Example sentences of "not [v-ing] any [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | and , you 're losing money , , if you 're not , if you 're not seeing any return you 're |
2 | It is a bit like a rich person living in a wealthy neighborhood not seeing any poverty . |
3 | ‘ We understand the president-elect is not seeing any heads of government , ’ he said . |
4 | Some became pregnant through contraceptive failure , such as missing taking the Pill for a day , or a faulty condom , but most do it through not using any kind of contraception at all . |
5 | ‘ We managed to keep a live feel to the record firstly by not using any click tracks ; we recorded drums and acoustic rhythm guitar together to start each song off . |
6 | The builders are not using any nails in the construction , in an effort to build an authentic cultural centre . |
7 | So I encourage people to play entire solos , only using chord tones , not using any approach notes or scale notes at all , but only using the three or four basic notes of whatever the chord is . |
8 | Nevertheless , four out of five of them were not using any form of birth control . |
9 | ‘ Riddle had it coming to him , I 'm not wasting any tears over that bastard . ’ |
10 | 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 . |
11 | This woman violates the taboo of not touching any man when in a state of impurity by secretly touching his garment , hoping thereby to heal herself . |
12 | Not allowing any form of inappropriate behaviour . |
13 | The speaking-tube eventually evolved into a narrow horn , serving the same function — not allowing any sound to escape ( 8 ) . |
14 | It 's ridiculous not eating any breakfast . |
15 | I think , I 'd like to just take up the point about secrecy because I am involved in talking to couples where the , there is a basic problem of male infertility where th the husband of the couple , or the partner of the couple is unable to father a child because he 's not producing any sperm , or not producing enough sperm and that couple come to us for help and advice |
16 | 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 . |
17 | 5.3 There are two further reasons for not accepting any sort of identification between adverbal adjectives and predicate qualifiers , apart from the indications given by ambiguity , and by the fact that they correspond to different types of question , and by the intuitively close relationship which is found in many cases between a verb + adverbal adjective pair and a single lexical verb . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | For in the circumstances of ordinary politics the checkerboard strategy will prevent instances of injustice that would otherwise occur , and we can not say that justice requires not eliminating any injustice unless we can eliminate all . |
20 | When she got into her house she poured herself a glass of sherry and stood looking into the garden , not wanting any supper . |
21 | Jimmy was still on top , still conscious of not wanting any flesh contact with the floor . |
22 | Especially when I first saw him sort of , crawling on his tummy and not wanting any food and I thought , ah ! |
23 | Landlords were not seeking any advantage in the regulations but merely wanted to ensure that the rental value of holdings was maintained . |
24 | The Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe on Dec. 3 stated that the Japanese government was not seeking any form of US apology . |
25 | You 're not saving any tax on that , on that difference . |
26 | 8.30 , 4 roadworks at Cheavley interchange ; not causing any problems at the moment but they have cause delays earlier , so approach that area with caution . |
27 | A34 not causing any problems at the moment although traffic is steadily moving round those road works . |
28 | Well , he 's not , but he 's not causing any difficulty just at the moment . |
29 | ‘ I 'm not causing any trouble . |
30 | It is possible that such people had minor enzyme deficiencies before their damaging exposure , but that these were not causing any symptoms at that stage . |