Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adv] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | My great aim is to give you a periodical which you will not throw aside as soon as read , but which you will value and look over years hence as an old familiar friend , when you may be battling with the realities of life under the suns of India , in the backwoods of Canada or the United States , or the grassy downs of Australia , over the wide Ocean among the isles of the Pacific , or on the distant shores of Columbia . |
| 2 | Unlike a winding-up , the board of directors does not become functus officio on the appointment of a receiver but the directors ' powers are substantially superseded since they can not act so as to interfere with the discharge by the receiver of his responsibilities and accordingly their powers are suspended ‘ so far as is requisite to enable a receiver to discharge his functions . ’ |
| 3 | So absorbed was she in the effort of preparing herself mentally for what lay ahead that she did not glance upstream as she drove across Cookham Bridge and wonder why there were no party-goers gathered round a marquee on the lawn of Swans ' Meadow , why indeed there was no marquee pitched on the lawn at all . |
| 4 | They therefore need not appear here as well . |
| 5 | ‘ In the eyes of government officials , therefore , ’ he says , ‘ businessmen do not appear simply as the representatives of a special interest , as representatives of interest groups do . |
| 6 | We can not do just as we like because we are limited , or constrained , by ( i ) the amount of money , or capital , we have ; ( ii ) the inventions , or technology , available ; ( iii ) the space , or land , available ; ( iv ) the resources , such as fuel or timber , or existing roads and buildings ; ( v ) the desires of other human beings which may conflict with ours . |
| 7 | He can not do just as he pleases . |
| 8 | ‘ The only problem is that we will kill your daughter if you do not do exactly as you are told . ’ |
| 9 | And we 're looking to , to do similar transactions in the U K , but of course with the lack of , or the reduced competition in the U K we , we may not do quite as well . |
| 10 | It is a sad reflection on the present state of constitutional monarchy in this country that one so driven to do his best for the good of mankind , as he sees it , should think , indeed know , that he can not do so as king . |
| 11 | The FMLN had reaffirmed on July 29 that the second 20 per cent of its guerrillas due to demobilize on July 31 would not do so as long as socio-economic conditions for their re-integration into the civilian life remained " non-existent " [ for start of demobilization in June see p. 38957 ] . |
| 12 | The two halves of the heart did not ease apart as I 'd fancifully imagined , but clung desperately round one another like drowning lovers . |
| 13 | One or two of the instructions are ambiguous , some of the parts do not fit together as they are supposed to and more than a little initiative is required to complete the project . |
| 14 | Do not lean forwards as you block since this will bring your chin close to the opponent 's other fist . |
| 15 | The three parties comprising the Alliance for Germany ( the CDU , the DSU and Democratic Awakening ) , however , did not join together as one faction despite pressure that they do so from their West German counterparts when they went to Bonn on March 22 for discussions on the formation of a government in East Berlin . |
| 16 | I saw that its arms did not swing properly as it walked — but , oh , how fast it walked ! |
| 17 | It is quite likely that qualified privilege would not apply here as there is no duty , as part of the teacher 's work , to compile an informal , unofficial record . |
| 18 | The provisions of paragraphs ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) above shall not apply so as to make it unlawful for a motor vehicle to be fitted with an instrument or apparatus other than a two-tone horn designed to emit a sound for the purpose of informing members of the public that goods are on the vehicle for sale . |
| 19 | Held , allowing the appeal and granting the applications , that since on an application for the grant of leave under section 8 no question with regard to a child 's upbringing was determined , and since section 10(9) stipulated particular matters , including parental wishes , to which the court was to have regard on such an application , section 1(1) did not apply so as to make the children 's welfare the paramount consideration on an application for leave to apply for a residence order made by a person other than the child concerned ; and that , accordingly , the judge had applied the wrong test ; that as a result of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the application the judge had been deprived of additional material necessary to the proper exercise of his discretion ; and that in the exercise of a fresh discretion , having regard to the new evidence and to the circumstances of the case , the foster mother 's application for leave would be refused ( post , pp. 428G — 429F , 430F , 431C–E ) . |
| 20 | A similar delay will not happen again as we will make sure British Rail have the right numbers . |
| 21 | One could not doze easily as one had done in Matt Stukely 's day for there was something too insistently personal in this new parson 's efforts to reach them ; yet they had remained stolidly unreached till now when the fervour of his exhortation spoke to them as with an angel 's tongue . |
| 22 | Perhaps the incinerator will not go ahead as planned in Londonderry , East . |
| 23 | Opponents of the building programme " which in any case may not go ahead as planned because of a lack of funds " claim that political instability in Russia , antiquated technologies and economic pressures ( to cut corners on safety in order to produce much-needed electricity ) could lead to another major nuclear accident . |
| 24 | Four Hearts , on the other hand , was not a success although the play did not go quite as you might think . |
| 25 | The opening games did not go quite as I expected in that I was surprised to see Wales beat Ireland . |
| 26 | You should not arrive early as we are most unlikely to have waiting space available in the lounge area . |
| 27 | The thickness of the established cable , after the first hour or two , does not change noticeably as the cable shortens during healing . |
| 28 | But despite the fact that this series of photographs is considered in New York to be ‘ the perfect comeback to Jeff Koons ’ pornographic photo-paintings of himself and his wife having sex ’ ( Roberta Smith in the International Herald Tribune , their powerful reading as angered response does not come across as it should , nor has it been encouraged . |
| 29 | These managers did not come across as having expert power , because they had had minimal training and appeared to be unorganised and therefore unprofessional in their conduct . |
| 30 | Alison Watson , executive director of Alice Hoffman Homes , said there had been ‘ a complete breakdown of trust and confidence ’ between herself and Knight , but would not elaborate further as the appeal progressed . |