Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] not [vb infin] this " in BNC.
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1 | However , I do not regard this problem as insuperable . |
2 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
3 | — Clearly the words ‘ Now I am seeing this as apex ’ can not so far mean anything to a learner who has only just met the concepts of apex , base and so on — But I do not mean this as empirical proposition . |
4 | Who said ‘ I do not want this to look too much like a cynical photocall ’ ? |
5 | I do not make this point to suggest that all these theories are wrong in every detail , but to underline the importance of looking behind the apparently innocent measures on which so much of the global-system literature is based . |
6 | I do not think this difficulty is insuperable , particularly if one accepts that a single gene mutation could have a large effect in fitting an organism to a new environment . |
7 | Without the frequent and often detailed accounts in the Henley Standard — especially in the early , interesting years — I do not think this book could have been produced . |
8 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
9 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
10 | The tribunal chairman said : ‘ Her privacy was invaded , but she does model and I do not think this was a very high level of injured feelings . |
11 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
12 | But as I have said earlier , I do not think this necessarily precludes a difference in the procedures which are appropriate on the one hand where it is necessary to explain to the driver his right to claim a replacement specimen taken under section 7(4) and what the exercise of that right involves and , on the other hand , where the driver is obliged , subject to any rights of objection , to provide the specimen the constable requires . |
13 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
14 | Mr Sproat was not , he insisted , against the scheme from any reasons of philistinism , ‘ but I do not think this is the best way to encourage authors . |
15 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
16 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
17 | I do not do this but some pe everyone 's entitled to throw their money away if they like . |
18 | I do not intend this list to be exhaustive . |
19 | However I do not favour this view as to my mind the force in this poem which awakens is one indifferent to the survival of the life it awoke . |
20 | I do not hold this out as support for the thesis , but rather as evidence of the direction being taken by governments of whatever political complexion . |
21 | For the sake of argument — and I do not concede this — I recognise that the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) is asserting that there are downward pressures on university funding . |
22 | I do not take this view , but I do think that there are certain deep assumptions about how the mind-body problem should be addressed which increase its difficulty . |
23 | Even if ( and I do not accept this at all ) neutrality could only be justified as a means to a fair contest , it should not be identified with action securing a fair contest . |
24 | I do not accept this . |
25 | I do not accept this . |
26 | I do not accept this argument . |
27 | I do not reject this out of hand ; but it is not my primary purpose here ; rather , it is to suggest a methodology which might enable us to gain insights into the functioning of the lyric poem per se , while always being mindful of the dangers of seeking generic overviews of historical phenomena . |
28 | I do not know this vast army of women who disintegrate at menopause , nor the hordes who scrabble blindly for their lost youth . |
29 | Chancellor Kohl said : ‘ I do not believe this is a trend that will destroy the party system . |
30 | I know those offices in Northumberland Avenue — I have been involved in submitting evidence to two separate Royal Commissions there — and I do not believe this proposed tour of inspection is going to be a very joyous occasion . |