Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] [adv] the " in BNC.

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1 These emerged as the movement represented by the Enlightenment itself became more self-critical and less brashly confident in its own rationalism ; but that does not make them any the less significant or challenging for theology .
2 This does not make it any the less disturbing and below we will discuss contemporary styles of delinquency in greater detail .
3 However , it has been said that advice which is intended to have persuasive effect is not distinguishable from inducement and ‘ the fact that an inducement to break a contract is couched as an irresistible embargo rather than in terms of seduction does not make it any the less an inducement . ’
4 Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem .
5 If necessary , use a padsaw to free the disc , but be careful not to lose it down the stack .
6 Even if we knew from a multiplicity of attestations that the thinness in question was specifically a thin curtain or veil or gauze , we would still not know what precisely the image was , for a curtain could be vertical or horizontal , it could be used to divide or screen or cover , it could serve the one who spreads it out , or someone else for whom it is spread out .
7 Because it means you can always criticize the individual , for either not having done the job well enough or for having not done it quite the way you thought it ought to be done .
8 She said I 'm not wearing them down the shop .
9 I would agree with that , but I would just like to pick up three two of there have been one or two instances felt that they have necessarily make aware perhaps that something 's coming up in er difficult , but I just wanted to mention that er I do n't know what the procedures are actually , but I mean it d did n't seem to be one or two cases not saying it necessarily the department 's fault , I 'm er just making the point .
10 ‘ Well , she 's certainly not drivin' herself all the way down through Chile to Punta Arenas .
11 The poser being , of course , that she could not tell him either the true reason she was here , or even who she really was .
12 They do not tell us why the level is set at its current average rather than some much higher or lower figure .
13 So even the inflationary model does not tell us why the initial configuration was not such as to produce something very different from what we observe .
14 The tonic accent normally falls on the last item , but this does not tell us where the given element ends and the new one begins .
15 But even if this adaptive explanation is correct , it does not tell us how the eye spots are made .
16 That proof showed that general relativity is only an incomplete theory : it can not tell us how the universe started off , because it predicts that all physical theories , including itself , break down at the beginning of the universe .
17 ‘ It 's a chance to understand why women are not making it up the professional or corporate ladder , ’ Ms Gompels added , ‘ which does seem to be a waste of such a valuable resource . ’
18 If the client can not afford it then the sensible way to proceed would be to continue to press the insurers to form a view on liability .
19 That the White Revolution was massively acclaimed by referendum in 1973 did not commend it any the more to the clergy .
20 If you do n't service one then the other wo n't be happy .
21 Yeah she did n't want them exactly the same , she just wanted it , all all the same
22 ‘ People with disabilities are seen as individuals , if one person is unhappy in the job employers do n't brand everyone else the same .
23 Presumably one reason why people doing something is they did n't do it enough the first time , or they did n't do it properly , or they did n't do it successfully and therefore they 've got ta keep doing it .
24 I said but she ca n't keep you out the shop anyway .
25 Well I ai n't got it out the box yet .
26 ‘ In theory , I suppose , the nearest piece of fruit could have been doctored , but I do n't see myself how the murderer could have been sure the victim would have picked it . ’
27 Why do you have to take your skateboard because you ca n't ride it up the bank can you ?
28 He said that he had a video which he would bring round , but when he arrived he claimed to have lost it and still did n't provide a written description , so I would n't tell him where the dogs were .
29 Of course I co could n't tell you now the different ways , they do what they like now .
30 I could n't put them anywhere the bin is full !
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