Example sentences of "not [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is up to politicians in a democracy to nurture faith in it , not devalue that faith . |
| 2 | His reception by the sisters was heart-warming , and there was regret all round that he could not stay any time , that haste was vital . |
| 3 | He felt that he could not stay another night in the house . |
| 4 | Can you not stay another day to sail round the island ? ’ |
| 5 | Suppose we were old friends who were meeting again after not seeing each other for many years . |
| 6 | He says these new recruits to higher education , entering universities in large numbers are not seeing long-term change towards the market , so much as a reduced staff:student ratio , meaning less one-to-one contact , and larger , less frequent tutorial groups . |
| 7 | The owners are not seeing guilty behaviour when Rover slinks across the floor , they are seeing the submissive behaviour Rover displays in anticipation of the aggression , however mild , the owners are about to use in attempt to reprimand him . |
| 8 | and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're |
| 9 | It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty . |
| 10 | Since her social life in Northam did not exist outside school , she had no evening clothes , and had had nothing resembling a party dress since the age of six , when she had possessed a fetching little garment of pink satin . |
| 11 | If Lord Eldon used any language which could be so interpreted , we must conclude that he either did not guard himself so cautiously as he intended , or that he did not lend that degree of attention to the legal doctrine connected with the case before him , which he was accustomed to afford . |
| 12 | Airtours might not repeat last year 's extraordinary feats , but its cash pile and cautious management should ensure that it does not lend further credence to the current theory — that this year 's fastest grower is next year 's insolvency . |
| 13 | The banks will not lend more money and indeed call in their loans . |
| 14 | Secondly , Pache 's style does not lend any air of the dynamism needed to steer Bull out of its current mire . |
| 15 | ‘ The IMF will not lend any money unless India shows it is doing something about putting its house in order , ’ he explained . |
| 16 | It is impossible not to connect this finding both with the introduction of machines and with the increasing alarm among the men . |
| 17 | And as long as you 're I do n't care what star you 're following you 're not bringing those camel through my garden ! |
| 18 | This preparation has been shown not to affect epithelial cell proliferation . |
| 19 | In the run-up to the country 's first multiparty elections for 43 years , scheduled for March 25 , the ruling Hungarian Socialist Party ( HSP ) was shaken by revelations during January that the Interior Ministry 's security police had not stopped covert surveillance of the activities of opposition politicians , despite the enactment during the past 12 months of laws and constitutional amendments creating a multiparty system [ see pp. 36399 ; 36960-61 ] . |
| 20 | ‘ I feel that it could be boxed in by bureacracy and not make much contribution to a company 's performance . ’ |
| 21 | In Madrid the NATO Secretary-General , Manfred Wörner told legislators attending a five-day annual NATO assembly on Oct. 21 that , while " an additional independent European force " would " not make practical sense " , a European force co-ordinated by the Western European Union ( WEU ) could prove valuable in areas outside NATO 's traditional field . |
| 22 | This price would cover costs , but not make any profit . |
| 23 | The man did not think that Boy ever gave his address or phone number to anyone . |
| 24 | Mother actually calls me Lisa but I did not think that name appropriate to this strange meeting and anyway I have never liked it . |
| 25 | The low style is surely recalled by the colloquial " " Hé " " given to God and St Peter as noted above , and the high by the description of the young wife in Les Trois Boçus : ( a beautiful girl So beautiful that she was a delight And if I should tell you the truth I do not think that Nature ever made Any more beautiful creature . ) |
| 26 | I do not think that research has gone as fast as it should ! |
| 27 | I do not think that section 3(1) envisages any such act as an ‘ appropriation , ’ whatever may be the meaning of that word in other fields such as contract or sale of goods law . |
| 28 | We have set up a Review Group but I do not think all action can wait on its recommendations . |
| 29 | As he finally demonstrated over Cuba , he did not think Communist domination was worth the ruin of civilization . |
| 30 | It was a fair result , because I did not think either side did enough to win . ’ |