Example sentences of "n't [adv] [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can only assume that manufacturers who do n't properly configure the machines they sell are either lazy or careless . |
| 2 | The name change was necessary , it was argued , because the original name referred to a single event that had taken place over a decade previously , that it gave the wrong image , and did n't properly describe the work being done by the organisation . |
| 3 | And the theory of evolution which does n't properly understand the nature of these structures is really a jolly incomplete theory . |
| 4 | He claimed he could n't properly see the dials and light indicators on the dashboard , as they were obscured by the leather Momo steering wheel . |
| 5 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 6 | Do n't suddenly increase the amount of exercise you do , or become over-exhausted . |
| 7 | Like mathematics , it does n't only stretch the imagination . |
| 8 | Mr Wiseman does n't only have the safety of his hands to consider : in this case he might stand to lose his sight or sustain laceration from bits of flying clothespegs , blocks and cramps into the bargain . |
| 9 | He does n't only own the warehouse but has property dotted all over the city . |
| 10 | City dwellers , they knew that curiosity did n't only kill the cat like the old proverb said , it could also kill people ! |
| 11 | So those are all if you like the background , the things that do change but the fundamentals that stay the same are the design and the delivery and although we 'll look a little bit although we 've er I have to say with the numbers we 've got here today it will only be a little bit about things like question and visual aids and because of the time factor if you think about it if we 've twelve people to make four presentations or we 've eight people to make four presentations time is a little bit different and with with twelve we do n't perhaps have the luxury of time that we would with eight people which is what the course was originally designed for . |
| 12 | I certainly think that this is good in terms of , it gives you a a lot of areas , even if they do n't necessarily identify the stories , so , if you 're , sort of taking notes about which areas . |
| 13 | ‘ But that does n't necessarily make the man a coward ? ’ |
| 14 | But er communism and politics are like religion they do n't necessarily deliver the goods . |
| 15 | Students at London University were almost unanimous today in saying a couple going to bed together did n't necessarily mean the woman consents to sex . |
| 16 | Er just for the record really it 's erm Mr Mr er 's not necessarily alone er in in his views , and and Selby District does n't necessarily accept the view that erm development in this location would be prejudicial to West Yorkshire . |
| 17 | Well the thing is though people at the top do n't necessarily see the problems that you see as problems |
| 18 | Clearly the labour is geographically mobile , it 's not occupationally mobile , so the people that move do n't necessarily have the skills required to take up these high wages . |
| 19 | We 've got now quite a lot of new officers who do n't necessarily have the experience of dealing with the situations . |
| 20 | That perhaps it 's easier to do in a smaller department , I mean I 've got checkouts , and the majority of my staff are part-time , and I 've only got three full-timers , so it 's quite often the case that at nine thirty , one thirty , five thirty , eight thirty , it 's a case of coming in and then relieving somebody else straight away , you do n't necessarily have the time to spend with them . |
| 21 | Erm so unless anyone is sponsoring , they would n't necessarily have the treasure on their stand . |
| 22 | Midsole damage does n't necessarily signal the end of your trusty old friend . |
| 23 | But whoever first comes up with something does n't necessarily get the credit for it . |
| 24 | The people we asked did n't much fancy the idea of eating lasagne and quaffing Lambrusco in an old lavatory . |
| 25 | As Pound confessed in another letter in 1933 : ‘ Most Cantos have in them ‘ binding matter ’ , i.e. lines holding them into the whole poem and these passages do n't much help the reader of an isolated fragment … |
| 26 | The people who did seem to be enjoying things ( although they did n't much like the film ) were those who , unlike Jane , were there on their own terms . |
| 27 | I was offered a cleaning job that I did n't much like the look of so I left quietly before the final curtain . |
| 28 | I do n't know why , but I did n't much like the look of him . |
| 29 | " I do n't much like the look of things . |
| 30 | He did n't much like the thought himself . |