Example sentences of "be [not/n't] refer to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not referring to the debate on methods : the disagreements of the floggers and anti-floggers are dwarfed by the appalling facts of prison provision and the deficiencies of our penal system . |
| 2 | I am not referring to the conservative perspective which condemns sexual deviance per se , but to another viewpoint , one which might actually endorse deviance in principle , at least if it were seen as a quest for authentic selfhood of the kind explored in Chapter 3 . |
| 3 | In this section , I am not referring to those blocks in the memory which the subconscious mind has created to prevent the subject remembering some deeply traumatic incident in his or her past . |
| 4 | By ‘ humanism , I am not referring to people who do n't believe in God . |
| 5 | I am not referring to the wonders of the universe , or to the workings of the human brain , but merely to the genetical and biological formation of us humans . |
| 6 | ‘ I stress I am not referring to this incident , but ball-tampering must never be allowed to happen again . |
| 7 | I am not referring to the victims , of course , who do n't know me and who , for all practical purposes , are n't human but come in sections of interest , so that even their smiles and yawns and frowns come in sections . |
| 8 | I am not referring to ad hoc arrangements or short-term palliatives . |
| 9 | I am not referring to The Sunday Times cocked-up , distorted version , which CIPFA denounced after it had been printed . |
| 10 | Individuals are not referred to in Articles 34–37 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties , or the Vienna Convention on International Organisations . |
| 11 | If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre . |
| 12 | An allegation that drugs are being supplied as a " liquid cash " to modify behaviour at a particular prison may point a sufficient finger at the medical officers working at that prison , even though they are not referred to by name . |
| 13 | ( a ) Contents of the Register Established under the Land Charges Act 1925 , this is of importance to every buyer , lessee and mortgagee of any property in England and Wales , because the matters registered are not referred to in either the Registers of registered land nor in the Central Land Charges Register . |
| 14 | When we speak of budgeting in the public sector we are not referring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 's spring Budget statement . |
| 15 | Some hon. Members believe that the Tories have got themselves into a spot of bother in Scotland , and we are not referring to the occasional by-election disaster such as occurred in Kincardine and Deeside recently , or even to the reduction of Scottish Tory representation in the House to the completely inadequate level of nine . |
| 16 | However , with respect , Mr. Speaker , I have seen your reply in which you said that using the crest of the House of Commons on such material was not an offence , so I hope that you are not referring to that aspect of the issue that the tell-tale Member has just raised with you . |
| 17 | We 're not referring to discreet overviews of the local naturists either ! |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm not referring to what is available for fifty thousand lire in the back streets of Siena . ’ |
| 19 | No , of course I 'm not referring to Kevin whatsisname ! |
| 20 | In a second study , Kennedy ( 1972 ) found that repetition after 1 year was less common in patients admitted to the Edinburgh Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre ( 12 per cent ) than in those who made attempts and were not referred to the Centre , irrespective of whether the latter were referred to psychiatrists elsewhere ( 38 per cent repeated ) or not ( 37 per cent repeated ) . |
| 21 | On occasions I looked at the casualty cards myself and identified potential clients that for one reason or another were not referred to me . |
| 22 | Repeatedly the theme of making the work place like a family was touched upon , and while higher management were not referred to as ‘ parents ’ it was clear that in feeling they were so regarded . |
| 23 | It is said , however , that if regard is had to the statutes of the university , referred to in the notice inviting applications , on the basis of which the contract was clearly made even if the statutes were not referred to in the letter , the university had no such right . |
| 24 | But when Colin Mackenzie , regional director of Fairclough Civil Engineering , a main contractor on the project , talks about a ‘ hard-nosed bunch ’ he is not referring to his men . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , by ‘ obey ’ Paul is not referring to servile obedience to an authoritarian master , but an injunction to workers to carry out the job an employer has for them to accomplish . |
| 26 | ( In speaking of what a thing is like in this sense , one is not referring to its relation of resemblance to other things , only of that in it which could be the basis of such resemblance . ) |
| 27 | She makes no acknowledgement of their affair in public and he understands that he is not to refer to it with these new acquaintances . |
| 28 | The clearest reflection of the way in which the full implications of Marsh 's book were not appreciated in physical geography is shown in the fact that he is not referred to in relation to the history of the study of landforms before Davis ( Chorley , Dunn and Beckinsale , 1964 ) , or in Explanation in Geography ( Harvey , 1969 ) , in Geography Its History and Concepts ( Holt-Jensen , 1981 ) or in Geography and Geographers : Anglo-American Human Geography ( Johnston , 1979 , 1983a ) . |
| 29 | It is to be noted that need is not referred to albeit that , in practice , many applications for interim payment are made with the specific intent of securing a sum designed to meet a specific need or requirement of the pursuer . |
| 30 | What he 's asking for is that any references to that particular disastrous day is not referred to as Black Wednesday , but in fact as Devaluation Day . |