Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His preparing himself so keenly for a new and final phase of the war , and then not seeing even the beginning of it , was the final irony . |
| 2 | If the court on review believes that the requisite situation spoken of in the statute did not exist then the conclusion reached by the tribunal will be a nullity . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , one ought not to underplay significantly the degree of consensus aimed for in England and Wales through consultation and extensive teacher participation in National Curriculum syllabus working groups , even if this system was rather undermined by the government 's rejection of several of the history working party 's recommendations . |
| 4 | In the analysis provided by Beveridge , education could keep the intelligence ‘ alive and growing ’ , but it could not affect either the causes of industrial fluctuation or prevent casual labour . |
| 5 | One can not compare exactly the customs accounts from the two ports , because those for London ending in 1460 conclude at the end of July instead of the normal date of Michaelmas , so the second period employed in the comparison is that of the eleven years 1450–61 . |
| 6 | If you held the kind of philosophy that I do , you would realize that , in friendship , presence and absence , propinquity and distance , do not make quite the difference that they do in mere acquaintanceship . |
| 7 | He insisted the polls indicated that the voters did not want either the Tories or Labour to win outright . |
| 8 | ‘ With just three days until polling , it is becoming clear that the voters do not want either the Conservative or the Labour Party to win this election outright , ’ Mr Ashdown told his party 's campaign news conference in London . |
| 9 | Trim the nozzle tip to give the required sealant width , making the cut at 45° ( do not throw away the nozzle tip ) |
| 10 | Thus if a defective toaster catches fire damaging the house and contents , one adds up the value of the damage done ( but not including either the toaster itself or any property used mainly for business purposes , e.g. a word processor ) . |
| 11 | I can not emphasize enough the amount of care needed in this process , so if you are in any doubt about the outcome , do not attempt it . |
| 12 | There are three distinct types of clinical challenge for which the polymerase chain reaction is indispensable : ( 1 ) Detecting vanishingly small amounts of DNA so as not to miss even the most cryptic infection and permit analysis of single cells or single sperm and of partially degraded samples . |
| 13 | I have not heard even the chief Opposition Treasury spokeman talk in terms of putting one penny on VAT . |
| 14 | At present , the acquisition , development , and dissemination of computer methods and the creation of useful machine-readable data are not given anywhere the same credit or standing as traditional forms of research and publication despite the fact that the latter have no greater claim on scholarship and far less a claim on relevance . |
| 15 | Though Banfield 's research is partially accurate if read merely as description , it does not explain fully the lack of concerted action by those excluded from privilege , and it is at least misleading , if not inaccurate , in its neglect of the pre-modern political organisation of these areas , which is based on personal patronage networks centred on landholders . |
| 16 | But we have probably not emphasized enough the obvious benefits it has brought about . |
| 17 | She would not bathe away the smell of him , and slipped an overall over her bare skin . |
| 18 | Of course , reducing the risk to as low as reasonably achievable ( the ALARA principle ) does not eliminate completely the possibility of a minor or major accident occurring . |
| 19 | I have gradually changed my life style and I can not stress enough the relief of being able to walk , run and do exercise without pain . |
| 20 | The law does not consider just the goods . |
| 21 | However , he does not consider either the costs and returns to different groups in society nor different regions of the world . |
| 22 | Although the International Law Commission did not consider directly the liability of a member State for the acts of an international organisation it seems likely that these two requirements would nevertheless be applicable . |
| 23 | Thus , it could not predict now the universe should behave . |
| 24 | Creditors may vote to accept or not to accept either the voluntary liquidation or liquidator . |
| 25 | ‘ The attendance ’ , said counsel for the defendant in Hunt v. Broome , ‘ is for the purpose of peacefully persuading a man not to work so the attendance must be in a position where the persuasion can be carried out ; otherwise its purpose is frustrated … |
| 26 | The explicit extension of the abstract convention then includes the proposition that both sides must be heard , but it does not include either the proposition that they must have equal time or the contrary proposition that the party with the more difficult case must have more time . |
| 27 | Categories such as ‘ theatre and entertainment ’ or ‘ cinema and film ’ did not include quite the same things in 1987 as in 1961 , or not in the same proportions . |
| 28 | Before his time , it was the practise of grooms … with a view of keeping their horses as warm as possible by the exclusion of air , to close up every chink and cranny through the wall or boarding of the stable , not omitting even the keyhole … |
| 29 | They also show that when people do not know either the APR or the total credit cost , they can not always sniff out the better-value end of the repayment period scale ( in terms of much lower APR ) simply from the level of the instalment payments offered . |
| 30 | The woman is looking me straight in the eyes , Alida thought , she does not know even the basic elements of courtesy , she has paid no attention at all to the very relevant account of my condition . |