Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] not [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This did n't stop the rock press from gnashing its teeth and a prize was certainly in the offing for the writer who could effectively belittle the Morrissey figure . |
| 2 | This did n't stop the interview from re-surfacing two weeks later in Zigzag wherein Morrissey acknowledged his undying erotic passion for leather car seats , amongst other things … all fairly lightweight banter and all revolving , enticingly ( ? ) around Morrissey 's underlying eroticism . |
| 3 | This did n't give the guy a lot of confidence about his bet , but I do n't think the thought of losing had entered Peter 's head . |
| 4 | The Buenos Aires flight was delayed and the plane horribly hot , but this did n't upset the passengers who seemed delighted to be going home . |
| 5 | This did n't seem the time to remind him that he had seen her wearing considerably less . |
| 6 | H pylori was identified in the gastric biopsy specimens of six of 17 ( 35% ) rheumatoid patients receiving long term gold injections plus NSAID , which is only two subjects less than the expected prevalence in such a subgroup had they taken NSAID only ; this did not change the overall statistical analyses of the study . |
| 7 | However , the Attorney-General courteously but firmly warned your Lordships that this did not conclude the question . |
| 8 | It was held that this did not entitle the buyers to reject the whole consignment . |
| 9 | It was held that this did not entitle the seller to take from the buyer the proceeds of the sub-sales of his ( the seller 's ) property ; instead it merely created a charge in favour of the seller which was void because it was not registered under the Companies Act . |
| 10 | This did not prevent the Family Planning Association in its Dublin and Cork clinics from providing contraceptives freely and students at University College , Dublin from installing a condom-dispensing machine in their Union building . |
| 11 | But this did not prevent the Dominicans from setting out that war could be justified as a means of restoring order in situations of political or social disharmony , for instance between territories ( here we see the beginnings of the idea of the territorial unit and the defence of its justifiable rights ) or between sovereign rulers and their vassals ( if the vassal chose to rebel against his lord and thus fell into a state of disobedience ) . |
| 12 | On Poland , an arrangement was made whereby the Communists would form a joint administration with elements of the London government-in-exile , but this did not prevent the country 's long-term domination by Moscow . |
| 13 | When Parliament met in the autumn of 1381 , the Speaker expressed the view that the troubles had been caused by abuses in government , notably by purveyance for the royal household and by the levy of taxation for the defence of the realm , particularly as this did not prevent the King 's enemies from raiding England . |
| 14 | Fortunately this did not stop the women from trying , and Basnett , senior lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick , describes in some detail the individual practitioners who set about the task . |
| 15 | The Keeper of the Shrine of Asuryan plucked out his eyes but even this did not stop the terrible visions . |
| 16 | Even so , this did not stop the trouble . |
| 17 | The following day was a total white-out , although this did not stop the intrepid skiers , as we headed to the top of Roc des 3 Marches and down into Meribel Mottaret . |
| 18 | However , Mr Gorbachev made clear this did not mean the entire relationship between the two Germanys had to be frozen for ever . |
| 19 | Customs spokesman John Barber said this did not mean the drugs teams were prevented from carrying out their vital work . |
| 20 | This did not mean the end of large-scale sheep-farming , which was still the basis of large fortunes in the nineteenth century : migrant merino flocks still passed from summer pastures in the Sierras along the sheep roads to Estremadura and the south ; but with the destruction of animal stock in the War of Independence , the disruption of the sheep routes , and the general decline of wool the great transhumant flocks persisted only in those regions where no other method of feeding was possible — in the more remote parts of the bleak province of Soria for example . |
| 21 | Mr McCormack said this did not mean the barrage project was dead . |
| 22 | Mr McCormack said this did not mean the barrage project was dead and buried . |
| 23 | This did not obviate the clear need to retrench in the face of failing numbers and , during the year , the staff of the Institute was reduced from 117 to 106 . |
| 24 | This did not involve the King 's government in any expense ; if people went overseas , presumably they did it in order to make money , and the King could see no reason why he should provide any of his not very plentiful revenue to enrich them faster , though he might invest money of his own if he thought he had a reasonable chance of getting a dividend . |
| 25 | All Yugoslav nationals in Eighth Army area were to be returned so long as this did not involve the " use of force " . |
| 26 | This did not involve the breach of any subsisting contract between Acrow and Rex Chainbelt . |
| 27 | Eventually , however , the common external tariff and the abolition of internal customs duties were introduced in January 1948 , but this did not fulfil the initial optimism . |
| 28 | Even this did not satisfy the Queen . |
| 29 | This did not satisfy the French . |
| 30 | As the judge said , no doubt the Ledingham-Smiths were influenced by a desire to retain the accountants ' services , but this did not make the payments a preference in the absence of evidence that they would , not may , benefit the creditor . |