Example sentences of "not [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible not to connect this finding both with the introduction of machines and with the increasing alarm among the men . |
| 2 | Penny Junor does not think this decision has been taken yet but believes that the second option is possible . |
| 3 | I do not think this grouping or group let is yet a class either in itself or for itself and it may never become one . |
| 4 | I do not think this experience is confined to women , but it symbolizes something of the quality of the Great Mother , and it shows how we have the ability to conceive and carry to birth on a level other than the physical . |
| 5 | After what has happened I do not think this girl will be able easily to adjust to a normal teenage existence for some time and I think any order forbidding her to see this man again would not only be unrealistic , but would place an intolerable burden on a young girl who , it seems to me , has had quite enough strain already . |
| 6 | I do not think this difficulty is insuperable , particularly if one accepts that a single gene mutation could have a large effect in fitting an organism to a new environment . |
| 7 | I do not think this presentation advances the arguments . |
| 8 | I do not think this reversal did much to uphold the seriousness or credibility of the sporting authorities ; it did , however , solve certain in-house problems and — until Monza — lower the temperature in the great debate about Ferrari ‘ influence ’ . |
| 9 | Without the frequent and often detailed accounts in the Henley Standard — especially in the early , interesting years — I do not think this book could have been produced . |
| 10 | ‘ I am surprised the judge did not think this matter a great deal more serious than the sentence appears to suggest . ’ |
| 11 | I did not think this fellow would survive very long , he was what I call one of my " oncers " . |
| 12 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
| 13 | Of course he would not think this encounter a dream . |
| 14 | There is a need to recognise and further consider the position of male carers , while not using this issue to deflect us from the more general issues which arise for women through entrenched assumptions that this is their ‘ natural ’ role . |
| 15 | Perhaps we tend not to see this year 's household survey as an historical datum because it is the human condition to flatter ourselves that our own lives are outside time , and therefore outside history . |
| 16 | ‘ It seems to me , ’ he continued , ‘ if you 've got a personal contact like this , knowing the family background and all that , you 'd be crazy not to see this girl . ’ |
| 17 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 18 | Dorothy decided she had better not laugh this time , though she wanted to , so she said cautiously : ‘ I do n't know , Hank . ’ |
| 19 | But I think we should not rush this decision . |
| 20 | NOTE — 1* BUDGET CONTENTS POLICIES DO NOT COVER THIS CONTINGENCY . |
| 21 | Fahfakhs explained that Native Law did not cover this case . |
| 22 | I know that many sportsmen have not received this kind of support , so I am all the more grateful for it . |
| 23 | Jean-Marie Balestre confirmed the British driver 's ban from the Jerez race for ‘ a recognised , proven and established offence ’ and ruled that his appeal could not affect this year 's world championship . |
| 24 | However , the letter continued by referring to non-fundholding practices , which do not affect this case . |
| 25 | It would seem that the change made under UCTA 1977 does not affect this point . |
| 26 | " You will not paint this room , Alice . |
| 27 | They do not eat this material but chew it up to form a compost on which they cultivate a fungus . |
| 28 | A daughter ( or more rarely a son ) who has never left the parental home , or who has returned after widowhood or divorce to stay on indefinitely to care for an elderly parent or parents , does not make this choice automatically . |
| 29 | He would not make this mistake again . |
| 30 | ‘ Of course I know that I must not make this mistake . |