Example sentences of "not proof [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wished she could tell him that was nonsense but she feared Pascoe 's death was confirmation of something she had imagined , not proof of something she had found incredible . |
| 2 | If that is not proof of lack of investment , what is ? |
| 3 | Reports of selective depletion of a common set of V elements in people with HIV infection , and that HIV selectivity stimulates and replicates in CD4 cells with particular V elements in vitro , are compatible with ( but not proof of ) HIV encoding a superantigen . |
| 4 | that 's not proof of ownership |
| 5 | This is not proof in itself that our ancestors were more intelligent than we are : it seems that the ability of a brain depends less on its size than on the extent of its complexity , as epitomized by the degree of crenulation ( folding ) on its exterior . |
| 6 | It was an appeal and he was not proof against it . |
| 7 | But the existence of a quiet pro-American majority in Britain , France and Germany is not proof against big changes in attitudes to America 's role in the world . |
| 8 | Even Jimmy 's early morning blues were not proof against that , and they eventually arrived back at base in a much better humour than when they took off . |
| 9 | Cellulose is not proof against attack and it was reckoned that a new car 's shine would be ruined in about two years . |
| 10 | And even good food was not proof against the malignance that hung in the air , in the rotting soil , in the ill-washed vessels from which they ate and drank . |
| 11 | Mrs Alderley was not proof against the desperation of her tone . |
| 12 | Even this is not proof against all errors . |
| 13 | But she found she was n't proof against his sudden closeness , nor his smiling charm as his eyes tried yet again to seek out the curves of her body hidden so discreetly from his probing by her chosen armour . |