Example sentences of "not mention the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister is disingenuous , because he did not mention the twin-track approach that local authorities have been asked to operate — not only the introduction of the new tax , but the maintenance of the poll tax . |
| 2 | Others do not mention the possible approval of others , and apparently have no idea why the image attracts them , nor why they should feel an inner compulsion to conform to it . |
| 3 | Sophia did not mention the unsuccessful love affair . |
| 4 | The Baughs checked the original offer letter carefully and they say it did not state clearly that once people have accepted , there was no way out and it certainly did not mention the excessive opt-out figure they were later quoted . |
| 5 | Tennis itself should be grateful that the game has thrown together people such as Cliff Richard ( who modestly declines to take any credit other than that of name association ) and Mappin herself , not to mention the substantial support of Direct Line Insurance , with the drive and commitment to do just that . |
| 6 | The two dominant trends in philosophy subordinated themselves to science : French positivism , associated with the school of the curious Auguste Comte , and British empiricism , associated with John Stuart Mill , not to mention the mediocre thinker whose influence was then greater than any other anywhere in the world , Herbert Spencer ( 1820–1903 ) . |
| 7 | Sardinia is a land whose past is riddled with bloody brigandry and often inexplicable feuding ; a land which at various times in the past has bowed the knee to such untoward arrivals as the Vandals and the Goths ( not to mention the supreme midfield general of his day , Napoleon Bonaparte ) . |
| 8 | Perhaps the teenage scribblers — not to mention the longer-in-the-tooth City commentators who helped to orchestrate last year 's departure of Robert Horton as BP 's chairman and chief executive — are still coming to terms with Financial Reporting Standard No 3 , the new format recommended by the Stock Exchange for presenting details of financial performance . |
| 9 | But we can confidently assume that there are no languages where part of an M-tense system is not realized somewhere in time-adverbials or the like , not to mention the implicit assumption of M-present if no further specification is provided ( Lyons , 1977a : 686 ) . |
| 10 | But the trouble with the Garden of Eden , Lindsey found herself thinking , was that it had some rather disturbing connotations , not to mention the odd serpent ! |
| 11 | It is also popular for rugged outerwear use and is establishing a presence in polo shirts and track suits , not to mention the key innerwear section of hosiery and lingerie . |
| 12 | And there 's the message , not to mention the other girl who was a witness ! ’ |
| 13 | Jana contended that the Phoenician empire was Arab and therefore Venice was once part of a Pan-Arab civilisation , not to mention the other claim that many Venetians have Arab roots from ninth-century traders . |
| 14 | The long-term stagnation and the Great Depression of the interwar years , not to mention the two World Wars themselves , separated the Great Powers economically in clear-cut economic empires . |
| 15 | I merely want to make the limited point that many of these students — who may be highly intelligent — do not have the existing familiarity with poetry , not to mention the general knowledge and cultural literacy , that would enable them to engage as equals in genuinely critical discussion . |
| 16 | URANUS and Neptune have been trundling through this part of your chart for some time which may explain all the false starts , not to mention the general instability . |
| 17 | The Yanks did n't even bother to screen it , but we Brits lapped up the handlebar-moustachioed plotting and a-planning of David McCallum and Robert Wagner , not to mention the dastardly swagger of Nazi stereotype Anthony Valentine , who became a sex symbol . |
| 18 | Its obvious there is talent in Scandinavia especially , that Leeds could tap into ( not to mention the financial benefit aswell ) . |
| 19 | She was determinedly concentrating her thoughts on all she 'd seen , however — the thermal springs , the cobbled streets , winter jasmine , not to mention the impressive Mlýnská Colonnade — when suddenly the question popped into her thoughts from nowhere : was she , in fact , attracted to Ven ? |
| 20 | Wilkinson cooly ignored the gulf in rankings , not to mention the intimidating figure of Ivanisevic at the other side of the net , pointing out after his second round triumph : ‘ He is only human , like anyone else . ’ |
| 21 | But of course they are , and there is little doubt that neither Joyce nor myself could ever have achieved a tenth of the success we have without the help and support , not to mention the sheer selflessness and lack of ego , of the men who chose to love us . |
| 22 | Some of the last-gasp attempts to save the Nationalist governments that were considered in Washington — with the wilder arpeggios such as encouraging the fragmentation of China or even , apparently , a series of punitive air strikes against the Chinese communists ( not to mention the sheer fantasy of creating ten new Chinese armies in six months ) — originated in the Far Eastern division of the State Department , and in fact the Administration , says Blum , had come close to re-intervention in the Chinese civil war on the mainland , but backed away at the last minute when it discovered that there was no viable force left to support . |
| 23 | Division , the poetry , the clean musical argument : drama and tension are inherent not to mention the sheer exuberance of the dance . |
| 24 | It would be nice to write that despite these lapses of judgment , not to mention the occasional maladministration , investors and other stakeholders in business do not have to worry because of the safety superstructure which has been built since . |
| 25 | All the same Mungo thought it best not to mention the golden glass ball . |
| 26 | How he had overcome all the complex problems of graft-rejection , septicaemia , and so on — not to mention the central problem of bestowing life — was beyond me , although I took it that fortune had favoured his researches . |
| 27 | This immense destruction , not to mention the long term damage caused by nuclear fallout , would linger for years . |
| 28 | Because of the greater size and expense of an L-R filter compared with its C-R counterpart , not to mention the less-ideal behaviour of inductors compared with capacitors , the C-R version of a filter is usually preferred to the L-R version . |
| 29 | Is it not ironic that the company executive driving the Jaguar which I overtake in every traffic jam , is being subsidised by the government to produce the fumes which are damaging the health of every individual , cyclists , pedestrians , motorists themselves , not to mention the ecological damage ? |
| 30 | needless to say , was with the welfare feminists , viewing women workers as a threat to men 's jobs and the male family wage — not to mention the sexual division of labour under capitalism . |