Example sentences of "not [verb] [conj] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not think that any member of the United Nations , any more than Her Majesty 's Government , would want to send their forces to fight their way into the situation . |
| 2 | I do not think that any business men whom I know support the Labour party 's policy of unleashing local authorities to raise the poundage for the uniform business rate without capping . |
| 3 | It does not allege that any consideration was received by the company in respect of the child . |
| 4 | I am not suggesting that any horse should be allowed to indicate where HE wants to go , but patient , firm and strong riding will build up confidence and obedience more than a big stick and spurs . |
| 5 | He said that the federation does not predict that any sector of engineering will increase employment next year , though it forecasts the civil aerospace industry will be least badly affected because of a backlog of orders and its high level of exports . |
| 6 | They were much less likely to say there were laws or regulations protecting people who take out credit agreements , and much more likely not to know whether any action could be taken over some credit agreement which they had signed but later felt was unfair . |
| 7 | We felt pretty helpless in the train , as we did not know whether any arrangements had been made to meet us at Canton , but at the station we were welcomed by a Min. of Education official , together with a teacher-interpreter from Canton university , who surprised us with his urbane manner , excellent English , and his knowledge that David Owen had just been made the substantive Foreign Secretary to replace Anthony Crossland ( and that , incidentally , is about the last news we have heard about affairs in the U.K. ! ) . |
| 8 | The judgement on whether the consequences were acceptable was clearly left to the negotiators : all that had been done was to remove the uncertainty as to what the consequences would be given a set of grade boundaries , not to state whether any set of consequences was acceptable . |
| 9 | First , it does not appear that any point other than the construction of the document was argued : see the argument at pp. 645 and 646 . |
| 10 | She will need time to grieve inwardly a little over these losses and gradually come to terms with them in her own way , so you should not assume that any moods of depression or irritability she has in those early months are a reflection on the efforts you are making to help her to feel ‘ at home ’ . |
| 11 | We can not assume that any part of the education system works as it is supposed to ; as Macdonald ( 1980a ) has pointed out , we can not just analyse the production of cultural messages ; we also have to analyse their reception . |
| 12 | If one big building society can fall foul of the rules , then you can not assume that any lender will get its advertising right . |
| 13 | We must not assume that any reading of any artwork is in itself permanent or natural . |
| 14 | I do not feel that any harm will come to those people who experience spontaneous regression in such a way , as any group involved in the higher levels of meditation should be under the control of a qualified and experienced teacher or leader who will be on hand to control the situation and to help should the pupil find himself in emotional difficulty . |
| 15 | However , we have not included a poetry strand in the statements of attainment because we do not feel that any pupil should be required to write a poem in order to achieve a particular level of attainment . |
| 16 | It is not argued that any system of law other than English law applies to determine the legal status of the receivers appointed by the bank pursuant to the debenture . |
| 17 | But we do not believe that any bias in the sample would account for the difference between Gooch 's figure of 18 per cent and ours of 3 per cent . |
| 18 | In the teeth of the evidence I do not believe that any suffering is ultimately absurd or pointless … the value of suffering does not lie in the pain of it but in what the sufferer makes of it . |
| 19 | Aitken did not tell Fraser of any suggestion of confidentiality since , as he later affirmed , he did not believe that any undertaking had been given or asked for . |
| 20 | As a result of interviews with local people , he said , the mission did not believe that any detainees were moved from prison camps ‘ to another place prior to the mission 's arrival ’ . |
| 21 | on many occasions to the excellent work done by and the section eleven team , but we do not believe that any area is entitled to automatic exemption . |
| 22 | However , while ‘ [ t ] he Administration does not believe that any city is condemned to inevitable decline ’ ( US Department of Housing and Urban Development 1984 , p27 ) , the emphasis on comparative advantage and entrepreneurialism carried an inevitable warning . |
| 23 | It is not envisaged that any material changes will be made to the sale and purchase agreement . |
| 24 | I just do not see that any logic can be applied in this process at all . |
| 25 | The state 's Police Minister , Ted Pickering , a consistent opponent of tighter gun laws , responded by saying that he did " not accept that any firearm is more dangerous than any other " . |
| 26 | Some teachers pointed out that they could not remember whether any changes had resulted , whilst others mentioned minor changes such as ‘ tightening up ’ in certain areas , greater awareness of scale post responsibilities , clearer definition of roles , and an improvement in communication processes . |
| 27 | I 'm not saying that any sort of program crash is forgivable . |
| 28 | Apart from thyroid cancer it has not seemed that any illnesses could be detected and so the matter has not been pursued . |
| 29 | It was reported on TV-AM that there had been forty arrests as a result of the riot , but it was not known if any charges would be brought . |
| 30 | Loss of data was therefore small , and analyses with the last available assessment for each subject did not indicate that any bias had been introduced . |