Example sentences of "'s promise [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Note that Lord Blackburn was convinced that prompt part payment of a debt is in fact a benefit to the creditor but he abandoned the opinion that it is for that reason consideration for the creditor 's promise not to claim the balance . |
| 2 | A wife 's promise not to go to court to seek maintenance from her estranged husband was deemed to be void as being contrary to public policy and , consequently , the husband 's promise to pay her money in consideration of her agreeing not to go to court was made without consideration and also void : Gaisberg v. Storr [ 1950 ] 1 K.B.107 , but see now , Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 , S.34 , below , p. 220 . |
| 3 | Equally puzzling is Santander 's promise not to take majority control of First Fidelity . |
| 4 | Was not the question whether Beer 's promise not to take proceedings was binding ? |
| 5 | Treitel adds ’ But if a son 's promise not to bore his father is not good consideration ( White v. Bluett above , p. 000 ) , it is hard to see why a mother 's promise to make her child happy should stand on a different footing … |