Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this Keynesian demand management could not dispel much of the economic uncertainty faced by business . |
| 2 | He did not think much of the lectures . |
| 3 | I did not think much of the CPRS blunderbuss which seemed to be aimed firmly at the Government 's feet . |
| 4 | At Cambridge she met her first husband , Sebastian Manning , who introduced her to a world in which socialism , far from being ridiculous , was natural , chic , colourful , confident , artistic : Sebastian 's parents were artists of some repute , one a painter , the other a potter , and they did not think much of the austerities of Dr Leavis . |
| 5 | I do not think much of the House of Lords anyhow , but it is essential for the proper performance of parliamentary government that the major Bills — this is one — are introduced first in this House . |
| 6 | Why not think first of the name of the shop and of the name of the bread , and then say : ‘ I went to Brown 's corner shop , and the wholemeal bread had sold out . ’ |
| 7 | However , we do not think any of the security documents in the present case should be so construed . |
| 8 | And why should we not think ill of the dead , she wondered suddenly , for they can not hear , word can not be passed to them , they can not be hurt . |
| 9 | It 's to do with having a balanced overview of your strengths and weaknesses and not using these to the detriment of others or so that others are able to exploit you . |
| 10 | Earlier , he had visited the museum of San Martino , not to see any of the exhibits but just to take in the view , the huge curve of the Bay . |
| 11 | A final reason providing grounds upon which to criticise the programme was that the network of field workers did not cover all of the rural population of Bangladesh . |
| 12 | Although the great whales may be relatively safe for a while the International Whaling Commission regulation does not cover any of the small cetaceans which are being slaughtered in huge numbers around the world . |
| 13 | Sustainability 's recommendations for action have also come under scrutiny , since they do not cover some of the deficiencies identified in the report , including the low-level of recycled materials use , and the company 's preference for road , rather than rail , as means of product transport . |
| 14 | This decision will not affect any of the other Group Secretarial awards for which we have seen an overall increase in demand internationally . |
| 15 | Why , for example , did they not make more of the greater physique and technique of their battle-hardened pack ? |
| 16 | My son , do not make light of the Lord 's discipline , and do not lose heart when he rebukes you , because the Lord disciplines those he loves , and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son . |
| 17 | Putting it this simply does not make light of the doubt but takes it very seriously . |
| 18 | I did not sample any of the catering so I can not comment on quality and value , but the everything was ready on time , and the queues seemed to move reasonably well . |
| 19 | Everything about her flowed , particularly her long luxurious auburn hair — that is , when she was not obliged to roll it up in order not to fall foul of the army authorities . |
| 20 | IT WILL NOT ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE , BUT HOPEFULLY IT WILL MAKE THE FIRST WEEK OR TWO EASIER ! |
| 21 | Fenella had not heard all of the discussion . |
| 22 | Finally , try not to go wild with the amount of equipment you buy , because you can use money for other things . |
| 23 | If a passage can be reduced to a set of elementary propositions of the kind approximately represented in [ 9 ] , can we not regard this as the neutral , " styleless " version against which all other paraphrases , such as [ 8 ] , are stylistically marked in varying degrees ? |
| 24 | Some of these patterns could undoubtedly be related to sexual activity ( for example , a male infection on the lower surface of a leg with a female infection on the upper surface of the corresponding leg ) , but sexual contact could not explain all of the distribution patterns . |
| 25 | ( If you are not eating all of the salad at once , do not dress the reserved vegetables until used . |
| 26 | The motor industry is still buoyant but can not remain immune from the trends in the rest of the economy . ’ |
| 27 | He also wrote some incidental theatre music for a play by Gebler , Thamos , König in Ägypten ( Thamos , King of Egypt ) , which , however , did not remain long in the repertory . |
| 28 | The Christian and the caring humanist can not remain unconcerned for the plight of the people of the Third World who live so close to starvation . |
| 29 | Like her mother Jeanne was of a more sceptical frame of mind but she could not remain unaffected by the atmosphere of piety in the fifth-floor apartment . |
| 30 | Although it is thought that translation of a polymer chain proceeds by means of a series of segmental jumps involving short kinetic units , which may each consist of between 15 and 30 chain atoms , the complete movement of a chain can not remain unaffected by the surrounding chains . |