Example sentences of "not [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dancing was a consolation for not seeing the lady . |
| 2 | ‘ The political situation in FIFA , at the moment , is such that we have to be very careful of not seeing the majority move towards that idea . ’ |
| 3 | Not seeing the significance at the time of the two articles , or of the prong ( pitchfork ) and shovel that followed them , the two boys finished their frugal breakfast and set out upon their chores . |
| 4 | The footplatemen had nothing to gain by lying about the position of the distant signal when they admitted not seeing the home signal at all . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , but — are they not seeing the jokes ? |
| 6 | In the Game of Life not seeing things as they are is like not seeing the ball clearly when playing tennis , or not knowing where the white lines are . |
| 7 | He was not seeing the ball so well . |
| 8 | Not seeing the size she was . |
| 9 | ‘ Not really ; it was a case of not seeing the wood for the trees . |
| 10 | THE Hitch-hiker 's Guide To Not Seeing The Galaxy Before Your Time : Do n't accept a lift in President Kennedy 's Cadillac , James Dean 's Porsche , Mark Thatcher 's Land-Rover . |
| 11 | ‘ People are just not seeing the value of breast milk , ’ says Alison Spiro , NCT milk-bank coordinator and Parents Family Health Adviser . |
| 12 | What makes a fanatic is not having strong and extreme ideals oneself but taking no notice of other people 's — not seeing the considerations that other people are concerned about . |
| 13 | It was not handling the paints , she tells us , ‘ but handling of thoughts which overwhelmed me ’ . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But we are not demanding the whole . |
| 16 | The verbs seem and appear deliberately withhold applicability ( thus permitting but not demanding the inference that it is inappropriate ) , as does the verb act where it can be taken that the property does not apply . |
| 17 | So it er could pay you in the first year of business to incur any capital that you could afford , because you can either get it against your first year 's profits , or by not using the capital allowances , it 's available for subsequent years ' profit . |
| 18 | We 'll come back on to that later on , because it , it , it , if this is what happens with you , because what 's happening there is , you 're not using the adrenaline , and we will , we 're moving on to that where you do n't use up the adrenalin . |
| 19 | ‘ If they are not able to improve services at that level of spending they are not using the money efficiently and to the real benefit of the people in the town , ’ he said . |
| 20 | It will also reveal , by default , which classes are not using the school library on a regular basis and the school librarian may wish to find out the reasons for this lack of use . |
| 21 | The result of the CAFU experiment was that the cockpit conversation between the flight crew when they were not using the intercom was crystal clear . |
| 22 | When Hilton talks about meditation , therefore , he is not using the word as a Christian would use it today . |
| 23 | 160 , the visitors observed that Lord Denning was not using the word ‘ delegate ’ in the narrow sense in which it is sometimes used today any more than Lord Mansfield had when he used the same word in a similar context in Rex v. Benchers of Gray 's Inn , 1 Doug . |
| 24 | feeling as if I 'm not using the resources I 've got . |
| 25 | If you expect heavy use of Offline ( which will be particularly the case if you are not using the Module Version Deletion facility ) , you should probably increase this parameter before running CREFDL . |
| 26 | But companies not using the equipment properly nor designing safe processes could pose hazards for their workers . ’ |
| 27 | If you 're not using the equipment or you do n't need to use the equipment overnight then please turn it off . |
| 28 | ‘ They were all the Barclaycard customers who were not using the credit facility so they did n't want to pay the annual fee . |
| 29 | But if they are not using the credit facility we are not making much profit out of them either . ’ |
| 30 | once the room , once the water 's got to the temperature of the room if you 're not using the loo |