Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not stay here tonight and on the morrow I will have someone take you over to Briar Cottage with a wagon ? |
| 2 | To the urban dweller , all woods look the same , but in landscape terms we must be careful to distinguish between the wildwood ( the remnant or successor of the natural or semi-natural woodland of Britain — which certainly does not exist anywhere today and probably has not since the Roman period ) and woods which have been to a greater or lesser degree managed for the production of timber and wood ( Fig. 63 ) . |
| 3 | However , impediments to women 's lives will not disappear as quickly as Mrs Thatcher did . |
| 4 | The criticisms have fallen into certain categories , one general line being that the service has failed to adopt modern methods of management , that it has been slow in understanding the use of statistical information and of specialized knowledge of the social services , and that it does not think ahead enough or organize its planning on a sufficiently systematic basis , in part because officials spend too much time on routine departmental work . |
| 5 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 6 | Although our sense of smell does not compare as favourably as some of our other senses , it allows us to detect tiny traces of a very wide range of complex chemicals . |
| 7 | I can not emphasize too strongly that I have not here attempted to provide a detailed exposition or erect a comprehensive critique of multiculturalist and antiracist assumptions and practices . |
| 8 | but I can not emphasize too strongly that you should only choose furniture and furnishings that make you feel comfortable . |
| 9 | He did not answer straight away but stared , quite unruffled , down into her angry green eyes . |
| 10 | The McLaren girl did not answer right away and Mrs. Favor leaned towards the girl . |
| 11 | He looked around him as he went ; but he did not slow down much until he reached the culvert . |
| 12 | Older people do not adapt as easily as young people . |
| 13 | I can not stress too strongly that it is vital to know what you are treating , and that unless the problem is obviously pathogenic ( eg White Spot ) or organic ( visible tumour ) then you should ALWAYS suspect an environmental problem , and usually the culprit is poor water quality . |
| 14 | Martin uses balloon fabric , as it does not crease as easily as spinnaker ripstop . |
| 15 | We do not know even today whether or not this is the case , but Pons certainly felt very strongly that it should be lithium deuteroxide , LiOD . |
| 16 | She went into the corridor , hurrying as though she did not know very well that she was simply being transferred to another waiting chair , that the urgency of their voices bore no relation to the speed of their , or anyway her , movements . |
| 17 | Yet the Nazis knew that they could not behave too outrageously because there was always the threat that the League of Nations might call in the Poles to annex the city and suppress the NSDAP in the name of European peace . |
| 18 | Dana did not shave as often as I did . |
| 19 | Maybe seven minutes had passed but she dared not wait any longer because who knew when the miners might give up and come back ? |
| 20 | As she searched for them in her pocket , Oliver could not wait any longer and ran into her arms . |
| 21 | ‘ When the recovery does come , we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 22 | When the recovery comes we will not benefit as quickly as we should . |
| 23 | However , a simplistic model based exclusively on smoking habits fails to explain the higher incidence in women , since women do not smoke as heavily as men . |
| 24 | Whether this is the way they express themselves does not matter so long as we can establish that this is the substance of their view . |
| 25 | This vagueness will not matter so long as one is clear about the level at which the formula of ‘ ought implies can ’ is being applied : thus the latter , and weaker , kind of ‘ can not ’ would be enough to provide a strong argument against the behaviour being made into a norm for a human society , but it would not be enough if the question concerned the adoption of a personal ideal in an individual case . |
| 26 | Ultimately , it does not matter that much whether the future arrangements of the EC are called federal , confederal , political union or whatever , except that labels may affect expectations and may accord spurious legitimacy to Community institutions . |
| 27 | She , in whom a natural clear spring of charm flowed vigorously , who expostulated , articulated and knew her own mind with commanding grace — in private , not in public of course ( before others who were not family , such confidence in a girl would seem an outrage ) — could not speak up now and tell Rosa what she felt . |
| 28 | Rosen did not speak right away so Delia Sutherland added , ‘ Well , has he ? |
| 29 | It is important to be aware that trade unions are organisations in their own right , and we must not assume too hastily or too readily that the goals of a trade union organisation are the same as those of its members or full-time officials . |
| 30 | But if Sartre anticipates such later thinkers we should not assume too quickly that they have simply taken his insights further . |