Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the [noun sg] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | To derive this inequality , Bell made two assumptions : ( a ) the effects of a measurement at A do not affect the measurement at B and vice versa , and ( b ) all the variables describing the two particles are independent of the settings of the apparatus at A and B. Both seem very reasonable requirements , which indeed have played a central role in the development of physics since the time of Isaac Newton . |
| 2 | However that is resolved ( and opinion seems now to be in favour of the admissibility of others too ) it does not affect the point at issue here . |
| 3 | He did not want the job at all . |
| 4 | The auk tribe are sea-birds in the true sense , in that they do not need the land at all outside the nesting season . |
| 5 | Last week , the Physiological Society decided that it would not pursue the matter at the present time , and would accept the foundation 's argument . |
| 6 | I do not catch the sense at first . |
| 7 | I do not know the lady at all , but this is her autobiography and HarperCollins believes in her . |
| 8 | Conversely , the fact that an applicant is given leave does not prevent the court at the hearing stage deciding , for example , that the application should fail because of undue delay , even if the issue of delay was argued and expressly decided in the applicant 's favour at the leave stage . |
| 9 | The vote for the Green Party , which did not contest the seat at the general election , was only 2 per cent . |
| 10 | This heirloom will not break the bank at £33.65 inc p&p — a very different gift . |
| 11 | I really do not mind the baby at all . ’ |
| 12 | The BBC did not report the election at all until polling day , but it provided time for nightly talks by party leaders , up to half-an-hour in length . |
| 13 | It plays back four frames on each revolution of the disc so you can not freeze the frame at any point you choose . |
| 14 | I could not understand the fellow at all myself ’ , and stumped away . |
| 15 | When people such as Martin , consult me not in order to seek help in overcoming a particular problem , but to help them to understand themselves , their motivation and their spiritual journey better , I do not see the patient at weekly or fortnightly intervals but leave gaps of anything up to six or eight weeks between visits . |
| 16 | To begin with you can not see the animal at all , but after you have first noticed it , it becomes obvious . |
| 17 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 18 | As a result of recent changes in the copyright laws , if you can not see the application at the council 's offices then you can ask the planning department to send you a copy of the application and the drawings . |
| 19 | We have done our best to protect her ; we ensured she would not see the baby at birth , removing him from the Maternity Unit as soon as he was delivered . |
| 20 | The report reveals that 88 per cent of women , if travelling alone , would not use the train at night , 83 per cent would not use the bus and an amazing 46 per cent would rather not use a taxi . |
| 21 | While welcoming the news of the developments in Lancashire , shop stewards at the Albion axle works in Glasgow said that did not alter the position at their factory , where there was little likelihood of a similar buy-out . |
| 22 | This can be exercised during the " cooling-off " period where the debtor did not sign the agreement at the business premises of the creditor , a party to a linked transaction , or a negotiator in antecedent negotiations ( s67(b) ) . |
| 23 | It accepted that monogamy was inherent in Christianity and yet that there were polygamous societies where even the Church could not enforce the rule at once , and that the chief way forward lay in a progressive emancipation of women in those societies , especially in the sphere of education . |
| 24 | We will approve major motorway or trunk road investments only where it can be demonstrated that alternative transport provision can not meet the need at lower economic and environmental cost . |
| 25 | What is more , the reassemblage of plates , as now envisaged , does not simplify the picture at all ; it makes it far more complex . |
| 26 | In other words , do not lay the nylon at random |
| 27 | These are , of course , useful if you want to send a compressed file to someone who has not got the same compression program , so can not de-compress the file at the other end . |
| 28 | Conversely , if the right hemisphere can not perform the task at all but has to send the probe stimulus to the left hemisphere for a comparison with memory items then the relative disadvantage in reaction time for the right hemisphere should be constant regardless of the size of the memory set . |
| 29 | It is , of course , easier to start a new business , whether co-operative or conventional in organisation , which does not demand the investment at the outset of large sums but can build up its capital assets from a modest beginning . |
| 30 | They will want to know why we did not join the Community at its inception and fashion the very fabric of it to our advantage . |