Sentence examples for catching not from inspiring English sources

Adam Smith provided an early economic analysis in "The Wealth of Nations", lamenting: "It has, I am afraid, been too common for vessels to fit out for the sole purpose of catching, not the fish, but the bounty".

He'll be just the man to respond to a national crisis by imprisoning more than 1,000 people without charges, while catching not a single person who has committed an act of terrorism -- not even the anthrax mailer.

DiCamillo writes here in a register entirely her own, catching not the ­whimsical-fabulous note of earlier masters for young readers, nor the jokey-realistic one that has too often taken its place, but instead a mood of sober magic that unfolds into something that can be called, without pejorative, "sentimental," meaning straightforward and heartfelt.

As they say, "The fishing was good, the catching not so much".

Could policing be skewed by forces winning bounties for hauling in asset-laden drug dealers but not for catching not-for-profit wife-beaters?

In this anti-party age, the first purpose of political leadership is to be eye-catching; not just authentic, but compelling.

Apart from that heavenly dome, the facility had a whole library of starry video material to play with, not to mention the Zeiss Universarium, an obsolete piece of astronomical projection equipment that was simply too eye-catching not to build into the show.

So if you're catching them not ordering them, make sure you only catch one hill.

Sloth catching is not without its risks.

The country is catching up not just with ecological awareness, but also dubious "greenwashing" marketing campaigns.

Norcem's testing is focused on catching carbon, not keeping it.