Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think such a man can be killed . |
| 2 | One young male reporter left in tears and said he would not cover such a case again . |
| 3 | I can not make such a promise . |
| 4 | Why , even the executives — clever men , ambitious men , men with briefcases full of management accounts and demographics — can not make such a promise . |
| 5 | ‘ I will not make such a mistake again ! ’ |
| 6 | He can not make such a commitment . |
| 7 | Sally-Anne tossed her head at this , and repeated that it was all nothing — ‘ And really you should not make such a fuss over so little ’ — but all the same she was happy to let Matey help her up to bed ; she felt strangely weak , and the thought of Sunday lunch and washing up , and all the work to be done before the day was over , made her feel worse than ever . |
| 8 | A person detained involuntarily may not make such a declaration ( 1983 Act , s.7 ) . |
| 9 | On the other hand , the Fipa , and the Zapotec do not make such a distinction meaningful . |
| 10 | A repetition of the same sin under similarly testing circumstances does not make this a duplicate of 12:10–20 . |
| 11 | You can not want such a person for a wife , and I certainly do not want a husband who thinks that of me — even before marriage . ’ |
| 12 | Now , you would not want such a thing bandied about , would you ? ’ |
| 13 | " In the normal course of things we 'd not treat such a disappearance seriously . " |
| 14 | Egypt 's pioneering efforts in regard to peacemaking are well established and respected , and I do not consider such a line of questioning helpful . |
| 15 | I do not consider that a ground for complaint . |
| 16 | The grounds of the appeal were that ( 1 ) the judge misdirected himself in holding that the preliminary issue should be answered in the affirmative and/or in giving judgment on the preliminary issue for the plaintiff and ( 2 ) the defendants were not liable in negligence to the plaintiff for any injury , loss or damage suffered by him while a foetus and en ventre sa mère since he was born prior to the passing of the Congenital Diabilities ( Civil Liability ) Act 1976 and the common law did not recognise such a cause of action . |
| 17 | In practice instruments could not survive such a journey ; they would be torn apart by the increasing gravitational field gradients . |
| 18 | We could not include such a group because of practical difficulties and limited medical manpower ; also there would be inevitable concern that individuals agreeing to be part of such a control group would be self-selecting members of a group with additional risk factors . |
| 19 | But Waste Management is a British issue and Merill Lynch does not enjoy such a luxury . |
| 20 | The old case authorities suggest that the nature of a share as property does not prevent such a course , but the more modern cases seem to incline towards some restrictions upon the use of votes where there is a conflict of interest involved . |
| 21 | The orally fixated individual however , like the primal hunter-gatherer , can not achieve such a self-mastery and must rely on his luck to feed whenever and wherever he may need to do so . |
| 22 | Vienna , often a tiresome city to get through with its extensive suburbs and cobbled streets , did not present such a problem in the early morning . |
| 23 | Also , apart from legal considerations , in most situations , a seller who does not provide such a remedy is likely to be at a significant commercial disadvantage compared to his competitors , since the giving of such guarantees and warranties has really become standard commercial practice . |
| 24 | Robert Young suggests why the presupposition of a shared humanity can not provide such a starting point , although it may operate as a horizon of thought , a desirable if always unachievable aspiration . |
| 25 | Newsagent John Ellis also said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 26 | Newsagent , John Ellis , said he did not believe such a call would have much influence on Parliament . |
| 27 | Why not follow such a course given the controversy about the issue of district services being autonomous from mental hospitals ? |
| 28 | But while sterling remains weak exporters should prosper — although the market would not acknowledge such a fact yesterday . |
| 29 | Equally , it must be ensured that other pupils do not see such a change as a precedent which they can then seek to exploit . |
| 30 | A further 63% indicated that they did not use such a source . |