Example sentences of "not [verb] the [noun] because " in BNC.
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1 | Users tend not to see the errors because they 're corrected by the network software , but the need for retries slows things down . |
2 | Afterwards he told her not to report the incident because he could have her ‘ nicked ’ for soliciting . |
3 | But ANC officials said that after a meeting with police , Mr Mandela had decided not to attend the funeral because of increased tension in the Table Mountain district , outside Pietermaritzburg . |
4 | Women are not given the opportunities because very often they are not up to the job . |
5 | Perhaps Locke did not recognise the difference because he used the same word , ‘ idea ’ , both for what we would ordinarily call an idea and for what is imprinted in , or on , the mind , the ‘ sensation ’ . |
6 | But Norwich social services bosses say he does not need the pass because he can hobble a quarter of a mile without help . |
7 | Factory bonuses have been replaced by compulsory pay deductions to buy government bonds , and many enterprises say they can not buy the bonds because they no longer have any cash . |
8 | yeah because the person er who 's job it is to deal with the sulks for want of a better phrase there is not is preferring not to tackle the issue because as far as she 's concerned it 's not affecting the efficiency of the office , that 's what I 'm trying to say and it 's not , in fact it 's added to the efficiency of the office if anything . |
9 | The Prussians could not industrialise the east because local commerce did not generate profits large enough to finance industrial investment , and because local agriculture could not support the bulk of the population at more than subsistence level . |
10 | Alan Noble , another former Darlington director , said he would not rejoin the board because of business commitments . |
11 | This is the very reason why good spiritual directors do not mind the title because they more than anyone , recognize that the prime director is the Holy Spirit . |
12 | She said she did not report the rape because he had destroyed her faith in the police force . |
13 | The husband does not like the car because it does not reflect his status . |
14 | ‘ The defendant clearly did not see the bicycle because he hit it firmly in the rear , ’ Mr Reid said . |
15 | Most of the 25,000 audience in the Palais Bercy could not see the platform because of the enormous scaffold bridge built across it for the cameras . |
16 | And we decided not to record the meeting because we had objections which is fair enough . |
17 | Finally , some teachers did not return the questionnaire because they had not been in the school at the time of the review and felt that their knowledge of SSE as a general notion was too limited even to enable them to complete the section on general attitudes . |
18 | However , there were attempts at a private member 's bill : the Rape ( Anonymity of Victims ) Bill was introduced by Mr F.P. Crowder , and there was another in 1975 by Jack Ashley , stemming from concern that raped women were not reporting the crime because of fear of press publicity . |
19 | But they do not decide the issue because many of the Catholic scholars listed may have experienced the frustration of censorship to a degree not experienced by their Protestant contemporaries . |
20 | But unfortunately , they are not getting the opportunity because of er some of the management failings means that they 're not actually getting the contracts to which they 're entitled . |
21 | Up to that time Parma had not been touched , and the Parmigiani had lived in the irrational hope that the Americans would not bomb the city because Toscanini , by then living in the United States , had persuaded them not to do so . |
22 | ‘ We are fearful that older people who want to remain at home may not have the choice because the cost may be more than local authorities can afford ’ , says divisional director Evelyn MeEwen . |
23 | It is important not to overuse the checkstays because excessive use can close the leech of the main , slowing the boat . |
24 | With the new churches as with the old , without an obedience that means a radical change in lifestyle , powerful words from God will fade , the membership will become fat and complacent and another generation will not hear the gospel because of the disobedience of the church . |
25 | And Manningham dare not call the police because they convinced him his every move was being monitored . |
26 | We shall certainly not oppose the order because , as the Minister rightly explained , it deals with a particular provision relating to new teachers and their contracts of employment . |
27 | I understand that there will not be one , but I end on this note : that will allow the official Opposition to say that they did not oppose the Bill because there was no vote on Second Reading . |
28 | The hospital did not admit the child because they had already too many in the same condition . |
29 | Cormack had run up the stairs , not taking the lift because he knew from films they could tell which floor you got off at by the lights above the door . |
30 | It is almost as if all the punishment , admonishment and educative pressure which the aboriginal child has been spared up to this moment is suddenly and simultaneously inflicted on him ( here , for once , the masculine pronoun does not embrace the feminine because initiation is an exclusively masculine affair ) . |