Example sentences of "not [verb] into a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 2 | The group of organisms — the flock of birds , the pack of wolves — does not merge into a single vehicle , precisely because the genes in the flock or the pack do not share a common method of leaving the present vehicle . |
| 3 | Where the issue does not fall into a familiar category , there may be more scope for the draftsman . |
| 4 | When animals do not fall into a few simple categories , quantitative genetic techniques become more practical . |
| 5 | Cavalry can not break into a solid phalanx of pikes until a way has been cut for them , but once in they can do fearful slaughter . |
| 6 | Attitudes on an issue which hardly ever figures in the popular press and does not fit into a ready-made political rut are bound to change slowly . |
| 7 | But Pip , as a gentleman , does not move into a sparkling world of pleasure where he lives ‘ happily ever after ’ , instead he find himself in the corrupt , sordid London . |
| 8 | Although there are many laws on the statute book ( often dating from colonial administration ) , they have either become dead letters or are not integrated into a coherent national conservation programme ( FAO Soils Bulletin No. 30 , 1976b , lists various legislation for different countries ) . |
| 9 | These themes are not integrated into a tight ideological system , which can compute attitudinal positions with the precision of a mathematical formula . |
| 10 | To complete your relaxation , why not sink into a comfy sofa in the Country Club bar , indulge in your favourite tipple , and pass a convivial hour or two in the companionable game of backgammon or chess . |
| 11 | My old man had this thing about all of us [ a family of ten ] growing up in this society and not getting into a black thing . |
| 12 | Secondly , because the horse is not locked into a certain form of behaviour by habit , it will have more flexibility of mind about doing new things and it will be more easily motivated to learn something different . |
| 13 | At the same time , a new Contributions Unit , which may or may not develop into a full-blown agency , will be spun out of the existing DSS central capacity in Longbenton , Newcastle ( with people stationed in every benefit office in the land and a total staff of 7,000 ) . |
| 14 | But , if possible , try to involve other members of the family in the puppy 's care as well , so that it integrates fully and does not develop into a one person' dog . |
| 15 | For these reasons , a barter-based economy could not develop into a sophisticated modern economy in which the buying and selling of goods and services takes place on a continuous basis . |
| 16 | It undertook to pass a law by Dec. 31 ensuring that Ukrainian conscripts served only on Ukrainian soil ; called for formation of a parliamentary commission to discuss nationalizing Communist Party assets ; asserted that the Ukraine would not enter into a new union treaty before a new constitution creating a sovereign Ukraine was drafted ; and called a referendum in 1991 " on confidence in the Ukrainian President " , the result of which would determine whether to hold fresh elections by the end of the year . |
| 17 | Beccaria uses just such an argument against capital punishment ( in addition to his rational , effectiveness arguments ) ; we simply would not enter into a social contract that gave someone the right to kill us . |
| 18 | I shall not enter into a detailed discussion of this Labour government , its programme and effects , but it should be noted that over the years to 1951 , as more and more of the party 's electoral pledges were realised , there occurred what is often interpreted as a ‘ weakening of commitment ’ of both party and people to ‘ socialism ’ , and a progressive exhaustion of the political impetus for social and economic change . |
| 19 | That was all I wanted , not to climb into a white Rolls-Royce and wave to fans at premières and all that . |
| 20 | By their very characters father and daughter must fight , just as all the people in a family do not converge into a mythical single unit but remain a set of conflicting personalities . |
| 21 | I did not go into a perfect situation . |
| 22 | But he added that he was anxious " not to get into a major harangue down there " . |
| 23 | Without this , human language would be limited to mentioning phrases , in principle indefinitely many , and in principle without restriction on their length , but still merely phrases , not construed into a whole capable of constituting a statement ( or a question or a command ) . |
| 24 | In order not to obliterate its intuitive meaning , and yet satisfy ourselves that we are not falling into a subtle trap , we denote the constant polynomial ( a , 0,0 , … ) in J[x] once again by |
| 25 | Fine — frankly I could n't care less if you call me Rin-Tin-Tin , only let's not get into a profound discussion about the psychological implications of it all . ’ |
| 26 | It was clear that the lines were drawn and that the two countries would have to compromise or find allies if the conference was not to degenerate into a complete fiasco . |
| 27 | This time , it did not dissolve into a coughing fit . |
| 28 | The golden rule is to begin gently and not to plunge into a sudden regime of vigorous exercise . |
| 29 | It is a nice feeling to be in a candy store but until you decide what you want and buy it the nice feeling does not turn into a nice taste . |
| 30 | We have a two-year plan , which I hope will not turn into a rolling two years ! |