Example sentences of "not even [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the hearing there is a right of audience for counsel or for the agent — usually exercised only by counsel , and indeed sometimes the parliamentary agent is not even involved at the inquiry stage . |
| 2 | Islington can not even benefit from the ‘ dowry ’ system ( money paid by a health authority to a local authority for each patient returning to the community from hospital ) because their people never went to hospital . |
| 3 | It is interesting to note that no section of the book was devoted to cancer and the word cancer did not even appear in the index . |
| 4 | THEY take the lead with a fine goal , concede two sloppy ones , and then the captain gets sent off for throwing a punch not even redeemed by the infliction of injury . |
| 5 | It was our opinion and that of , badly photocopied and written sheets of paper which did not even fit into the folders was not a good advertisement for our Institute . |
| 6 | Indian er in India still has a very class-ridden society and er you know from the the top caste do not even associate with the lower castes and there is a terrific there 's still a terrific sense of that . |
| 7 | And he 's not even heard of the Welfare State . |
| 8 | A poor advertising campaign , which the CC has promised to rectify this year , meant many people have not even heard of the project . |
| 9 | MANY people believe that the Royal Navy is referred to as the Senior Service because it has some sort of superiority to the Army , but the term was not even heard before the 17th Century . |
| 10 | I did not even complain to the British Medical Association — as I was in law entitled so to do — about the gross impertinence of a certain toothy and incompetent doctor in this very borough who imagined in his stupidity that I was incapable of reading upside-down the notes he was making on the other side of a desk at which I was once unwise enough to sit . |
| 11 | In time there is no reason why some areas might not even aspire to the status of nature reserve . |
| 12 | Following the great betrayal of 1882 , when Gladstone presided over the annexation of Egypt , they could not even rely on the Liberal party to resist the imperialist tide . |
| 13 | Mr E described Dave , now in his second term at this school , as exasperatingly ‘ lazy ’ , always talking to others , the only one in the class who will make a mess of things , who can not even copy from the board , but who can sometimes surprise by good work . |
| 14 | He is not even disturbed by the fact that his beard , monocle and considerable size are not always the ideal ambassadorial countenance for delicate first encounters between East and West . |
| 15 | They were not even disturbed by the burning jetties , or the waiting batons of flame and black smoke that fenced the narrowing river beyond them . |
| 16 | Gordon Strachan 's return after injury left no place for Rocastle who was not even named among the substitutes . |
| 17 | The eve-of-talks optimism of the Sacu president , Geoff Daikin , was not even dented by the state-run television , which quoted him as saying that Sacu would push for the tour at all costs . |
| 18 | Canadians do not even travel across the country that much . |
| 19 | Then , not even glancing at the room beyond , or at a woman who had come out on to the stairs , she led him away to a small room of perfect luxury at the back of the house , which was clearly her own . |
| 20 | ‘ No , it is n't , ’ he agreed , not even glancing at the small wound . |
| 21 | He flung open a pair of doors she had not even noticed in the gloom and revealed the largest room she had ever seen , endlessly high , and filled with the grey light of the sea . |
| 22 | Here they were , objects of suspicion to be interrogated by the police , and not even noticed by the one or two newspaper men who had arrived at the hotel . |
| 23 | ‘ When I think of all those months I lived in the Store , not even knowing about the Outside … . ’ |
| 24 | It will not even perish by the flames of fire . |
| 25 | According to Alistair Kelman , however , many companies do not even comply with the Companies Act by keeping detailed records of what goes on in their computer systems . |
| 26 | Only one of the three warm-up competitions was against the clock — the other two both had jump-offs — and the winner of this , Alain Vaillancourt , is not even qualified for the cup . |
| 27 | What is the point of discussing visionary schemes when we have not even dealt with the basics . |
| 28 | The result has been a noticeable increase in the number of pilots who suddenly find themselves faced with a situation far beyond their control , usually a situation that they had not even considered at the start of the flight . |
| 29 | In our sample firms , the ‘ occasional committee ’ Reynolds mentions was not even considered as the mode of culture management . |
| 30 | She was not even considered for the role . |