Example sentences of "not [verb] out [art] " in BNC.

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1 From every point of view , therefore , the Crabb affair was a classic example of how not to carry out a dangerous covert operation .
2 The object of the following analysis is not to carry out a Stalinist witch-hunt of the text in order to pillory a deviant , existential , petty-bourgeois discourse ensconced illegitimately at the centre of Nizan 's literary production .
3 There is also an interesting account of the excavations carried out by Wright which caused Sir Mortimer Wheeler years later to use it as an illustration of how not to carry out an archaeological dig .
4 Also , the results of many surveys in both the United States and the United Kingdom suggest that only a few firms explicitly take the rate of interest into account in deciding whether or not to carry out an investment project .
5 These are usually temporary measures which can be obtained quite swiftly and will involve the court directing the developer not to carry out the development until the court has had an opportunity to consider the dispute in detail .
6 Then the punishing firm ‘ s best response to this is not to carry out the punishment but to produce its corresponding profit maximizing output .
7 But he said the brothers had asked McEvoy not to carry out the burglary .
8 Maura could see Terry 's lips moving but could not make out a word .
9 At Procedure Roll a defender may , very occasionally , succeed in persuading a Court that the pursuer 's case is so hopeless that it is not worth allowing evidence to be heard because even if that evidence was heard , it would not make out a case which would entitle the pursuer to succeed .
10 She could not make out the patch of canary-coloured light on the opposite wall , could not make out why the sun was shining and why her brown-stained hand , on the sheet , would not move for cold .
11 The position had been reached where she could not make out the labels on the cans of food she was heating up .
12 She could not make out the words , but knew instinctively they 'd been uttered by the uncle of her child .
13 I narrow my eyes to stare into his ; the light of the pub is dim as dust and I can not make out the pinpoints .
14 I WAS delighted that Newcastle City Council leader Jeremy Beecham will not bail out the ailing Newcastle United FC ( Echo Jan 15 ) .
15 It is important not to miss out a part of the invitation .
16 The 76-year-old Euro-MP , who currently lives in West Germany , said he would of course not rule out a run some time in the future but for the moment he feels he can do more to promote his country in the European parliament .
17 But the Chancellor said in a series of television and radio interviews that he did not believe in ‘ trying to play silly games , political games ’ — and he would not rule out a further increase if it became necessary .
18 A good beginning does not rule out a calamitous ending : that is the way of war .
19 THE National Blood Transfusion Service said last night that it could not rule out a patient contracting the HIV virus as Arthur Ashe did .
20 I do not rule out a Labour government , pinned down by a narrow majority , seeking to enact at least some of its social legislation through a supportive EC .
21 ‘ I will not rule out a merger with Aldershot .
22 His three marriage break-ups have been traumatic , but he does not rule out a fourth attempt .
23 She noted that , if the shareholders decide against the increase , ‘ we have other offers , ’ and did not rule out a return to EDS .
24 It can not rule out a difference in the pharmacokinetics of insulins from different species .
25 But this does not rule out a high response to real wage changes which are thought to be temporary : for example , suppliers of labour may well want to take advantage of a temporarily high real wage by supplying more labour , taking leisure ( that is , supplying less labour ) when the real wage has fallen back .
26 Although police in subsequent statements inclined towards a simple robbery motive ( the killer stole Fr Men 's briefcase ) , they did not rule out a political motive .
27 Although it did not rule out a return to multiparty politics per se , the PNDC argued that in the past this had only bred " hatred , division and bloodshed " .
28 He said the battle over the motorway extension was important for the whole of Europe , and he did not rule out a further legal challenge .
29 He did not as yet know all the details of how they had died , and what had gone before , but rumour had it that no great physical strength had been involved so that you could not rule out a woman as the killer .
30 Mr Berecz said he still considered himself a member of the old party and refused to recognise the new one — despite voting for its establishment — but did not rule out the possibility of seeking admission to it .
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