Example sentences of "not [vb infin] it [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Local Authority will not think it worth while spending money on science teachers or equipment , nor will properly qualified science teachers be willing to accept posts in such schools . |
| 2 | If it were not human you would not want it for research and if it was not human no one would deny you having it for research . ’ |
| 3 | That may be the competitive advantage that the hon. Gentleman wants for his constituents , but I do not want it for mine . |
| 4 | If the Minister does not consider it worth while , all he has to do is call it in and either have a public inquiry or decide for himself whether it is a good scheme . |
| 5 | He did not recognise it as hope . |
| 6 | There are some types of case which it can not sustain , and some which do not need it in order to remain at home ; but there is a group — those with relatively severe dementia , probably living alone , and unable to receive the care they need from elsewhere ( usually because they do not have able and willing involved relatives ) who appear unlikely to have remained at home had it not been for the involvement of the Home Support Project . |
| 7 | Although the Chicago School made passing reference to Freud 's work in discussing the biotic level , it did not explore it in detail , perhaps because it was not fully available in English during the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 8 | Suffering can make its full contribution to my awareness only if I do not pursue it in advance , even though its value may be appreciated in retrospect . |
| 9 | Because the infant is unwanted by one or two people at one point in time does not qualify it for extermination . |
| 10 | If the court adjourns the hearing of an application in accordance with regulation 143 but does not refer it for inquiry and report , then — ( a ) within 21 days of the adjournment , the unassisted party shall file an affidavit of costs and resources together with original exhibits and any other documents necessary to support the affidavit ; and ( b ) not less than 21 days before the adjourned hearing , the unassisted party shall serve notice on the area director of the date and time of the adjourned hearing together with a copy of his affidavit of costs and resources ( and of any exhibits and supporting documents ) . |
| 11 | No , you can not prevent it from happening — but scientists are a bit nearer to understanding what goes on at the molecular level . |
| 12 | Furthermore , teaching Portuguese in primary school to children who do not speak it at home further isolates school experience from that of the home . |
| 13 | They can not achieve it without aid on a much greater scale than is contemplated at the moment by anyone except the Germans . |
| 14 | As I say when you become a councillor you do not do it for money , I mean I think probably to be a better reason to become a councillor these days . |
| 15 | It affects your job , your job prospects , your family life and the hidden costs , such as letters , telephone calls leaflets and the rest of it , you do not do it for money . |
| 16 | Why not do it at home , away from the distractions of the office , is the important thing . |
| 17 | ‘ They 'll not like it at home . |
| 18 | The book goes on to quote Stephen Jay Gould , the noted Harvard palaeontologist , as saying : We avoid the excellent question , What good is 5 percent of an eye ? by arguing that the possessor of such an incipient structure did not use it for sight . |
| 19 | The Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 ( as amended by the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 ) gives a spouse who is in occupation of the matrimonial home , but does not occupy it by virtue of an estate , interest , contract , or statute , protection against eviction from the dwelling without the necessity of obtaining leave of the court . |
| 20 | They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’ |
| 21 | They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’ |
| 22 | They should not mark it as trustee because Registrars would not accept it . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You can not see it , you can not measure it by instrumentation , but there are incredibly powerful air currents up in the stratosphere which can move at anything up to 300 mph . |
| 24 | They can not exercise it without regard for the wishes of the German people , but neither can the German people act as if the ‘ German question ’ concerned nobody but themselves . |
| 25 | He remembers it , but he does not have it on file against us any longer . |
| 26 | Maybe they simply see the ark as a visible guarantee of God 's presence and of victory , but that understanding of it is no better , for then they turn it into an idol , ascribe to it magical powers , and leave us asking why they did not take it into battle in the first place . |
| 27 | At least in the youth game the referee has a very clear directive as to who should be awarded the put-in ; the side who did not take it into ruck or maul . |
| 28 | ‘ Do not take it to heart ; they say all you need do is lie with a virgin . |
| 29 | He could think he was following the rule , when he was in fact not doing so ; the new sensation could seem to resemble the original one , when it does not resemble it in fact . |
| 30 | A fourth option I did not mention it in Committee is to sell the property separately but arrange for it to be leased to the bus operating company . |