Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It reflects some current concerns , and also questions which do not arise specifically at the moment , but which we ought to realise may arise in the future . |
| 2 | But it is all too evident that there does not exist anywhere at the present time an active political movement which would be capable of initiating such a development , and if such a movement came into existence it would encounter immense difficulties . |
| 3 | In other words , without it one can not explain why at the present time there is a maldistribution of world wealth and income such that the countries of the Northern hemisphere contain only 25 per cent of the world 's population but obtain 80 per cent of the world 's income , while the countries of the South contain 75 per cent of the world 's population but obtain only 20 per cent of the world 's income . |
| 4 | 624 ( see above , p. 41 ) , he did not do so at the court of the king of the eastern Angles but at that of the still-powerful Eadbald , king of Kent , whom he seems to have continued to treat with considerable respect . |
| 5 | But a bowler who does not break down at the end of every other over and who can finish each season with an average around the 25 mark would be worth his weight in gold now . |
| 6 | By definition they do not look backwards at the kinds of demographic transformations with which various societies have already coped . |
| 7 | These Koi may not look much at the time you part with your cash , but then , certain varieties never show their full potential until they are mature . |
| 8 | Of course , very often garments require a number of stitches that do not work out at a neat number of pattern repeats , so you do n't HAVE to much patterns at side seams . |
| 9 | Certainly Mr Lamont did not perform well at the hustings ; arguably his Budget last month did not in retrospect maximise the opportunities , limited though they were . |
| 10 | Weak clients , i.e. those lacking confidence , may not perform well at the first meeting but normally go through a sharp learning curve . |
| 11 | Tommaso did not call again at the farm that leave , and after the Easter holidays , Davide went back to Rupe for the short summer school term before the dog days drove most people indoors to keep cool , and some venturesome spirits down to the coast , to the white sand beaches at Dolmetta and Tirrani , where sea bathing was just becoming popular among adults . |
| 12 | If eclecticism is to be a matter of principle , it can not apply independently at the level of operational technique : it must apply at the level of appraisal which techniques will make variably operational in the manner previously discussed . |
| 13 | The dog leaped at the closest man who , encumbered with carbine and sword , could not cut down at the beast , then Sharpe 's mare slammed into the Frenchman 's horse and the big sword slashed down at the Dragoon . |
| 14 | Our prices did not go up at the same rate . |
| 15 | Such an objective would be ill-founded if the process of integration did not aim also at the Community 's complete monetary integration which can only be achieved through the establishment of a European currency union . |
| 16 | A stroke does not come suddenly at the age of 75 or 80 and finish life . |
| 17 | I thought I should go mad if my brother did not come home at the appointed hour , for I longed to thrust it into his hands . |
| 18 | " The Four Points were the most celebrated diplomatic achievement of the Crimean war " , but did not seem so at the time they were agreed because Nicholas had just begun withdrawing his forces from the Danubian Principalities . |
| 19 | If one did not sit down at the table there would be a gap , an empty space that would spoil the symmetry of the host 's table . |
| 20 | ‘ It is to Foinavon 's eternal credit that he did not refuse either at the melee when he had every excuse to or when he was out on his own especially when he was tiring , ’ Buckingham said . |
| 21 | Children who have a good general understanding of sound-symbol relationship , even if they do not spell well at the moment , are , as Margaret Peters says , " well on their way " to becoming good spellers . |
| 22 | Baseline , FEV 1 , heart rate , plasma potassium concentration , QTc interval , tremor amplitude , and creatine kinase concentration ( including myocardial isoenzyme ) did not differ significantly at the four visits ( table I ) . |
| 23 | But , says his co-worker Dr David Morgan , if Allison thought that this was due to the production of free-oxygen radicals , ‘ He certainly did not say so at the time . ’ |
| 24 | He did not turn in at the door of number thirty-seven , however . |
| 25 | Indeed , musicians argue amongst themselves as to preferred gauges in any one set , so the blame does not lie entirely at the manufacturers ' door . |
| 26 | ‘ A football club does not close down at the end of a playing season . |