Example sentences of "not [verb] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This may sound impossible , but if there is a distinct possibility that this will eventually be needed , why not make it a goal to begin establishing such a fund now ? |
2 | The condition may be upheld if the plaintiff had previously disclosed his reports or offered to disclose them in exchange for the defendant 's reports ( Clarke v Martlew [ 1973 ] QB 58 ) but even that is in doubt since Megarity v DJ Ryan & Sons Ltd [ 1980 ] 2 All ER 832 in which it was said that the plaintiff can not make it a condition precedent to granting a medical examination that the defendant must produce the ensuing report , since to do so would pre-empt the court 's power to give directions as to expert evidence . |
3 | Merely exhibiting a sample during the negotiations will not make it a sale by sample unless the parties agree that it is a sale by sample . |
4 | Although he was wary of commenting on a specific meeting , Mr Hyde said the company ‘ would not make it a matter of policy to say we have been in contact or received authorisation , if that had n't been the case ’ . |
5 | Blacks need to realise that affirmative action can not solve their most serious problems , whites need to remember that affirmative action does not make it an advantage to be born black . |
6 | We did lose four equity partners along the way and had to borrow £300,000 to repay their capital accounts , but , with a turnover of around £2m , we did not consider it a problem . ’ |
7 | Can you not do it the coffee break ? |
8 | Umpires David Shepherd and John Holder chivvied them several times , but although the players might deny it suited them tactically to keep as many of their batting overs in hand for the next day when better weather was promised , it is difficult to dismiss the thought that the level of fines was so derisory that they did not give it a thought . |
9 | Why not give it a try yourself ? |
10 | Why not give it a try ? |
11 | Why not give it a try ? ct If you 'd like to know more about nutrition write to Healthy Balance Nutrition Advisory Service |
12 | But on this case , I can not give it a try — that is the point . |
13 | I feel some scepticism , but why not give it a try ? " |
14 | And then it sold a few , and a few more , and I thought ‘ Well why not give it a try ? ’ … and it blows my mind . ’ |
15 | If your faithful old fridge , freezer or washing machine is n't looking quite up to scratch , why not give it a face-lift with a fresh coat of paint from an aerosol spray |
16 | Why not give it a boost with St. Ives ‘ Swiss Formula ’ Hair Repair Shine Boost Laminator . |
17 | The degree of emphasis given in each religion may vary considerably — some may not give it the prominence which another does . |
18 | The court held that this did not give it the power to operate a commercial laundry . |
19 | If the big parties do not like it the remedy is in their own hands : all they have to do is to steal that third party 's votes . |
20 | So if your virus scanner was set to check once a day it would not run it every time you boot up , only the first time you booted up that day , excellent ! |
21 | This autobiography has nothing to say of courtship , but that , as Dr Vincent has suggested , could well be because working-class autobiographers did not judge it a subject their readers wanted to know about , and many of them in any case lacked the command of an emotional language to describe their feelings . |
22 | I have a Goniopora coral and my Clownfish lives in it as if it were an anemone , which is not doing it a lot of good . |
23 | He excuses it by calling it ‘ a scherzo in minuet clothing ’ Why not call it a minuet in minuet clothing ? |
24 | ‘ Once I put on a tie , I tend not to change it every day . |
25 | Whilst the examples used come from civil law , we can see that the ideological grasp of those subject to criminal law is removed totally , because ‘ common sense ’ would not allow it a voice . |
26 | The bottled woman arouses desire but does not satisfy it a function similar to modern advertising . |
27 | And those who said they did not find it a strain expressed themselves for example as follows : |
28 | His arm still lay there , so gently that she could not find it a pressure . |
29 | If the experimenter found it then he kept it , and if he did not find it the child got the chocolate . |
30 | Dry-eyed , I acquiesced when it finally hit the bag of clothes for ‘ Poor Peggy , she 's you-know-what-again , God help her ’ , and I 'm delighted to say I have n't given it a thought since . |