Example sentences of "[verb] not immediately [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the teachers there was her aunt Nuala O'Connor who did not immediately realise the quiet , intense girl was a relative . |
| 2 | However it is also fair to say that the professional leaders sometimes expected too much from the change ; it is no slur on an honourable movement within the American profession that its initial success did not immediately bring the golden age . |
| 3 | Dick did not immediately hand the small cap back to Martin but , taking a clean handkerchief out of the top pocket of his short , thick coat , he wiped the rim of it , then handed it back , saying again , ‘ Thank you , sir . ’ |
| 4 | But if this large population of unwilling immigrants did not immediately worry the Lebanese , the emergence of Gamal Abdul Nasser 's Arab nationalism could not be ignored . |
| 5 | Lothar 's biographer in the Gesta makes the point that following Celestine 's death he did not immediately join the cardinals assembled in the Septizonium , but attended first the exequies , or funeral rites , for the dead pope , which were taking place in the Lateran basilica . |
| 6 | They were both so angry that they did not immediately see the movement that came from the old female 's shelter in the cage between them . |
| 7 | It is curious , therefore , that he did not immediately exploit the worthwhile gains that had been made on the right . |
| 8 | Even then , Central Office did not immediately establish the link between those two developments and PR . |
| 9 | Nonetheless , the Americans did not immediately appreciate the urgency of the matter . |
| 10 | Mortimer 's estates were taken into the king 's hands , but , in contrast to his father in 1322 and Mortimer himself in 1327 , Edward did not immediately use the confiscated lands to underpin the power of another group of favourites . |
| 11 | In other words , democracy did not immediately deprive the upper classes , and the Liberal and Conservative Parties , of political leadership . |
| 12 | So , with her thoughts intent upon her programme for the day , she did not immediately connect the two names . |
| 13 | Such thoughts do not immediately exercise the minds of farmers , but they are becoming concerned by the rises in the price of fertilizer and other oil-based inputs and by their own powerlessness in the face of ‘ agribusiness ’ corporations , which was referred to in Chapter 3 . |
| 14 | Thus this can be used to refer to a forthcoming portion of the discourse , as in ( 88 ) , and that to a preceding portion , as in ( 89 ) : ( 88 ) I bet you have n't heard this story ( 89 ) That was the funniest story I 've ever heard Considerable confusion is likely to be caused here if we do not immediately make the distinction between discourse deixis and anaphora . |
| 15 | Because of this lack of contact it is hardly surprising that systems and policies do not immediately have the intended effect when related , often through an education officer , to the schools . |
| 16 | Although the demand for other goods and services may increase at the same time , this does not immediately help the obsolete ship-builders . |
| 17 | Make a reference on the face of the profit and loss account as to the position of the statement of retained profits if it does not immediately follow the profit and loss account . |
| 18 | One of the purchaser 's main concerns is to ensure that , after the sale , the vendor does not immediately re-enter the market in competition with the business that has been sold . |