Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [indef pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if they are forced to jump , they can not cover anything like the distances achieved by the colobus . |
| 2 | The sums involved are very small and do not cover anything like the cost to the NHS of car accidents . |
| 3 | But do not make one without the advice of a solicitor . |
| 4 | Ravel 's Chansons madecasses , though the music sweats with sultry southern heat , does not bathe one with the swirling sounds of his orchestral timbres . |
| 5 | ‘ People should not read too much into every statement , but I now need to know what everybody is thinking , and I will not discuss anything with the media until I have spoken to the necessary people . ’ |
| 6 | Buying a ticket for last night 's game does NOT guarantee one for the all-Ireland clash in November — unless a formal application was made at the time of purchase to the IFA office . |
| 7 | We do not know anything about the nature of her illness . |
| 8 | Mr. Lloyd , counsel for the defendant , has attacked this part of the judgment by relying heavily on the proposition that Mrs. Steed did not know anything about the power of attorney and her status thereunder . |
| 9 | The trustees claim they did not know anything about the clause , are a voluntary body on low income and would be unable to pay a market rent and become responsible for maintenance . |
| 10 | Science can not know anything of the kind of necessities with which causes compel effects and does not need to suppose that there are any . |
| 11 | When he was asked on 3 June to protect the Catholics in Moorfields , he is said to have replied : ‘ You do not know anything of the business . |
| 12 | These relationships are purely technological , and do not assume anything about the degree of competition . |
| 13 | The space must not contribute anything to the reaction or else modern physics is wrong in so many issues ( which it was at the time ) . |
| 14 | You can not do everything at the same time . |
| 15 | Therefore , although we welcome legislation that deals with the serious issues , and although we have promised to consider it carefully in Committee , we can not do anything about the crime figures . |
| 16 | During much of the book you do not feel anything for the androids , but as you see their struggle for survival and begin to sense that they have gained the feelings that humans are losing , you realise the irony of the book . |
| 17 | Two-thirds of a total of 324 companies interviewed said that the environment was not a trading issue last year , and 59 per cent agreed that it would not become one in the forthcoming year . |
| 18 | A path is now being beaten to the door of McGrain , who could not convince anybody in the game to give him a job in management for five years after he left Celtic . |
| 19 | Stung , the League said yesterday that they expect ITV to come up with a new date within the next fortnight and they will not tolerate one beyond the scheduled season 's end of May 5 . |
| 20 | Unlike my mother I can not draw anything but the curtains , so I was bottom of the class at this . |
| 21 | She lived for occasions and would not miss one for the world . |
| 22 | We can not have one without the other . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll not have one in the house , ’ she had said , ‘ we 've a larder have n't we ? ’ |
| 24 | But most people do not have a dish , and according to the projections of Continental Research , will not have one by the end of the century . |
| 25 | They still have not moved in properly , and do not have anything like the quantity of clothes , books , porcelain and paintings which took the Thatchers three days to pack up . |
| 26 | I received a letter this morning from the social security office stating that it can not take anything off the income support of one woman who is being pursued for arrears because she is too poor . |
| 27 | I wanted a space blanket even more , but I could not take anything from the Land Rover for myself until the next settlement . |
| 28 | I was very discouraged and did not approach anyone in the other region , fearing the same response . |
| 29 | This will not surprise anyone in the old tradition which opposes Reason to Experience and contends that the absolute knowledge which science seeks comes only when Reason certifies the findings of Experience . |
| 30 | The rules of an artificial formal logic will not guide one in the search for the natures of things . |