Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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1 | This means that they will recognise that they are not intended to commit themselves to all of the implicatures they had derived . |
2 | This pornographic genre is not confined to porn itself , but spreads through our culture from advertising through bodice-ripping fictions to soap operas . |
3 | Gabriel was not permitted to show himself , and had to duck down inside the cart , underneath the costumes . |
4 | Mr Rollins will be offering half price entry to GCHQ staff , the most cunningly cheap special offer in the history of marketing : staff at the Government 's intelligence gathering centre are not permitted to identify themselves . |
5 | And if you do n't , not prepared to promote yourself , then nobody else is going to do it for you , and this is an ideal way of doing it , at , at fairly minimal cost . |
6 | With the world 's transport systems not prepared to align themselves with Athletico training sessions or match kick-offs , Homstat was sometimes absent for weeks on end , giving team talks with the aid of an interpreter over the telephone , or he would be a lone , pathetic figure , sat in the dug-out on a wet Monday morning urging on thin air . |
7 | ‘ You 're not bound to hurt yourself doing some of the risky exercises we found , especially if you are already fit , but there are safer ways to get the same effect . ’ |
8 | I can not think , however , that we are meant to live as if life is earnest and real , and that we are not meant to enjoy ourselves . |
9 | What about the sweatshops of Korea , or the rich Kuwaiti women who buy merely for their own pleasure and hide their couture gowns under their abayas because they are not allowed to display themselves … it 's a far cry from the fashion world as it is usually depicted , it could make fascinating copy . |
10 | a person in a fiduciary position … is not … entitled to make a profit ; he is not allowed to put himself in a position where his interest and duty conflict . |
11 | And I suppose you have not chosen to flaunt yourself as an heiress in society . |