Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said . |
| 2 | But , if only by default , through simply reading the text in terms of the text and not bringing outside considerations to bear , she , as does Barth , shores up its authority . |
| 3 | We should be aiming for higher standards , not encouraging lower ones ’ , said Dr Caldwell . |
| 4 | There were some differences between the groups , mainly in the recognition of black speakers who were not using Creole features of syntax or segmental phonology . |
| 5 | By not using nuclear weapons and with repeated assurances via the hotline of limited goals and negotiable conquests , the Russians face the president of the United states with ‘ agonising decisions ’ and he hesitates in making any nuclear commitment for several vital days . |
| 6 | He said that his company , which also provides needs-analysis for companies , taught ex-service personnel skills such as not using military terms in their curricula vitarum and interviews . |
| 7 | The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre . |
| 8 | Even those companies not using these products directly find that they are affected by the de facto standards introduced by IBM . |
| 9 | That is the pathway we have gone down , and in consequence we have reduced the amount of food that is given to our cows that could be eaten by man from 50 per cent to 14 per cent by getting the input from grass and porridge oats : food that would otherwise be wasted in a system that is not using these animals to pick it up on the way . |
| 10 | The company , which will hold shares in the recycling business and assist in the marketing of products , continues to be criticised by environmentalists for not using washable plates and cutlery . |
| 11 | ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm not saying , I 'm not drawing any conclusions until I know but I 'm saying I think it 's an area that is perhaps worth investigation . |
| 13 | First , it may be spatial in that prices are set to reflect demand conditions in different geographical markets , those prices not reflecting different costs of supply . |
| 14 | Writers such as Zeitlin ( 1985 : 22–5 ) argue that , if the autonomy is real , there is nothing to stop the state from not pursuing capitalist interests . |
| 15 | It may appear harsh to criticize the Library Association for not pursuing possible cases of professional misconduct and it may seem even harsher to pillory members of the Association for putting personal interests first and professional interests second , but censorship , and being party to censorship . |
| 16 | I mean , I think , there is something there that needs pursuing , I 'm not accusing all judges of being , inherently , you know , nutty , or , whatever , but , the number of cases that have come to light in the last few years , whether it 's because the press have just decided to home in on them , |
| 17 | Er we 're not , we 're not touching middle peasants at all , they 're sacrosanct . |
| 18 | The erm , with that addition I will move the recommendation in paragraph three of minute twelve of the property sub-committee 's minutes , to make representation to the association of county council urging the Government to reconsider it 's policy in not allowing local authorities permanently to make use of the full amount of capital realised from sales of assets . |
| 19 | In the Court , Touche Ross was criticised for not allowing third parties to see their 120 page report dated 29 November 1991 . |
| 20 | But it would save the country money in not producing surplus cereals . |
| 21 | The dioecious Xerospermum noronhianum ( ‘ X intermedium' , Sapindaceae ) in West Malaysia has a prolonged sequential development of flowers on each inflorescence as well as the sequential development of the inflorescences themselves , making a small number of flowers available at any one time but ensuring economy by not producing excess flowers within a short period ( these would not be pollinated owing to the low density of pollinators ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The town and city industries ’ , he said , ‘ are not producing adequate goods to exchange with the food-producing farmer … people in the cities are short of food and fuel . |
| 23 | At the same time it became increasingly apparent that research using instruments like the PARI was not producing clear-cut relationships : on the basis of attitudinal measures alone it has proved difficult to predict child personality . |
| 24 | Government policy we do n't build any housing , and therefore we 've got five thousand on the waiting list , and that 's why health is a major problem for a lot of people in this city , because we 're not building any houses , she knows that , and she and her party do nothing about it . |
| 25 | We are not suggesting any solutions , we want information with that information then er , a judgement can then be made by this Committee and something can be done to accept those jobs and to create employment for an unemployment . |
| 26 | And of course DaSilva erm , not flashing those strokes round like he did on that first innings er , playing a very sensible innings from the point of view of Sri Lanka , but his erm , have n't seen many of his flashing strokes . |
| 27 | When it became apparent that learners were not mastering grammatical structures by this method , pattern practice was introduced , and with the advent of language learning laboratories , the student spent much of his time listening to and mechanically repeating drills . |
| 28 | When he 's not zapping helmetted contestants in front of a TV camera , he 's usually to be found pumping iron in a gym somewhere . |
| 29 | She was not laughing ten minutes later when , just as she had sent Jimmy on an errand , the phone rang and she answered it . |
| 30 | It is the Government 's view that the Commission should be thinking of ways of saving taxpayers ' money , not justifying fresh reasons for expending it . |