Example sentences of "we [am/are] [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | When things are going wrong the Government 's supporters call it a failure of presentation and everyone trots out the old excuse that ‘ we are not getting the message across ’ . |
| 2 | One reason for that drifting away is that , as a result of the Government 's failure to obey European Community rules , we are not getting the money that we should under RECHAR . |
| 3 | Some small farmers say , ’ We are not getting the money either , ’ and they are right . |
| 4 | We are NOT getting the points our performances deserve . |
| 5 | We may find that some of the ideas we want to test are very difficult ones ; certainly , in using this particular example of baptism , we are not taking the easiest idea ever put forward . |
| 6 | Buckingham Palace shrugged off the furore , saying : ‘ We are not taking the story seriously . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ If we are not to waste the two days , we ought to focus on something concrete . |
| 8 | But we are not demanding the whole . |
| 9 | SIR , — In not accepting our explanation ( May 15 , p 1286 ) for the difference between the November , 1988 , and January , 1990 , forecasts for AIDS incidence in England and Wales — namely , a slowing down in the rate of transmission of HIV among homosexual men — Professor Stewart ( p 1287 ) states that we are not reading the data correctly . |
| 10 | With Hitchock in this mood it already looks a good signing and Porterfield said : ‘ We are not bringing the Russian to take Kevin 's place . |
| 11 | Lest we be misinterpreted on this matter , we are not advocating the abolition of grouping or the withdrawal of encouragement . |
| 12 | Here it may be advisable to point out that we are not advising the rational man to be any more spontaneous than he already is , merely inviting him to continue reasoning about means , ends and principles as before , with his mind at rest about that little puzzle about passing from ‘ is ’ to ‘ ought ’ . |
| 13 | It is Joe Lawley 's opinion that we have no option but to dismantle it , but this has to be done with very great care if we are not to compound the damage done by sixty years of weather and so destroy it . |
| 14 | I decide that it does n't much matter as we are never going to talk this girl round to our way of thinking and anyway we are not breaking the law so she ca n't really stop us . |
| 15 | Robert Knapp , a spokesman for Litton Industries in the US , said : ‘ We are not providing the submarines . |
| 16 | It is extraordinary that even though the Government found an extra £40 million for sport in the last Budget , which is near enough double the expenditure on sport year on year , Opposition Members criticise us and suggest that we are not providing the necessary resources for sport . |
| 17 | Does the Prime Minister agree with his right hon. Friend the Member for Sutton Coldfield ( Sir N. Fowler ) , who said on Friday ’ We are not accepting the principle of a single currency ’ — yes or no , please ? |
| 18 | ‘ We are not challenging the offer itself but we are challenging the presentation of it , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 19 | In this issue we are not challenging the value of medical expertise but rather its dominance in relation to health sciences , resources and health knowledge . |
| 20 | Here , here , I second that on H on page thirty one very important one , the county council welcomes the recognition by the joint working party of the importance of meaningful support services to the elected members and the recomme recommendation that the Secretary of State should review and clarify the powers of local authorities to meet costs of services provided to members to enable them to carry out their duties as councillors Now the erm members appointments , appointments of member services sub have been discussing this issue and I would like to point out to members that we are not claiming the amount allowable for the paying members allowances we erm we 're way below the limit that 's allowable by the government Now before anyone say well what have you done about it ? |
| 21 | ‘ We are not saying the Labour party organised the poll tax non-payment campaign . |
| 22 | In ( b ) we are not asking the student to make up any bed but a particular kind of bed for a particular patient . |
| 23 | In pleading , however , for home-grown evangelists we are not excluding the role of the itinerant evangelist . |
| 24 | We are not carrying the cross when we are poor or suffering small everyday things — these are all part of life . |
| 25 | Looking back and sorting out are essential if we are not to experience the pantomime dame 's discomfort . |
| 26 | " So long as we are not measuring the rate of depletion year by year , we have no basis for guessing how soon the asphyxiation of large parts of the Pacific might begin " , warned Dyson . |
| 27 | We are not shown the acres of car park , the oversized modern restaurant extension and the gutted interior , knocked together from what were once intimate old rooms . |
| 28 | Largely unprotected and little understood , these populations of small whales need immediate investigation and protection if we are n't to repeat the dreadful and potentially catastrophic mistakes we 've already made with large whales . |
| 29 | But Walters expects every Liverpool player to be aware of their manager 's presence , saying : ‘ We 'll feel his eyes burning through us if we are n't doing the business . ’ |
| 30 | But Walters expects every Liverpool player to be aware of their manager 's presence , saying : ‘ We 'll feel his eyes burning through us if we are n't doing the business . ’ |