Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [noun sg] with " in BNC.
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1 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
2 | In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row . |
3 | This was a very old set and did not always work ; as I did not make contact with the control tower I came round and I saw that it was all clear for me to land , so I put my wheels down and made my approach . |
4 | ‘ I did not mean risk with me , ’ he answered , annoyed , ‘ but it is trying to rain and your dress is not covered . ’ |
5 | For all of its evident strengths , Keynesian economics did not stand comparison with classical theory in one vital respect : it was incapable of explaining the determinants of the levels of absolute price and money wages . |
6 | Her differences with other Commonwealth states over economic sanctions in South Africa did not prevent collaboration with them on other issues , notably in maintaining a boycott of cultural and sporting links with South Africa under the Gleneagles agreement , which the British government faithfully observed . |
7 | Financial management was now assuming greater importance in the industry and whilst only 8% mentioned this subject it would be surprising if many more did not find difficulty with it . |
8 | Yet in competition with them the Bournonville ballets did not find favour with the sophisticated Viennese public . |
9 | But our amateur popularity did not find favour with the commercial stations and there were somewhat ugly rumours coming out of Ottawa . |
10 | As one of Rodin 's most celebrated works , The Kiss did not find favour with public opinion in the USA in the 1880s , which decided that the nude marble sculpture was far too hot for public viewing and had it confined to a special room . |
11 | At the same time the quality of cattle was declining and any increase in their numbers did not keep pace with demand . |
12 | In the 1970s the real price of cigarettes fell about 30% because cigarette taxation did not keep pace with inflation . |
13 | Unlike housing and education , health policies were remarkable for their continuity in the 1980s and the NHS finished the decade battered round the edges but largely intact : still the overwhelming supplier of health care in spite of the growth in the independent sector ; still tax-funded and for the most part free at the point of use ; still growing in real terms even though that did not keep pace with demand in the view of critics . |
14 | A single , introverted individual who was self-catering and whose job did not require contact with others would be able to live like this . |
15 | They do not associate valour with the handsome and arrogant hunter , and young men are taught to pity such evidence of ‘ lack of control ’ . |
16 | Its calculations are all relatively local ones : neurones do not make contact with other neurones at any great distance in the same cortical region . |
17 | * Do not make coffee with boiling water . |
18 | He came to realize that traditional accounts of science , whether inductivist or falsificationist , do not bear comparison with historical evidence . |
19 | It is because you do not lose touch with your present identity that I hesitate to ask the question ‘ What is your name ? ’ too early in the session ; the patient 's instinct would be to answer by giving me today 's name . |
20 | On the one hand , educationalists have argued that segregation of handicapped pupils is wrong and they ought to be taught in ordinary schools , albeit with special lessons and equipment provided , in order that they do not lose touch with ordinary children . |
21 | What the critics , of the trade unions and managements alike , are really saying is this : that they do not like normality with all its faults . |
22 | Men do not share support with child care simply because so few of them are responsible for the care of children , and so on . |
23 | Nevertheless , it is clear enough that the realities of pre-war football do not find agreement with postwar nostalgia . |
24 | Second , there are situations in which the regulatory rule sets a less onerous standard than the general law but does not prohibit compliance with the higher standard , raising the question of whether the rule offers a " safe harbour " for those who comply with it . |
25 | Compliance with one set of rules or standards does not ensure compliance with the other . |
26 | Their hearers completely fail to comprehend because the message is couched in unfamiliar vocabulary and does not make contact with any of their felt needs . |
27 | This is bad but , for all the anxiety , it does not bear comparison with the jolts of the mid-1970s and the early 1980s , let alone with 1929–31 when the value of British exports almost halved . |
28 | In the first case , identification with the law does not express identification with the society which is hostile to this law . |
29 | Here the wise man says , the blessing of God , it makes a person rich and it does not bring sorrow with it . |
30 | Vitrinite reflectance is a temperature ( and therefore depth ) dependent parameter which does not undergo retrogression with uplift . |