Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised . |
| 2 | In fact it does n't go it does not cover a part of the earth . |
| 3 | Digital techniques had initially been invented to cram more telephone conversations into a single cable , because ‘ crosstalk ’ does not affect a string of numbers . |
| 4 | The Principle of Partial Inverses shows that FRF ′ R ’ does not affect a piece like FL because F does not carry it into the overlap region , hence it is unaffected by R , then restored by F ’ and again left unaffected by R ′ . |
| 5 | In the event that it could not locate a world in reasonable proximity which possessed both a breathable atmosphere and acceptable conditions of gravity and temperature , a pod was capable of maintaining its passenger in a state of suspended animation for an almost indefinite period . |
| 6 | Do not eat a lot of one type of food . |
| 7 | Even HARPY , which brought its full syntactic and semantic knowledge to bear immediately , could not make a decision on a word-by-word basis . |
| 8 | When entrusted with government he did not make a mess of it ; if deprived of his rights he would make a much more serious opponent than the Young King . |
| 9 | ‘ If your own family is so badly brought up , ’ thundered a Scottish columnist , ‘ so lacking in moral fibre that it can not make a go of its marriages , what price all those Christmas homilies ? ’ |
| 10 | If BR could not make a case for seven trains for one of its most profitable routes , it was clear that plans for a second tranche of HSTs for the Cross Country group of services would not satisfy the new criteria . |
| 11 | ‘ I would not make a case for Pears to be better than Manchester United 's Peter Schmeichel , but there is no-one more consistent . |
| 12 | Is it not extraordinary therefore that in the United States where there is the most rapid growth of technology and of productivity , there are no government training schemes and does this not make a nonsense of the opposition 's repeated claim that government training schemes are the way forward ? |
| 13 | This would explain Gandhi 's claim that one should not make a fetish of non-violence . |
| 14 | It is important to study the areas in which women have been neglected or in which their treatment has been biased , but one should not make a fetish about the quasi-religious , unique properties of women . |
| 15 | It is well established that the courts can not make a contract for the parties . |
| 16 | But , even if the All Blacks are subconsciously tempted to relegate the Irish to an after-thought , it might not make a bit of difference . |
| 17 | She thought it dry , and it was , but she could not make a dent in the downpour itself . |
| 18 | ‘ If I was him , I definitely would not make a play for her . |
| 19 | Eventually she found them but could n't get near — the crowds were as dense further up and , push as she might , she could not make a parting for herself . |
| 20 | ‘ They had talked openly of their respective marital difficulties at Sandringham last Christmas , although the Duchess insists that they did not make a pact by which they would both end their marriages this year . ’ |
| 21 | High Tables does not make a profit on his management of the ingredients budget — it simply charges a management fee for the entire contract . |
| 22 | Revenues generated from all Unix sales grew about 28% — the same as last year — and although unit sales of mid-range products increased 76% , the company did not make a profit on mid-range Unix products because of increased R&D spending in that area , Bonfield said . |
| 23 | I thought that I had made it clear that we did not make a profit on the war . |
| 24 | And I 'm afraid there is no way you can you , if you try and force the caf to be more a sort of caf that people who come to the cinema will patronize then it will not make a profit in my view . |
| 25 | However , the yard will not make a profit until 1994 when government subsidies are due to end . |
| 26 | Er I think we should also assume that the regional er budgetholders will not make a contribution to any costs we might incur cos I do n't think any budget they 'll have will be intended to cater for er you know , paying people 's wages for them getting unpaid time off . |
| 27 | A CHIMPANZEE financial whizzkid that has beaten stock market experts could not make a monkey of British share analysts yesterday . |
| 28 | The Powderhall stadium in Edinburgh was the top venue for professional athletics , though competitors could not make a living by running alone . |
| 29 | If they can not make a living from the Herdwick the breed will disappear , which would be an irrevocable loss of an animal which is such an important part of the Lakeland landscape . |
| 30 | A company can not make a loan to a director of the company ( see s. 330 ) . |