Example sentences of "[vb -s] not 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 credit here denotes not the total amount the debtor has to pay but the element of financial accommodation . |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Lucky that I carry it around with me ; and that it bears not the faintest resemblance to Daniel . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Truly , William Blake put it most succinctly : ‘ A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Gustav Leonhardt , both in his illuminating essay and recording ( Deutsche Harmonia Mundi , 12/90 ) , Davitt Moroney ( Harmonia Mundi , 5/86 ) and Kenneth Gilbert on Archiv ( 4/90 ) , who follows not the 1751 printed edition but Bach 's autograph , all demonstrate in their different ways the plausibility of treating The Art of Fugue as a harpsichord work . |
| 19 | Throughout the song the rhythm of the vocal follows not the regular periods of dance music but the irregular accents of the words . |
| 20 | It thus validates not the internal market but ‘ the power of a key ministerial priority and targeted additional funding . ’ |
| 21 | Why does not the Chief Secretary recognise that a period of high unemployment and recession is the best time to spend additional resources on investment in the fabric of our schools , homes and transport ? |
| 22 | Does not the divine drama seem to suggest that the Devil is calling the tune ? |
| 23 | Does not the Prime Minister appreciate that one of the reasons for the very low morale in the Civil Service is that she has appointed so many confirmed Thatcherites to some of the best jobs ? |
| 24 | Why does not the Prime Minister arrange to meet pensioners ' representatives at No. 10 Downing street and listen to their powerful case on the matter ? |
| 25 | Since , because of the right hon. Gentleman 's policies , the building societies stand to lose £1 billion because of mortgage repossessions and since local authorities are having to spend £500 million on bed-and-breakfast and temporary accommodation , does not the Prime Minister think that the rescue mortgage scheme that we have promoted would be the effective way to ensure not only the relief of misery for scores of thousands of families , but that at least he did the honourable thing by his victims ? |
| 26 | Does not the Prime Minister think that he owes it to the country to say exactly which other taxes he would put up to pay for his bribe ? |
| 27 | Does not the Prime Minister agree that such a system , which puts cash before care , betrays the fundamental principle of the national health service ? |
| 28 | Does not the Prime Minister think that that is a terrible indictment of the health policy of a Government who have been in power so long and could have made things so much better ? |
| 29 | Why does not the Prime Minister address those issues of life and death instead of parading false claims about his Government ? |
| 30 | Does not the Prime Minister realise that , after 40 years in which this country has been dogged by the uncertainty of its position in Europe , he had the opportunity to answer that question once and for all , and he ducked it ? |