Example sentences of "law do not [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Until 1926 English law did not recognize the institution of adoption . |
| 2 | Where a plaintiff claims in respect of the consequences of an injury caused to the foetus before birth , the following questions arise : ( 1 ) How can the defendant have owed the plaintiff a duty of care at a time when the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? ( 2 ) How can the defendant be liable for causing injury to the plaintiff when , at the time that the injury was caused , the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? |
| 3 | Where a plaintiff claims in respect of the consequences of an injury caused to the foetus before birth , the following questions arise : ( 1 ) How can the defendant have owed the plaintiff a duty of care at a time when the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? ( 2 ) How can the defendant be liable for causing injury to the plaintiff when , at the time that the injury was caused , the law did not recognise the plaintiff 's existence ? |
| 4 | The tradesman who put him there knew this , and hoped that by being removed to such unfamiliar and unpleasant surroundings his debtor would soon see the sense of agreeing to do what would immediately return him to the comparative comfort of his own home , namely to surrender , in settlement of his debt , the real estate which the law did not allow the trader to touch . |
| 5 | The United Kingdom , Belgium and Greece all took the view that Community law did not limit the competence of each state under public international law to define as it thought fit the conditions upon which it granted to a vessel the right to fly its flag . |
| 6 | Clearly if we tried to apply a legal definition of ownership the asset belongs to Fred , however , unless the business is set up as a company in most countries the law does not recognize the separation of the business assets from those of the owner . |
| 7 | The law does not allow the consumer to ignore the intermediate links in the chain . |
| 8 | It may not in all cases be sufficient to advise a client that the action which he desires to take is not possible under the existing law ; circumstances may arise in which the proper answer is that if the law does not allow the action to be taken then the law itself should be changed . |
| 9 | I accept that very frequently a decision made which directly affects one person or body will also affect , indirectly , a number of other persons or bodies , and that the law does not require the decision-making body to give an opportunity to every person who may be affected however remotely by its decision to make representations before the decision is reached . |
| 10 | However , where it is discovered that the tax law does not have the effect that the Government and taxpayers generally thought it had , there are circumstances in which it is right to introduce legislation to restore the position retrospectively to what it was thought to be . |
| 11 | The law does not permit the right of the press freely to report proceedings in open court to be fettered , notwithstanding that such reporting may be or would be embarrassing , damaging or inconvenient to an individual who has featured in the case . |
| 12 | The law does not permit the right of the press freely to report proceedings in open court to be fettered , notwithstanding that such reporting would be inconvenient , embarrassing or damaging to some individual who has featured in the case . |