Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The DHA responded to the MIND critique , strongly refuting the charge of having no coherent strategy and of not seeing beyond the enabling schemes . |
| 2 | we 're not eating in the back room , he can get stuffed , we 'll eat in the posh end for a change Jul , like we did last time |
| 3 | I would personally like to see more erm sort of grading of erm more , more higher standards being set by the sort of head offices of people who own things like chains of motorway service areas , not catering for the lowest common denominator , but aiming to really have an absolutely top quality service , cleanliness , everything , in all parts of their business . |
| 4 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 5 | The producers of films should be aiming to bring pleasure and entertainment , not pandering to the lowest savage instinct , however profitable that may be . |
| 6 | On such a calendar , the Gunflint fossils of algae-like organisms , which seemed so extremely ancient when they were first discovered , are seen to be quite latecomers in the history of life , not appearing until the second week of August . |
| 7 | The Government give as reason for not reverting to the 1988 arrangements the small number of convictions previously secured . |
| 8 | A world transfixed by the horror in the Balkans is entitled to feel it has better things to worry about than what is not happening in the Middle East . |
| 9 | Their view of the world is contained in the belief ‘ if it 's not happening in the domestic market , it 's not happening at all ’ . |
| 10 | Grade III buildings were those which , whilst not qualifying for the first statutory list when compiled in 1949–69 , were considered nevertheless to be of some importance for planning purposes . |
| 11 | I got the impression that Jean-Claude had been so certain that his relationship with his sister was the most singular she would ever make , that the mere fact of their not living under the same roof would do nothing to erode what they had together . |
| 12 | " Damn it , we 're not living in the Middle Ages . |
| 13 | There is a lot of humorous reminiscing by the veterans about previous pilgrimages , about blisters , about the student who was cautioned for cooling his feet in a public reservoir , about the crippling last mile of the pilgrimage which , apparently ( who says we 're not living in the Middle Ages ? ) , we walk barefoot . |
| 14 | Supposedly grown-up people that believe human beings can not practise safe sex and contraception , or that it is right to deny a 14-year-old girl who has been raped an abortion because it would be morally wrong in the eyes of God , are not living in the real world . |
| 15 | If the Prime Minister thinks that all that adds up to recovery , he is not living in the real world . |
| 16 | But if that 's an incentive they 're not living in the real world . |
| 17 | ‘ Anybody who says there is not a direct connection between people 's health and unemployment is not living in the real world . |
| 18 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 19 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 20 | Referring to the Rhyl Labour Party campaign to persuade the public to send preprinted ‘ Deeds Not Words ’ postcards to him at the House of Commons , Mr Richards said : ‘ Anybody who thinks that sending postcards and petitions is going to change the price of bread is not living in the real world . ’ |
| 21 | Patients not living in the two health districts were excluded . |
| 22 | Recently , home responsibility was extended to include the care of elderly relatives not living in the same household . |
| 23 | For them there was nothing tame about not living in the fast lane ; nothing sanctimonious about unconsciously keeping clear of the edge of the cliff . |
| 24 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | All you 've got to do is concentrate on getting out quick and running your own thing , not looking at the next guy . |
| 28 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 29 | Katherine nodded fractionally , and the butler bowed and moved silently from the room , not looking at the younger man . |
| 30 | And it is my responsibility to make sure the players concentrate over the entire 90 minutes and are not looking towards the next match . |