Example sentences of "[not/n't] [v-ing] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reliance of elderly people on walking as a mode of transport increases their exposure to risk whilst their failing faculties raise the likelihood of them not seeing the striking vehicle . |
| 2 | not seeing the only point of being there |
| 3 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 4 | Just because some of them do n't know their arse from their elbow does n't mean that we 're not bringing the whole thing under control . ’ |
| 5 | Therefore , if we can not detect a particular coded message in an animal , there is no reason to say that they are not transmitting the particular message by some other means . |
| 6 | Not using the above sequence . |
| 7 | I had a particular gift with the tarot cards … not using the traditional interpretations which are given on the back of any £5-pack from W H Smiths . |
| 8 | Due to the way VMS handles privilege allocation , the entire command procedure must leave all the privileges set until the Exit option is selected — and this means not using the lexical function F$SETPRV , as this will remove a privilege which is default but not authorised . |
| 9 | He must get this right , not make a fool of himself by stumbling over the words , not using the correct terminology or not knowing which fish he wanted . |
| 10 | If you are not using the original version , you should say so ( e.g. by noting " second edition " or " reprinted version " or " facsimile " ) . |
| 11 | She knew it annoyed Mrs. Mott , which was why she had agreed so peaceably to the girls not using the main staircase and the hall of the house to get to their sessions . |
| 12 | Not realising the long-term strategy behind the offer , Haslam turned it down , regarding it as an inferior job for someone with his mining engineering skills . |
| 13 | We could kick ourselves for not realising the obvious distinction . |
| 14 | Reacting against the momentary quality of Impressionism , which had been like a window suddenly opened out on to nature from a sheltered interior , against all forms of violent personal expression , against the decorative and symbolic element which had characterized the work of the Nabis and Gauguin and so much late nineteenth-century painting , and even against the Fauves ( and the strong fin de siècle flavour of Fauvism has never been sufficiently acknowledged or stressed ) , the Cubists saw their paintings as constructed objects having their own independent existence , as small , self-contained worlds , not reflecting the outside world but recreating it in a completely new form . |
| 15 | Themes for fairs are often chosen well in advance of opening dates , so they run the danger of not reflecting the subsequent realities of the marketplace . |
| 16 | BEFORE the Oakland Athletics began their American League Championship series against the Toronto Blue Jays it was said that the team had a crucial flaw : when their celebrated home-run hitters were not peppering the upper decks , the A 's supposedly found it tough to manufacture runs base by base with base hits , steals and sacrifice flies . |
| 17 | They do agree , as a minimum , that there is a strong presumption against the use of nuclear weapons ; and that nuclear weapons must be subject , at the very minimum , to certain basic laws of war rules on such matters as not targeting the civilian populations as such . |
| 18 | And from a wider point of view , We 're not helping the genuine trader . |
| 19 | If sound insulation is also needed , glass fibre matting can be inserted between boards and walls , although to be really effective , this needs a separate timber frame , adjacent to , but not touching the separating wall . |
| 20 | Not allowing the primary sufferer to be inappropriately involved in food preparation . |
| 21 | Again he 's probably not eating the right things . |
| 22 | British farmers are not producing the right kind of food for a healthy diet . |
| 23 | By 1900 it must have been increasingly obvious that the policies of Frederick and Bismarck were not producing the desired effect . |
| 24 | ‘ I think Mr Sheblee is being unreasonable in not accepting the revised price . ’ |
| 25 | The factors relevant to the giving of reasons by the Parole Board or a local review committee are not the same as those relevant to the Secretary of State 's giving reasons for not accepting the judicial view of the tariff . |
| 26 | While not naming the other candidates , Mazowiecki in his resignation speech criticized the " many promises made without backing " and the " many strong , often demagogical accusations " made against the government . |
| 27 | Central police were not naming the dead man last night . |
| 28 | While not doubting the pharmacological dimension to drug-addiction , it is nevertheless true to say that in many cases this is only an external consequence of an existing internal dependency which is just as addictive , even though repressed . |
| 29 | Simultaneously we had been in touch with Sir Hubert and had discovered that he did indeed give an interview to the representative in London and had spoken ‘ off the cuff ’ to quite an extent but not justifying the outright statement attributed to him . |
| 30 | ‘ David had a very good game at Leeds , apart from not applying the golden rule of playing until the ref blows his whistle . |