Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [noun] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The counsellor has to enter into the family dynamic , not intrusively , not demanding compliance with the wishes or even with the needs of the elderly counsellee , but to ensure that the feelings and needs of each member of the family , however weak , are heard . |
| 2 | Voice of Lebanon radio reported on June 24 that Gen. Aoun had told Scheer that he was not demanding amendments to the accord , but simply a reconsideration of some of its provisions . |
| 3 | Rather than investigate ways of cleaning waste water , researchers at the German Textile Research Centre decided to explore the possibility of not using water in the dyeing process at all . |
| 4 | been attacked over the last few months of not wasting time on the hunt I spend an awful lot of time relieving heavy goods traffic in my area , concerned totally about the environment , about mineral extraction quarries , mining , open cast , things of that calibre . |
| 5 | Germany 's captain Nikki Pilic , who had barely put the debacle surrounding Germany 's Olympic nominations behind him , came in for criticism for not resting Becker from the second day 's doubles , especially after he had been forced to play himself into the ground to beat Luis Mattar over five sets in exhausting heat on the first day . |
| 6 | Since the ratings for the number of fixed objects in a film are not related to actual recognition sensitivity it seems likely that this information is not assisting subjects in the recognition phase . |
| 7 | I also consider ( though this may only be expressing the same conclusion in another way ) that , for the reasons given by Mr. Langley , the injunction as at present framed should be interpreted as not prohibiting compliance with the section 39 notice . |
| 8 | ‘ But they are not producing programmes to the extent that we would like . |
| 9 | ‘ But clearly , although they are not producing computers for the same sector of the market place , they are both manufacturing plants . ’ |
| 10 | Individuals can now be banned from estate agency work if they have engaged in ‘ undesirable ’ practices such as failing to inform the vendor about services being provided to prospective purchasers , discriminatory conduct against purchasers who are not accepting services from the agent , misrepresenting the existence or status of a prospective purchaser and failing to send written details of offers made by prospective purchasers . |
| 11 | UK airlines are not sponsoring pilots at the present time , but the school is attracting an increasing number of young people , both from this country and abroad , who are prepared to invest something in the order of £50,000 to train as professional pilots … |
| 12 | Disorganized capitalism remains capitalism , and they make it clear that they are not bidding farewell to the working class . |
| 13 | Katharine was tempted to use too much inside rein to create the bend , and was therefore losing Benji 's shoulder by not keeping hold of the outside rein . |
| 14 | In some cases , a low income is not keeping pace with the rising cost of food . |
| 15 | However , the implementation of existing directives into national law is not keeping pace with the 1992 programme . |
| 16 | Similar proportions were not seeking work at the time of the survey . |
| 17 | He stressed , however , that he was not seeking confrontation with the military . |
| 18 | Twelve per cent of students were not seeking employment at the time of the survey ; |
| 19 | of the 16 students not seeking employment at the time of the survey , 14 planned to carry on writing up their theses , and two had arranged extended visits overseas . |
| 20 | Recent calls by the Home Office Minister , John Patten , for those who are successful to give three hours a week to voluntary causes could be taken more seriously if overall government policy were not pushing people in the opposite direction . |
| 21 | Granada TV 's World in Action programme will focus on this ‘ holiday hell ’ tonight claiming that travel agents are not warning tourists about the dangers of crime at many resorts abroad . |
| 22 | I am not advocating thrombolysis in the absence of that , but provided that is available and he keeps his head and the family respect the GP , then he should be giving thrombolysis . |
| 23 | We 're not serving cheese across the counter here.If you had a ticket that said you were 5th in the queue you would be falsely reassured if the people ahead of you were seriously ill or dying . |
| 24 | And the return should be quite good because you 're not paying tax on the , on the investment , if you cash early then you pay tax on it . |
| 25 | Sony are allegedly not paying royalties to the Beatles , and refuse to withdraw the album . |
| 26 | With still not loosing site of the idea of having a cafe , bar , coffee for people , one of the things that were , that gon na look through and explore explore actually is er setting up some kind of coffee bar facilities at Kingsmoor , the play barn , there next to them . |
| 27 | And the IRFU did nothing for its cause by not awarding caps for the matches against Canada and the United States and by refusing to pay the players the regulation daily allowance because the tour was one day short of the stipulated duration . |
| 28 | I remember a horrifying dream I had during one Wimbledon wherein I was sitting on top of a tall step-ladder half-way down the garden in the umpire 's position — not awarding points to the thrusting vegetation below but conducting them with a baton . |
| 29 | But individual spaces are not exemplifying instances of the concept of space ; they are parts of space , just as individual times are parts of a single universal time . |
| 30 | In acknowledgement of British decency , it must be said that Gandhi possessed the supreme advantage in his campaigns of knowing that , so long as he confined his activities to non-violent protest , he was not risking death at the hands of the authorities . |