Example sentences of "not [verb] [adv prt] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | All my life I had done my best not to sound off in company . |
| 2 | Bowe said : ‘ I thought he was crazy not to go down in the 10th when I was beating up on him . |
| 3 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 4 | Another powerful reason why improved mud buildings are not catching on in the tropical Third World is that for poor families , housing is not the first priority . |
| 5 | The stability of the organochlorines , an advantage in their industrial applications , ensured that they were not broken down in the natural environment . |
| 6 | I would have smiled at the Kafkaesqueness of the situation , had I not broken out in a cold sweat and had I at that stage not been ignorant of Kafka 's existence . |
| 7 | After this bad day , anyone not tucked up in bed is making them suspicious . |
| 8 | This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers . |
| 9 | They will certainly have the fullest support of my Department and the Government in that and I hope that they will have the fullest support of Opposition Members , too , although that has not come through in this debate . |
| 10 | Black gravel shows the fish 's colours well , but has not caught on in Britain as much as in Europe . |
| 11 | This argument can make little appeal to anyone not caught up in the artifices of philosophy . |
| 12 | Armed with your bridging loan , you are effectively a cash buyer , not caught up in a chain , and you can use this position to your advantage , demanding and getting a good discount . |
| 13 | increase goes to arts projects — the museums and galleries improvement schemes and other proposals that his Department funds — and is not caught up in too much bureaucracy . |
| 14 | Strathclyde has made a direct appeal to the Scottish education minister , Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , to change the legislation so that closure programmes are not caught up in lengthy delays . |
| 15 | Her happiness because of this scene was so strong she closed her eyes so that it would not beam out in great mellow streams and betray her to the sternness of the others . |
| 16 | Some have even kept their tattoos hidden from their children and have been reluctant to explain why they will not peel off in the sun . ’ |
| 17 | He is not expected back in London until after Christmas . |
| 18 | They may not catch on in the north-east ! |
| 19 | The principle of interchangeable parts did not catch on in British industry as fast as it did in the American gun industry ; Colt 's revolvers were the great examples of what became known as the American system of manufacture . |
| 20 | It does not demand such a situation in cultivation but there is no doubt that it thrives best in deep soils that do not dry out in summer . |
| 21 | It was important that this strategy did not succeed and it was also important that the tactics of intimidation seen in 1979 did not win through in 1982 . |
| 22 | That is to explain why it is not picked up in the narrative , but it does not explore the more significant matter of the effect of what the compiler has done . |
| 23 | A man … ( most of the examples in mathematics textbooks refer to men : women are invisible — a point not picked up in the Cockcroft Report which devotes a whole chapter to why girls perform less well in mathematics than boys do ) … earns £74.50 for a 48 hour week . |
| 24 | Of course , the debate is not carried on in these terms . |
| 25 | However , the firm will have to make the prescribed disclosure that all or most of the FSA protections do not apply if ( even though it does not have to do so ) it tells a private customer that it is a member of SFA or is otherwise FSA-authorised ; or ( 2 ) It is carried on with or for customers in the UK , but the FSA 's overseas person exemption would have applied if that non-UK office had been a separate person from the UK office ( see page 40 above and also below ) or , presumably , is outside the territorial scope of the FSA in any event ; or ( 3 ) The business is that of an appointed representative of the firm and is not carried on in the UK . |
| 26 | The reform was not carried through in the House but the phrenologists urged or reformers elsewhere and , indirectly , their enthusiasm led on to William Forster 's Education Bill of 1870 which established in Britain the system of elementary schools for all . |
| 27 | All our efforts to restore unity among Christians will be in vain if they are not carried out in total fidelity to the faith in Christ … handed on by the Apostles . ’ |
| 28 | Consequently exchange rate adjustment to long-run changes in a country 's competitive position was not carried out in the manner visualized by the founding fathers of the system . |
| 29 | These functions are not carried out in a vacuum ; they are affected by certain key contingencies or variables . |
| 30 | In addition , cardiac surgery was not carried out in the two districts studied . |