Example sentences of "not [v-ing] that [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not demanding that every subject which has a technical vocabulary or which employs concepts other than those employed by common sense should be rendered simple , and fit for consumption by every man or woman in the street . |
| 2 | The Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran radio station accused the West of double standards for not demanding that the IAEA be permitted to mount a similar inspection visit to Israel . |
| 3 | Not realising that the afternoon hours had passed , she had gone out and thrown the boiling rice water on the ground . |
| 4 | Not realising that the documents on discharge and assessment had been produced in a hurry to meet the government 's suddenly imposed deadline of 31 December , he criticised the two weeks he had been given to consult his 200 consultant colleagues . |
| 5 | When she woke she was further annoyed at having dreamed a category confusion , a man and a book , not realising that the category error was partly the answer to the uncouth question , since Proust was coterminous with a book as the eponymous Tom Jones was not . |
| 6 | I made some mistakes — for example not realising that the maintenance would be quite hard work . |
| 7 | There is a price to be paid for not realising that the days of production of coal at the expense of all other power fuels are over . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure that honesty 's a word which I would er do n't get me wrong , I 'm not suggesting that a salesman 's dishonest , do n't think that . |
| 9 | The hon. Gentleman is not suggesting that a system of local government finance would be without a method of equalisation . |
| 10 | We are not suggesting that the tasks and skills children with severe learning difficulties are taught in schools under the new orthodoxy are of no value , or that they may not be useful to the children , either now or in later life . |
| 11 | In indicating a preference for the Australian approach , I am not suggesting that the scales need be evenly balanced . |
| 12 | I am not suggesting that the differences in the foundations do not lead to differences in practice . |
| 13 | We are not suggesting that the Palace holds a press conference . |
| 14 | Whilst not doubting that the slaves were treated by their conquerors and masters as akin to live-stock rather than like human beings , it strains credulity to say that , in the decades after emancipation in 1865 , the stock somehow remained ‘ pure ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ But she left her chamber without her saddle bags ? ’ he asked , not revealing that the Lady Prioress had already refuted any allegation that Lady Eleanor had fallen downstairs . |
| 16 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 17 | MILITARY brass-hats proudly handed out scores of prizes to children — not noticing that the Union Jack printed on them was flying UPSIDE DOWN . |
| 18 | I 'm not denying that the embryo , and later the adult , has a large-scale form . |
| 19 | In taking this view we are not denying that the loss of liberty may actually be necessary in a few extreme cases and this should only be where the child presents a significant danger to him or herself or where there is a significant risk of major further offending and severe damage to community . |
| 20 | Richards suggests that ‘ since the Anglican Church in Wales was disestablished in 1919 , it is not fitting that a name associated with church organisation should be linked to a secular unit of local administration ( Richards 1983:39 ) . |
| 21 | An initial objection which he poses is , interestingly , that it is not fitting that a woman should represent a father . |
| 22 | I had said that we should go to Egypt for this , not believing that the occasion would ever really arise ; that I should be married to Syl and taken to the country in which I had come to life and lost it . |
| 23 | His hope was that he would be able to spend the Easter weekend in peaceful anonymity away from the media , not foreseeing that the press conference would merely be the beginning to a story that grew and grew . |
| 24 | He said they must n't , not adding that the sight of Commander Abigail on the green-painted seat made all the difference . |
| 25 | Paul walked about , feeling it begin to rain , not caring that the wet dripped on his suit of clothes . |
| 26 | Like Lucifer falling out of Heaven , he threw himself off the back of the pageant , not caring that the paving stones lay three leagues below . |
| 27 | I shake my head , rubbing my face in my hands , not caring that the smoke from the fag goes in my eyes and my hair . |
| 28 | She paid the taxi driver , stepped out of the car and surveyed the house sceptically , not caring that the rain was soaking into her . |
| 29 | I am not saying that a bream leader dishes out orders to his underlings in the same way that an army commander does . |
| 30 | So we 're not saying that every time somebody dreams about an umbrella it means erm that , wh what he was saying is er that kind of visual symbolism often does stand for in this case erm the male genital , but it need not . |