Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think that even the right hon. Gentleman would be prepared to say that every programme remains the same , irrespective of costs . |
| 2 | I do not think that even the hon. Member for Dover ( Mr. Shaw ) could accuse that authority of being profligate , but those cuts will affect the care of the elderly in Calderdale . |
| 3 | The family member also progressively adapts so that the effects of the disease are largely the progressive effects of that adaptation — The disease always gets worse if it is not treated but nonetheless the family member develops ways in which he or she can somehow live with the disease . |
| 4 | In so far as these subordinated forms of racism are granted some relative autonomy , and are not treated as simply an echo of the dominant ideology , the argument usually reverts to the classical tenets of a ‘ necessary false consciousness ’ . |
| 5 | For example , given the heterogeneous nature of cereal production in the UK , a uniform response is not expected but rather a range of opinion amongst producers , largely dependent on the degree to which producers are committed to intensive cereal production . |
| 6 | We do not know whether all the original recruits really were from orphanages and boarding schools , but if so , they were a particularly vulnerable group of people with a very confused class identity and little choice of work when placed under pressure from patrons . |
| 7 | They soon learned not to talk when just a look would do , and even when separated , each seemed to know instinctively when the other was in trouble . |
| 8 | That they did not do and now the leader of the council said well they 're trying to get down to the standard spending assessment at last , he could have done that a long time ago , you have had nothing but excess expenditure proposals on behalf of this city for many , many years . |
| 9 | Lord Lyons , the British Ambassador in Paris , told the Foreign Office on two separate occasions that ‘ I do not believe that either the Emperor or his Ministers either wish for war or expect it . ’ |
| 10 | I did not mind that often the work was well below what I felt certain I could do . |
| 11 | So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening |
| 12 | ‘ Do you not see that over a million wearying years of galactic history , so-called peace has invariably had its prelude in attack , so that the seeds of further conflict were sown ? |
| 13 | The waiting patients pricked their ears and tried not to smile and then the surgery door would burst open and eject … a little old lady , pink with pleasure ! |
| 14 | Nominated care judges have the same jurisdiction but do not have as wide an administrative role . |
| 15 | it follows that s.4 of the fatal accidents act 1976 does not apply and therefore the value of the fathers services should be taken into account when assessing the damages payable to the plaintiff . |
| 16 | In Brinkibon Ltd. v. Stahag Stahl ( 1982 H.L. ) the House of Lords confirmed the decision in Entores v. Miles Far East Company , that normally in the case of a telephone conversation or a telex communication the postal exception does not apply and therefore the acceptance takes effect when ( and where ) it is actually communicated to the offeror . |
| 17 | But the expected tourist bonanza did not happen and now the finance company wants its money and the family have until Thursday to find backers . |
| 18 | It is not known whether all the material will be permanently exhibited , because South Cambridgeshire District is one of the few local authorities in Britain not to have a local museum . |
| 19 | One can similarly predict that there are some laws which , if passed , the citizenry would not observe or even the police enforce . |
| 20 | This does not mean that only a slit-eyed cat is dangerous . |
| 21 | Delusion is possible for everyone : feeling certain does not mean that therefore the world is as we think it is . |
| 22 | She snuggled down beneath the duvet , desperately trying not to think that just a short while ago it had been wrapped round his powerful body , but as she turned her face into the pillow she was all but overwhelmed by the scent of him — a clean , heady , masculine smell that owed nothing to any kind of artificial fragrance . |
| 23 | This is not to say that absolutely no general trends are discernible in the development of political systems . |
| 24 | Now they sat eagerly on the rows of brittle gilt chairs with red velvet seats , their exquisitely made-up faces carefully devoid of expression as they made brief notes on their programmes , pretending not to notice that sometimes the clicking cameras were directed not at the catwalk models , all of whom had already done a photo-call session for the photographers the previous day , but at them — the society women of America and the international circuit , the bored charity conscious wives of big businessmen , the famed actresses of stage and screen , even the occasional European princess . |
| 25 | She did not reflect that only a few weeks ago she would have thought it impossible that she could have lived the life of a servant , let alone bear eating and drinking in the den in which Rose and her ma lived , but she did know one thing — she would never take her comfortable life for granted again . |
| 26 | The company owned and hired out barges but did not employ any of the union men , but their action meant that barges were not returned and so the company 's business came to a standstill . |
| 27 | It 's understanding the so speak slowly not not not laboured but just a little slower than you would do . |
| 28 | The judges ' first meeting was not held until nearly a fortnight after their appointment , and even then the only business was the election of a chairman . |
| 29 | and this is a solemn 's teaching of God 's word , the bible nowhere teaches the doctrine of universalism , that everybody 's gon na go to heaven , it does n't teach that , it does n't say and it does not teach that ultimately every body will be saved , there are plenty of those around who 'd teach that today , but the bible does n't teach that there are those who will tell us that the sinner and the saint , the man who has no thought of God or no love for God and the Christian that all be gathered together on the final day , you all have another chance , Jesus never said that , the bible does n't teach that , it 's quite unscriptural . |
| 30 | It was not suggested that either the solicitors , who were simply carrying out a straightforward conveyancing transaction , or Mrs G herself , had any criminal or quasi-criminal intent or were aware of the suspected intent of the alleged drug trafficker . |