Example sentences of "not strike [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As for the political importance of such a capability , this appeared to be of relevance in the short term mainly with respect to the possibility of American adventurism as long as the USSR could not strike effectively against the United States itself . |
| 2 | Since then the sea defences have been built up to ensure that such a disaster will not strike again . |
| 3 | ‘ Put all your weight behind it , but move on the ball of your foot , ready to recover if the swing does not strike home . ’ |
| 4 | Some figures of deaths in monastic houses may be accurate , but as the plague did not strike evenly throughout the country it would be foolish to deduce any estimate of national mortality from them . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'll put it down to pre-wedding madness , and hope that it does n't strike again . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I have told them not to think that lightning ca n't strike twice , ’ the former Wimbledon champion said . |
| 7 | They figure lightning ca n't strike twice . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps he thinks lightning does n't strike twice . |