Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is certain that bees are very responsive to different tones of the human voice , and this is probably the reason for the country belief that bees are peace-loving beings and will not stay with a quarrelsome family . |
| 2 | ( 2 ) The human being does not exist as a legal person until after birth . |
| 3 | Fluctuating fields can not exist inside a fixed equipotential surface ( that of the braid here ) on account of fluctuating external charge . |
| 4 | Moreover , it needs to be recognized that a rational , ‘ value-free ’ analysis can not exist in a pluralistic society or that it would please no one if attempted ( Clapham , 1984 ) , unless an action could be shown to benefit all stakeholders . |
| 5 | The possibilities for integration , that do not exist in a segregated , all-age special school , are many — as students begin to mix , sometimes for the first time , in a community setting with other adult learners . |
| 6 | It is typical of options that if a particular contract does not exist in a ready made form for trading directly on an exchange , it can be manufactured from existing tradeable instruments . |
| 7 | Current research assumes that crime and justice do not exist in a social vacuum , that they are at least partially political creations , and that they are inextricably involved in society . |
| 8 | No matter how ethereal they may seem , they do not exist in a timeless limbo but possess determinate antecedents in time and space . |
| 9 | Indeed , as the conventional dominant does not exist in a whole-tone scale ( perfect fifths are not available ) , there can not possibly be effects of resolution such as we find in dominant-tonic harmonic movements . |
| 10 | The down-side may be that you now see without any shadow of doubt that you can not exist in an emotional or sexual wilderness indefinitely . |
| 11 | But this intuitive classification does not exist in an analogous way . |
| 12 | I left the hotel early and in pleasant sunshine , wearing a light jacket and bow tie , but alas did not bargain for a sudden change in the weather . |
| 13 | It seemed a rather broad question , and one for which Lord John could not think of a specific answer . |
| 14 | Nutty could not think of a good answer and nor could Mr Sylvester , so Nails was allowed to come . |
| 15 | Any team which can not think of a new rhyme , or repeats one that has been chosen earlier , drops out until only one team is left . |
| 16 | On the way home , she found that she wanted to cry again and could not think of a possible reason why she should . |
| 17 | He could not think of a single convincing excuse that would get him out of the house . |
| 18 | Among grasses , I can not think of a single one that is not lovely . |
| 19 | Isabel could not think of a single thing to say . |
| 20 | I could not think of a single thing that Quigley had ever done for me . |
| 21 | Now I can not think of a single occasion over the years , my adulthood when I have been going to theatre arts events of any kind when I 've actually gone out and bought anything as a result of sponsorship of a programme I 've been looking at . |
| 22 | The Gallup survey , commissioned by the Daily Telegraph , also found that more than a third could not think of a single thing about Britain of which to be proud . |
| 23 | He admired a point which Stead had made about Polynesians and Christianity , but worried that he could not think of a Christian anthropologist . |
| 24 | You do not think like a civilised man , although your behaviour has become civilised , and so he can not ascribe to your actions motives which are suspect — or not according to his understanding . ’ |
| 25 | Needless to say , this attitude did not make for a good marriage . |
| 26 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 27 | He felt he knew Branson well enough to surmise that it would not evolve into an equal partnership , because Branson would be bound to ‘ over-interfere ’ . |
| 28 | Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’ |
| 29 | But , unless the proviso can be invoked , one must adopt the maxim that the more difficult ( short of impossibility ) is the defending advocate 's task , the more vital it is to see that he does not labour under an unfair disadvantage . |
| 30 | The suggestion at the time that the Labour Party had been behind Profumo 's downfall was a little unfair to many members who repeatedly expressed their misgivings about the scandalous imputations , which several of them could not regard as a proper currency for a political difference . |