Example sentences of "not [vb infin] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 People did not stay the same .
2 ‘ Dr Neil , ’ she said , and her manner was almost shy , ‘ I hope you do not think the less of me for raising such a delicate matter . ’
3 Their relative goodness of fit can not properly be judged because the hypotheses do not cover the same input .
4 Of course there was nothing to guarantee that the soup you were canning would measure up to the quality or taste of Mother 's , nor that other soup canners would not make the same sales appeal .
5 Walter Luff did not make the same mistakes as his predecessor , and paralleled the extensive improvements on the tramway by a redevelopment office of the bus system , including the sacrifice of two heavily-trafficked tram routes to bus operation .
6 If the surveyor states that the property is most definitely not worth the agreed price and the building society will not advance you the money you need , you have three choices : abandon the property and look again , or go to another building society and hope that another surveyor will not make the same judgement , or go to your vendor 's estate agent , explain the situation and hope that the vendor will drop the price .
7 That is , he will not make the same judgements as he would make if he were viewing the scene itself .
8 And when — inevitably — you do capsize , you soon learn how to not make the same mistakes again .
9 Children do not make the same rigid distinction between humans and animals that adults learn to make .
10 It is a safe bet that the other parties in contention would not make the same mistake .
11 Castro is reported to have said in private that ‘ we shall not make the same mistake twice ; we shall not break with the Russians after having broken with the Americans ’ ( Suárez : 1967 , p. 175 ) .
12 I must not make the same mistake this time .
13 The right hon. Member for Hertsmere blew the whistle on his colleagues when he disarmingly said that , when he privatised electricity , he would not make the same cock-up as they had done with British Telecom and British Gas .
14 We must not make the same mistake again .
15 The general opinion is that Third World countries have suffered so dreadfully under the debt burden , they would not make the same mistake again .
16 On 8 December he told his ministers that he had blundered by treating the election as a referendum and would not make the same mistake again .
17 If the diet is broken why not make the most of it before the diet begins again tomorrow ?
18 Bridgend4 BRIDGEND simply could not win enough quality possession in their Schweppes Welsh Cup quarter-final at Rodney Parade on Saturday , and though Newport did not make the most of their chances they still won fairly comfortably .
19 If you 've got a beautiful body , why not make the most of it ?
20 They had most of the game throughout but did not make the most of their opportunities in the first-half while in the second-half , with the driving rain at their backs , they pressed Watton back with a series of corners .
21 Why not make the most of it ?
22 Why not make the most of it and call the Action Team , they 'll put you in touch with the person responsible for your area call them now on 031-557-3194 during office hours .
23 For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby .
24 If possible , a paddock rotation system should be adopted so that nursing mares and their foals do not graze the same area in successive years .
25 In any case , it is permissable to observe that one can not regard the same problem as occuring here .
26 But technological change alone can not explain the many strategies for reform which the Thatcher Government has inspired .
27 However , it should not be assumed that these low-cost alternatives can not deliver the same , sometimes better , results when used in conjunction with other software .
28 The assumption appears to be , therefore , that women do not experience the same degree of loss as men do when they retire from paid work .
29 The conclusion can be drawn that Roman Britain did not attain the same degree of monetisation as the Mediterranean cities .
30 ‘ The offence of man against man can not arouse the same indignation as an offence of man against God .
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