Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [adv] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 2 | But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties . |
| 3 | However , as the need for this particular type of system was not believed to be acute , it was not pursued further at the time . |
| 4 | ‘ We 're not living apart at the moment , ’ he reminded her . |
| 5 | Hornby on the occasion rebuked Brixton for not looking properly at the CNAA 's regulations — and the College was subsequently to have its proposals approved . |
| 6 | These include excessive pallor or flushing of skin ; rapid , darting eye movements ; perspiration ; tremor of hands ; rigid posture ; aggressive manner ; excessive and/or irrelevant talking , and not looking directly at the person being spoken to . |
| 7 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 8 | By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped . |
| 9 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 11 | And yet the impact on us is considerable , and I 'm seriously wondering whether the major spending committees ought not to look again at the budgets that they 're erm , and I 've discussed this with , and obviously education is the big problem , but er , I 'm not convinced that erm , the sums of money which we 're being asked to pay out , not be taken from the education budget without too dra drastic an effect on the school . |
| 12 | She 's not going anywhere at the moment . |
| 13 | ‘ Country properties were not selling well at the time . |
| 14 | Instead of the fairway he found the edge of the rough several times , and his irons were not flying straight at the flag . |
| 15 | Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were . |
| 16 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 17 | My apologies for not saying so at the beginning . |
| 18 | Even Weick does n't make it clear that this dilemma is not found only at the action level . |
| 19 | Tommaso did not call again at the farm that leave , and after the Easter holidays , Davide went back to Rupe for the short summer school term before the dog days drove most people indoors to keep cool , and some venturesome spirits down to the coast , to the white sand beaches at Dolmetta and Tirrani , where sea bathing was just becoming popular among adults . |
| 20 | If eclecticism is to be a matter of principle , it can not apply independently at the level of operational technique : it must apply at the level of appraisal which techniques will make variably operational in the manner previously discussed . |
| 21 | He said the province had always lost out because it was not represented effectively at the Council of Ministers — where Government Ministers argue the case for funding . |
| 22 | Such an objective would be ill-founded if the process of integration did not aim also at the Community 's complete monetary integration which can only be achieved through the establishment of a European currency union . |
| 23 | Erm , in we were not sitting here at the end of our , how many years is it now , thirteen , fourteen years . |
| 24 | A stroke does not come suddenly at the age of 75 or 80 and finish life . |
| 25 | I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands . |
| 26 | Money is another factor diverting doctors from a career in research , although it was not discussed much at the conference . |
| 27 | In an attempt to prove they were unaffected by this , they raised their voices as they chatted to each other , and pretended not to glance uneasily at the nearby rectangles of darker , freshly turned earth . |
| 28 | We were not playing well at the start and many of my players were tired after Great Britain 's tour in the summer . |
| 29 | " The Four Points were the most celebrated diplomatic achievement of the Crimean war " , but did not seem so at the time they were agreed because Nicholas had just begun withdrawing his forces from the Danubian Principalities . |
| 30 | ‘ It is to Foinavon 's eternal credit that he did not refuse either at the melee when he had every excuse to or when he was out on his own especially when he was tiring , ’ Buckingham said . |