Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps this is something , I was just going to say that , until someone is actually certified dead by your doctor , they 're not regarded as dead and so that 's what , what 's happened |
| 2 | As is typical of most women 's paid employment , this work is not considered particularly skilled and wages are low . |
| 3 | She did not speak — she knew better — but walked into the kitchen , thinking furiously , among other things , that her treasure had not looked so happy and fulfilled for years as he did sitting opposite to his American servant girl — and what could that mean , and did she approve ? |
| 4 | In Britain , the government has yet to place its safer-sex advertising aimed at ‘ men who have sex with men ’ in non-gay publications , thus by-passing those men who do not identify as gay and so are least likely to be well-informed because of their minimal contact with the gay scene . |
| 5 | My local aquatic dealer informs me that the plec will not grow very big and that all three will live happily together . |
| 6 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 7 | He did not feel very well and he felt that some air was called for . |
| 8 | But he himself did not sound particularly happy and once again Hazel felt oddly perplexed . |
| 9 | Surely if that tense moment had affected him at all he would not sound so cool and distant now as he reached for Chalon 's reins . |
| 10 | She did not look so gaunt and old , and her lips were red and full , and curved , like a smile but not quite a smile . |
| 11 | While some in the establishment may be asking whether things are not going too far and calling for the floodgates to be closed , as the careers of powerful figures come to an end , the magistrates are determined to see the process through to its conclusion . |
| 12 | A sperm whale , for example , can not see directly fore and aft , a factor made use of by the mariners of old , who quietly crept up upon them from straight astern or dead ahead . |
| 13 | You perhaps do not realize how long and desperately people have fought to keep Winston Spencer Churchill in the wilderness , and how furiously angry many of them are that he is back where he belongs . |
| 14 | First-time parents may not know how to tell stories or share pictures ; they may not know what books are available or how they should be used ; and they may not realize how important and how enjoyable books and pictures ( and talking about them ) can be . |
| 15 | I 'm not getting too sidetracked and I do n't want to do anything unless I 'm really turned on by it . ’ |
| 16 | As far as records of achievement are concerned , the attitude of pupils is likely to be even more problematic , since pupils ' natural concern with the currency of their certificates , and their now well-documented tendency to see schooling largely in terms of its capacity to provide qualifications ( see , for example , Turner , 1984 ) , suggests that records of achievement may not have as immediate and enthusiastic support among pupils as they do among many teachers . |
| 17 | Although you should be helpful and guide the candidate through the interview do not go too far and start ‘ pointing ’ him or her at the right answers . |
| 18 | We should not go too far and argue that the alleged conflict between the monied and landed interests was nothing more than a propagandist 's fiction . |
| 19 | He is far better on the art of his own time , particularly on Miró : ‘ Miro 's miracle is not in his breathing , but in that his surface does not end up heavy and material , like cement or tar of mayonnaise , but airy , light , clean , radiant , like the Mediterranean itself . |
| 20 | When I started to make it up to my horror I found the stripes did not match up front and back . |
| 21 | And even if it were , there are no grounds to suppose that a person with mental handicap can not and will not live as happy and enjoyable a life as anyone else in society . |
| 22 | The secret is not to get too greedy and try to knock off large pieces : aim to knock out the back of the tile at the corner , which weakens the front , and then gently hammer the front , a bit at a time . |
| 23 | Plan to eat often enough that you do not get extremely hungry and lose control . |
| 24 | But let's not get too serious and religious about disco . |
| 25 | In addition , depth-first search minimises storage requirements , but ignoring objective function values completely does not seem very sensible and this is borne out in practice . |
| 26 | Thus Barthes 's account of wrestling does not seem so strange and unlikely as if it were merely his own and there were no alternative account against which his was implicitly juxtaposed . |
| 27 | Their foot were not in the main Highlandmen — although they had some of these , from upland Perthshire and the Glens of Angus — and so could not travel so fast and far each day . |
| 28 | If it is calm , there is no reason why you should not turn slowly round and walk back again . |
| 29 | ( ‘ Why not nip up top and grease it ? ’ ) |
| 30 | You should try not to feel so tense and let things get on top of you . |