Example sentences of "not [verb] the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had n't been reading at all but had been glancing out of the window not seeing the gracious gardens that surrounded Summer Lodge , but planning ways to help Craig when he came to her . |
| 2 | Its concern with adolescent love , and the way in which its idealism and purity can not evade the sullying effects of adult realities , paralleled Minton 's own fear of lost youth , his obsession with adolescence and desire for a love that could only exist in a state untrammelled by adult responsibilities . |
| 3 | Although these drugs are effective , they do not reduce the reflux of other gastric contents ( pepsin , bile ) and they do not modify the underlying causes of the disease by restoring lower oesophageal sphincter pressure or improving oesophageal clearance and gastric emptying . |
| 4 | There may have been little or no discussion of these issues , even among the higher clerics and ecclesiastical advisers , but Innocent was too polished a performer not to realize the public relations advantages of pronouncement in a general council . |
| 5 | But this has not stopped the two companies , conscious of their high public profile , from starting to sell the deal to the viewers as well as the money men . |
| 6 | I had a particular gift with the tarot cards … not using the traditional interpretations which are given on the back of any £5-pack from W H Smiths . |
| 7 | When the other industry ( meals ) is untaxed and in competitive equilibrium , we showed in the last section that the marginal cost of producing films is exactly the value of the marginal utility sacrificed by not using the same resources to produce more meals . |
| 8 | Jules had told her she was attractive , Félix found her so , and she would have had to be blind not to see the admiring glances of strangers when she went to a café or on a promenade with Jules . |
| 9 | The C & AG should not cover the nationalized industries . |
| 10 | The sample was picked from telephone directories which did not cover the poorer segments of the electorate . |
| 11 | The doubts as to whether costs will be available to a party and the possibility that what costs are payable by the other party will not cover the full costs of seeking legal assistance are powerful factors in decisions as to whether and when to settle . |
| 12 | The papal legate in England in 1213 , Nicholas de Romanis , reported that he had not received the 1000 marks left to the pope ( nor the 500 left to the cardinals ) by the archbishop of York , Geoffrey Plantagenet . |
| 13 | He stressed that the decision did not affect the proprietary rights of the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu , and emphasized that if a change in law was required to make the policy effective , this would need the full approval of the legislature . |
| 14 | These conditions may not affect the following provisions as to legal representation and certain other matters . |
| 15 | CLEAR does not affect the static variables . |
| 16 | Analysis of absolute birth weight in kilograms did not affect the reported relations . |
| 17 | Fourthly , it is an offence for someone in the course of a business to supply goods bearing any statement about the seller 's liability in respect of description , quality or fitness for purpose unless the statement also makes it clear that the statement does not affect the statutory rights of the consumer . |
| 18 | But that will not affect the original shareholders . |
| 19 | For quite a long time the prevailing view among economists had been that money does not affect the relative prices of commodities , but that it does determine the overall price level . |
| 20 | The rebellion of 1381 and its subsequent repression did not affect the underlying problems of the economy , notably those posed by the decline in population . |
| 21 | But they should not compare the two sets of drawings too closely , as the competition schemes were part of a larger layout , and Scott 's latest design was for a much smaller building which , although it included an official residence , hardly exceeded the bulk and cost of the original office part alone . |
| 22 | Cooking for one can sometimes be a dreary business , and many elderly people on their own do not eat the right types of food to maintain health . |
| 23 | He saw , with that sharp acumen that made the Heinz organisation famous , that Portland Place could not absorb the expanding requirements of a British Architectural Library , an architecture centre , and a professional institution . |
| 24 | Themes for fairs are often chosen well in advance of opening dates , so they run the danger of not reflecting the subsequent realities of the marketplace . |
| 25 | There is a type of short story in crime fiction which does not make the highest demands on its writers , though it is not as easy as the gentlest of ski runs . |
| 26 | This chapter attempts to provide students with an elementary " strategy " for reading which ( a ) does not make the usual assumptions about their competence and ( b ) provides a useful procedure by which history texts may be approached more analytically . |
| 27 | It is necessary for the painter to make the distinction because unless what he captures on his canvas is what Reid calls ‘ the appearance of objects to the eye ’ the viewer of the painting will not make the right judgements . |
| 28 | Try as he might it is clear that he can not make the economic figures add up , creative accounting or not , in a way which will make the parliamentary Tory Party arithmetic secure . |
| 29 | If for any reason Offline can not make the required copies , a LIFESPAN mail message will be sent to the Offline Manager , giving the reasons for the failure . |
| 30 | Marwell Zoological Park are hosting the Pet Corner where you can meet face to face those animals that do NOT make the perfect pets . |