it looks as though the Government has given the council a cautious go-ahead to draw up a scheme if not to beat the Tay , then to lessen the disastrous effects another flood would have on the long suffering Perthshire population . |
| 16 | The absence of all but a handful of examples in the biographical sources of this method of obtaining mevleviyets leads to the inference that someone obtaining a mevleviyet by this route could not expect to get much further in the hierarchy ; and indeed the provision itself , while not prohibiting the practice , does remove one of the principal prerogatives of the holders of mevleviyets . |
| 17 | While not naming the other candidates , Mazowiecki in his resignation speech criticized the " many promises made without backing " and the " many strong , often demagogical accusations " made against the government . |
| 18 | While not meeting the demands made by all of Quebec 's separatists , the deal represented a substantial increase in provincial autonomy . |
| 19 | Particular religions , while not embodying the fullness of Truth are necessary to convey what it means to speak of absolute Truth or Ultimate Concern . |
| 20 | Nevertheless , if the court 's powers are to be meaningful , there must come a point at which the court , while not disregarding the child 's wishes , can override them in the child 's own best interests , objectively considered . |
| 21 | This model , while not recognising the absolute right of regulatory rules to modify common law and equity , gives some recognition to their public law nature by taking into account of them in ascertaining the precise content in a given context of a common law or equitable obligation . |
| 22 | While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed . |
| 23 | While not inviting the Board to adopt in regard to Zaidie and Matadial a rule such as that which applies to accomplices , the alleged victims of sexual assaults and young children , the defendant submitted that there was an obligation ( not performed in this case ) to advise the jury to proceed with caution where there was material to suggest that the evidence of the witnesses might be tainted by an improper motive . |
| 24 | He may seek to clean up military malpractice at the lower levels of command , while not jolting the top too much . |
| 25 | ‘ He keeps the ball rolling while not rocking the boat ’ |
| 26 | They are duly grateful to Joseph Kosuth for keeping the ball rolling while not rocking the boat . |
| 27 | And , while not denying the severity of Poland 's problems , the scale of economic hardship and poverty facing Africa makes them stand out as candidates for debt relief . |
| 28 | More recently , and critically , Jim Gillespie ( 1984 ) , while not denying the significance of the LLP , points to the need to break with the implicit teleology of these explanations . |
| 29 | While not denying the clinical value of the EEG as a non-invasive technique it is probably fair to conclude that electro-physiological research has so far not contributed anything new to our knowledge of cerebral asymmetry but rather has corroborated findings from other areas of investigation . |
| 30 | Given the character 's added rebellious nature — playing chess on the Ottawa security link and receiving calls from her small boy on the Downing Street red line ( ‘ I ca n't give him my office number , that 's a state secret ’ ) — she fully exploits the rich comic potential of the role while not missing the pathos of the woman striving to hold her lover , albeit more idealistically than emotionally . |