Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] at the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of these plate boundary configurations and stages of development are largely conjectural since clear examples do not exist at the present day . |
| 2 | Rather unexpectedly , the lighthouse is not situated at the far extremity of the headland , the Point of Stoer , but two miles short on the west side . |
| 3 | TWO men accused of killing a pensioner when a mugging went wrong had the charge found not proven at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday . |
| 4 | Whatever the wedding organizers decide , it is important to let the toastmaster and the speechmakers know , so that they are prepared and do not disappear at the vital moment . |
| 5 | Agree that Practice Rule 15 be not amended at the present time . |
| 6 | It rained upon them at Elgin and Johnson again ran into culinary difficulty with a lunch he could not eat at the Red Lion inn . |
| 7 | KPMG would not comment at the recent agm . |
| 8 | b , Cell bodies of the trigeminal nerve in r3 of a normal embryo are not located at the ventral midline but are distributed more laterally ( arrowhead ) and send their axons directly lateral before turning anteriorly and crossing into r2. c , DiI retrograde tracing of the facial motor nerve in a normal embryo shows that the cell bodies in r5 ( indicated by the white arrow ) are located along the midline and project their axons anteriorly into r4 . |
| 9 | It would be surprising if Tolkien had not looked at the calm face of Tollund Man , or the hideously frightened one of ‘ Queen Gunhild ’ ( all too obviously still struggling as she was pinned down alive ) , and reflected that these were the true lineaments of his pagan ancestors . |
| 10 | The regent has said , even if it takes all day , we are not to appear at the royal palace or the Savoy until we have something more to tell him ! ’ |
| 11 | That either they have n't been able to think about it very carefully , not looking at the real options , or have n't got an electric point , so they ca n't have an electric shredder , or whatever the appropriate way of dealing with the more sort of shrubby erm waste that they 're likely to have . |
| 12 | As Pyke got me a half of bitter I stood there regarding the rows of inverted bottles behind the barman 's head , not looking at the other actors in the pub , who I knew were all staring at me . |
| 13 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 14 | Now if the prediction that follows from this maze of premises turns out to be false ( in our example , if the planet does not appear at the predicted location ) , then all that the logic of the situation permits us to conclude is that at least one of the premises must be false . |
| 15 | In a fixed date action , if the defendant has not delivered a defence within the time limited , or in any action where the defendant does not appear at the pre-trial review ( or preliminary arbitration appointment ) , evidence by affidavit is admissible without notice unless the court otherwise orders ( Ord 20 , r 7(2) ; Ord 19 , r 5(2) ; Term No 2 ) . |
| 16 | Abnormal development may occur if a protein is not made at the right time or place , or the protein is defective or if too little or too much is made . |
| 17 | On the other hand , when one is obsessively searching for the solution to a problem , it may be consciously recognised when it occurs as a fluctuation in the random activity of the subconscious whereas in other circumstances it might not emerge at the conscious level at all . |
| 18 | He did not look at the still bowing surveyors as he spoke , but at Alexei . |
| 19 | Thus , in construing a written agreement the court is entitled to take account of surrounding circumstances ( with reference to which the words of the agreement were used ) and the object appearing from those circumstances that the person had in view ; but the court may not look at the prior negotiations of the parties as an aid to construction of the written contract resulting from those negotiations ( Prenn v Simmonds [ 1971 ] 3 All ER 237 ) . |
| 20 | She did not look at the old man , so she failed to see the shrewd yet kindly glance he gave her . |
| 21 | The first is whether in construing ambiguous or obscure statutory provisions your Lordships should relax the historic rule that the courts must not look at the Parliamentary history of legislation or Hansard for the purpose of construing such legislation . |
| 22 | The carcass , unfortunately , was in quite an advanced state of decomposition by the time we got to it , so we could not look at the detailed histology ( cell structure ) of the internal organs or the central nervous system . |
| 23 | We did not look at the histological correlate of the inflammatory mediators as for ethical reasons we did not perform sigmoidoscopy and rectal biopsy . |
| 24 | Coffin did not look at the severed hands , where he imagined the signs of a fight would show . |
| 25 | In other words , the cash payments on the bond are not discounted at the appropriate interest rate . |
| 26 | Such local compensation , however , can not occur at the small scale because the lithosphere has a finite strength and so changes in load result in regional isostatic adjustments over a greater area than that actually affected by the change in load ( Fig. 4.7(B) ) . |
| 27 | She tried not to look at the easy , mutual affection of Finn , Francie and the dumb woman . |
| 28 | And then it was over , and they were coming out into the grey , windy day , the mothers trying not to look at the white-capped sea beyond the point , the boys suddenly gruff and silent now that the moment of parting was come . |
| 29 | ‘ Do we need some help with our washing ? ’ , all the while desperately trying not to look at the forbidden sight of father naked in the bath . |
| 30 | The three squads making for the northern caisson , including Bob Burtenshaw 's men who were not needed at the southern caisson , were less fortunate . |