Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here , they are quiet as mice throughout Act 1 and are not heard to applaud at the end . |
| 2 | In spite of these remarkably positive indicators , Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 3 | Singapore is not expected to grow at the same rate in the 1990s . |
| 4 | The normal working was not booked to stop at Chester but the second part , inserted at very short notice , was scheduled to change locomotives there . |
| 5 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 6 | When , sensing that he had left her alone in more ways than one , the woman asked him to come back to bed , he had not turned to look at her but instead remained silent a moment longer . |
| 7 | In fact he had not bothered to look at me at all . |
| 8 | Ms Weldon , a member of the committee who was not asked to sit at the hearing , described the video as a serious attempt to deal with the bride of Christ notion . |
| 9 | Her friend — for she and Rose had become quite close — had sniffed at Mrs Langtry , and said kindly , ‘ I ‘ ear as ‘ ow she 's a right fat cow these days , ’ and fortunately had not asked to look at the other one she had bought . |
| 10 | I suppose that , as I myself had not started to smoke at that period of time , it was worse for me , just like garlic eaters . |
| 11 | People were not encouraged to call at his house . |
| 12 | Many assumptions are made which pupils are not encouraged to question at all . |
| 13 | Sending Ælfgifu and Swegen to Norway perhaps had its advantages here , and maybe Harold Harefoot was not allowed to live at court , which might partly explain alleged doubts about his identity . |
| 14 | And we are not allowed to vote at all , but you can bet we will be expected to foot the bill when the European dream turns into a nightmare . |
| 15 | Phelpses built boats , maintained boats , became champion scullers , taught the gentlemen how to scull , and bowed and doffed their caps ‘ below stairs ’ at the clubs before the war when watermen were not allowed to drink at the bar . |
| 16 | Adequate resources must be provided by central government , but much of the cost could be met from accumulated capital receipts , which councils are not allowed to spend at present ! |
| 17 | In the holidays I was not allowed to watch at home either . ’ |
| 18 | It was a great pity that the team was not allowed to perform at other displays during the anniversary year . |
| 19 | In Britain , you are not allowed to dive at all if a ship is a war grave . ’ |
| 20 | If the total flow of money available to finance wages and salaries were rising , at a steady but moderate rate ( say , 5 per cent per annum ) , both unemployment and inflationary rises of prices and costs could be avoided , provided that money wage rates themselves were not allowed to rise at inappropriately high rates . |
| 21 | This meant that couples who had married across the religious divide were not allowed to adopt at all . |
| 22 | At the time I was involved in various things at Philips Records and I asked someone if they knew of anyone who could get David out of his contract , and was told that he knew a man called Tony DeFries who was actually not allowed to practise at the bar — he was a consultant , a trouble-shooter , divorce cases . |
| 23 | It is hard to believe that Thucydides when he wrote these words had not lived to see at least the Spartan Thibron 's Asian expedition of 400 . |