Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Spencer propounded the law of equal freedom which was not unlike the first of Rawls 's principles of justice : ‘ Every man is free to do that which he wills provided he infringes not the equal freedom of any other man . ’ |
2 | Entering the depths of the mind can be extremely dangerous if the would-be mystic has not the mental or physical capacity for this interior quest . |
3 | Has not the Prime Minister managed to get the worst of all worlds by vetoing what he should have accepted — the social upgrading that we all want — and by half accepting what he should have vetoed — economic and monetary union , which will be deeply damaging and which will lock both this country and Europe into a decade of deflation ? |
4 | The return to my house is strained by the thought that he still has not the faintest idea where he is going . |
5 | Although Mr Melding , a first-time candidate , has not the faintest chance of winning , he is reluctant to dwell gloomily on the fact . |
6 | If you then say , ah well it might expand to double that number or to five thousand , as was postulated , that then begs an even larger question , because in my submission you would then go back and revisit the alternatives of , for example , should you expand Tadcaster , which has not the best facilities in its town centre , er to quote but one example of er viability and sustainability of towns . |
7 | ( It may be noted that erection can occur in younger — sometimes much younger — boys ; but it has not the Same significance . ) |
8 | Every golfer in the world experiences that awful feeling of helplessness when he stands over a putt and knows that he has not the slightest chance of getting the ball near the hole , let alone into it . |
9 | The hon. Gentleman is really behaving disgracefully — — when he accuses British Rail of negligence before an inquiry has even begun , and when he has not the slightest idea of what caused that accident . |
10 | However , one has not the slightest doubt that the moving spirits behind the coaches ' gathering will have been England 's Geoff Cooke and Australia 's Bob Dwyer . |
11 | Has not the Labour-controlled local authority frequently made proposals for reorganisations , knowing that they would be rejected because they were highly partisan ? |
12 | The Russian Girl has n't the frisky insouciance of the early work , nor the vituperative energies of his infamous middle period . |
13 | Another past champion graphically described this as the moment when the golfer blacks out and has n't the remotest idea that he is holding a putter at all . |
14 | Is in the top 5 per cent of UK managers , but has n't the faintest idea how good she is . |
15 | He simply replies that he has n't the faintest idea . |
16 | He has n't the faintest idea of how things really stand . ’ |
17 | And he has n't the least idea of how much it will come to . |
18 | You 're just an ignorant little squirt who has n't the foggiest idea what you 're talking about ! ’ |
19 | Her escorts pay when she goes out to restaurants or parties , so Pickles has n't the foggiest idea about money . |
20 | Has n't the interminable media-suckled quest for instant gratification resulted in the infantilisation of a generation ? |
21 | You 've got this superior idea that I 'm some sort of half-wit from the back of beyond who has n't the vaguest notion of what happens in the big , bad world . |
22 | She has n't the slightest interest in Monpazier . |
23 | This place has n't the happiest of associations for me . ’ |
24 | Gotfryd is not as analytical as Levi : he has n't the same scientific and philosophical skill and passion . |
25 | The credit here denotes not the total amount the debtor has to pay but the element of financial accommodation . |
26 | Doth not the good father in short time , either by his coughing or spitting or testiness … become troublesome either to his own son or to his nice daughter-in-law , with continuing so long chargeable and so much waited-on , or to the children , with taking up their room at the fire or at the table , or to the servants , while his slow eating doth scant their reversions ? |
27 | Lucky that I carry it around with me ; and that it bears not the faintest resemblance to Daniel . ’ |
28 | But a fourth kind of intelligence might be added , which is diplomatic intelligence , which bears not the remotest relationship to any of the other three , nor to any kind of intelligence that can be identified by any human being . |
29 | Truly , William Blake put it most succinctly : ‘ A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees . ’ |
30 | The bookmakers ' indecision , if not final , perhaps insultingly reflects not the undisputed brilliance of two unbeaten fighters but the continuing doubts about both champion and challenger . |