Example sentences of "not [verb] with [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | If one parent can do such a thing , can a child really accept that his mother will not disappear with equal suddenness tomorrow ? |
| 2 | The suggestion from the Prime Minister that education be geared to serve utilitarian ends was not received with universal approval . |
| 3 | Even ‘ The Tip ’ which , I must admit , can not compare with Sporting Hydra Chemicals ' spanking new ground , Polypropylene Park , has enough history to make a visit an absorbing day out . |
| 4 | So , although a rich source of status and prestige , athletics could not compare with professional sport in terms of material gain . |
| 5 | Shot-shy Omagh were unlucky not to equalise with long range efforts from full back John Quigg and Lee King , but gradually they lost their way . |
| 6 | It is clear from the evidence of wills from all social classes up to the sovereign himself that society valued the spiritual input of those whose dying to worldly values ( at their enclosure the burial service was read over them ) was not regarded with jokey discomfort as disturbingly eccentric , but valued as contributing a unique gift to a total social welfare . |
| 7 | These complications often coexisted and with the exception of pelvic sepsis , their incidence has not fallen with increased experience with the operation . |
| 8 | Supratentorial infiltrating , low grade gliomas are often difficult to identify on computed tomography because they are not associated with significant mass effect and may not enhance with intravenous contrast medium . |
| 9 | The reason that the protest was n't accepted by the courts in this country was that they had not protested with equivalent vigour at an earlier stage when the looted antiquities first appeared on the market . |
| 10 | Ideally this water should be wrung out into another container and not mixed with fresh rinse water . |
| 11 | In the first place she had always consistently opposed fashion shows for her company ; she did not approve of professional models wearing ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes since they were not representative of her real customers ; furthermore , she had moral objections to catwalk cavortings as being sexually provocative ; ‘ Laura Ashley ’ clothes were not designed with sexual provocation in mind . |
| 12 | Moreover , since they are allowed to divide their investment income between the two of them — something that is not permitted with earned income — they could each stay below Labour 's new 50 per cent band , which starts at £40,000 . |
| 13 | The model suggested has not met with widespread acceptance . |
| 14 | Over the top ? the radical plans of Nick Farr-Jones , leading from the grant against Scotland ( left ) , have not met with universal approval . |
| 15 | His decision to sacrifice the newspaper to MacQuillan rather than sacrifice the estate to the newspaper had not met with universal approval , but he did not let that trouble him . |
| 16 | Tshisekedi 's election was not met with universal approval . |
| 17 | To date , many housing associations ' rural ventures have not met with marked success . |
| 18 | With all due respect to those who intended to avail themselves of the free offer , the first two appointments were not met with sufficient organization to permit cost-effective equipment testing . |
| 19 | Unlike a sport like skiing , the considerable risks are not matched with sufficient exhilaration to kindle my interest , although I would n't say no if a boyfriend were to slip naked into one of those clanking climbing harnesses after a hot bath and a glass of wine . |
| 20 | It is plain that the solicitors ' claim was not prepared with proper care . |
| 21 | In Capricorn Inks Pty Ltd v Lawter International ( Australasia ) Pty Ltd [ 1989 ] 1 Qd R 8 , accountants appointed to assess damages were held to have acted in excess of jurisdiction by not acting with procedural fairness . |
| 22 | There was a period when the Cabinet did not seem and , in fact , was not acting with collective responsibility , because one person was not playing as a member of a team . |
| 23 | He handed it and his sunhat back to the fuming bowler , who felt the gesture was not made with due courtesy . |
| 24 | In the latter case , but not the former , the society is responsible if the report is not made with due care and skill by its employee . |
| 25 | This statement about declining standards is not made with particular reference to sexual behaviour . |
| 26 | Whatever ‘ turns you on ’ is okay , so long as it is not connected with modern materialism or the one-God religions , like Christianity , Judaism or Islam . |
| 27 | The significance of the adult 's capacity to attribute meaning to actions which are not performed with communicative intent lies in the learning opportunities which are created by the adult response . |
| 28 | That apparatus does not fit with parliamentary self-government . |
| 29 | However , as has been reported in International Crossroads , they have been awarded the 1993 World Cup Sevens , a decision which did not meet with general approval , and as there is a rebuilding programme at Murrayfield only 38,000 fans will be able to watch the tournament on each day . |
| 30 | The most rigorous efforts to spread the work evenly throughout the day will not meet with total success for there will always be some predictable peaks and troughs of activity . |