Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if in terms of the statement in the structure plan , it is simply the policy does n't relate to an outer northern relief road . |
| 2 | I bet it does n't relate to an actual operation in a general hospital because you 've got so many people wanting their rake off in a private one surely ? |
| 3 | I do n't eat after a certain , ten o'clock so it 's after |
| 4 | And more to the point he did n't disappear on a massive binge , and he gave all that money to his sister . |
| 5 | The conductivity does n't stay at a certain level then ? |
| 6 | He says male rape does n't exist as a legal entity in this country , the law needs changing to alter people 's perceptions It 's the same as any other serious sexual crime |
| 7 | erm architecturally I suppose it does n't compare with a medieval university . |
| 8 | erm Architecturally I suppose it does n't compare with a mediaeval university . |
| 9 | And , therefore , the argument is of people whose backs are pinned to the wall before they 're questioned as it were , and that does n't make for a sober and calm discussion , especially as there is some doubt , I suspect , in the mind of ministers , but certainly in the mind of many people in the Conservative Party , about whether these great absolutes , this wall against which ministers and departments are nailed , really need exist in quite the form it 's being constructed or whether the whole issue could n't be handled in a rather more sensitive and relaxed way . |
| 10 | In an era of fast food , subsistence incomes do n't make for a culinary culture . |
| 11 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 12 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 13 | You would n't think for a dainty little thing would you ? |
| 14 | Maggie could n't think of a suitable reply to that . |
| 15 | ‘ And I only found out this morning from Dr Greene what a … a … | ’ she could n't think of a suitable word and said finally , ‘ … celebrated painter you are . ’ |
| 16 | Erm a new factory going into the area for example will have a choice between one of Selby 's erm ca n't think of a suitable adjective , large requirement for industrial land , or it will go into the new settlement . |
| 17 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 18 | I could n't think of a nice fellow to give it to . |
| 19 | Putting his arm around his wife 's shoulder , he added : ‘ When I came down the drive to see you I could n't think of a good reason to give you for splitting up . |
| 20 | I could n't think of a good reason why not so I ushered him towards the stairs and told him I lived in Flat 3 . |
| 21 | I mean , we do make all sorts of allowances with exams you know , people repeat words and th and they can leave words out and they ca n't think of a eloquent way of expressing that something at the spur of the moment so it 's |
| 22 | I ca n't think of a single occasion in which this might come in handy . |
| 23 | ‘ Since you ask me sir I ca n't think of a single reason — oh except … my voice is trained . ’ |
| 24 | I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign . |
| 25 | ‘ Offhand , I ca n't think of a single good reason why I should tell you anything that passed between us , Mr Barnett . ’ |
| 26 | ( All right , I could n't think of a footballing Z. ) |
| 27 | We 've had a running argument about this , but as I did n't know the address of your cottage either , I could n't think of an alternative course of action . |
| 28 | The new philosophy said that we should not make value judgements : you ca n't think in an Aristotelian way ; no value judgements , no good and bad . |
| 29 | but someone he could trust , someone who understood the language , someone who would afterwards be gone , who would n't remain as a perpetual reminder of his uncertainties , a fellow professional to whom he could comfortably think aloud . |
| 30 | However , there is an attempt to set up a message desk , where if your phone , at the moment , switchboard will put calls through to you , if you do n't answer by a certain number of rings , it will either divert to another number or come back to the switchboard . |