Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] [prep] [art] [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 | Oliver wondered why Angelina was not clamouring for a new vote in order to support her fiancé and decided that this was some further infamous plan on her part . |
| 3 | Some undertake this role at a working level by assisting and challenging the business units when they submit their plans ; for example , by questioning why the business units are not competing in a certain way or as much as they should . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 6 | It did not appear to be caused by needle or pusher , because it was not happening in a regular line — just spasmodically . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | Does n't the good minister understand that we are not living in an idealised middle-class world of Just William where chaps get caned and girls behave like Violet Elizabeth Bott ? |
| 10 | " Damn it , we 're not living in the Middle Ages . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If the Prime Minister thinks that all that adds up to recovery , he is not living in the real world . |
| 14 | But if that 's an incentive they 're not living in the real world . |
| 15 | ‘ Anybody who says there is not a direct connection between people 's health and unemployment is not living in the real world . |
| 16 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 17 | A NORTH Wales MP has accused Labour supporters of ‘ behaving like spoilt children ’ and of not living in the real world . |
| 18 | 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 . ’ |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | No , we 're not looking at a new wonder drug , you know , the type that you swallow with a glass of water . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | And Tory arguments that the tax would make companies uncompetitive were not looking at the whole picture . |
| 24 | When I write again in twelve months ’ time I shall be extremely disappointed if , world events permitting , we have not met our targets and are not looking at an improved set of results . |
| 25 | Second , most people who are in work are keeping their heads down and not looking for a new job , so there is less competition from those in work . |
| 26 | That 's why I sympathise with Audrey and I feel sure she 's not looking for a new man . |
| 27 | No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy |
| 28 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 29 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 30 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |