Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] with [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It will be argued that a party should stand by its beliefs : it should not bend with the wind and adopt views that happen to be popular . |
| 2 | 612 where it was held that a defendant had been validly committed for trial by justices notwithstanding that they had previously embarked on a summary trial but decided before the summary trial was concluded that in the circumstances they should not deal with the case and should commit the defendant for trial . |
| 3 | We should not gamble with the quality of our air . |
| 4 | I believe that we should not proceed with the Bill . |
| 5 | The point is that the set of products which are socially relevant to the group-optimality calculation may not coincide with the set which are actually controlled by the firm in question . |
| 6 | It may not go with a tableful of curry , but a mug of cold beer is not what I need . |
| 7 | I may not sympathize with the bombing . |
| 8 | Leaving aside for the moment differences in personal qualities and skills , which may or may not vary with the curriculum , it would seem that graduates who can offer both expertise and ability are in the strongest employment position , those who offer either one or the other may also find a job niche , but that those who offer neither are worst off . |
| 9 | It may or may not interfere with the hardness of the water but my choice is for those hardy shoaling fish that are bred in the hobby and no longer need acid water — if indeed they ever did . |
| 10 | For good or ill , they may not agree with the way things have turned out , or are developing at the moment . |
| 11 | We may not agree with the intention of the words as viewed from the poem as a whole , but the words themselves must surely be admired . |
| 12 | Apart from what the customer may or may not find with the price of beer , is it not the case that what the hon. Member for Rotherham ( Mr. Crowther ) has described would not have taken place if the beer orders had not been passed by the House ? |
| 13 | The Court of Appeal was restricted by Criminal Appeal Act 1968 , s.11(3) which provided that the Court might not deal with an offender on appeal in a manner which resulted in him being dealt with more severely on appeal than by the court below . |
| 14 | Number two , which do you think is the most striking and why , the choice there , you might not agree with the person next to you , but it does n't matter , discuss it . |
| 15 | The characteristics chosen for this analysis were selected to illustrate any visual correspondences that the instruments might or might not have with the Mercier portrait . |
| 16 | The British Columbians , despite dogged persistence , could not cope with a pack in which eight men worked as one and where possession once obtained was so powerfully and cunningly retained . |
| 17 | The need for these was identified when the regular programme of summer schools for ABE students began to attract students with severe learning difficulties who could not cope with the curriculum offered but seemed to gain great benefit from the opportunity for residential education . |
| 18 | It is thought that the UK could not cope with the increase in price and non-price competition which the SEM would bring about . |
| 19 | One secretary could not cope with the work . |
| 20 | It stated clearly that a flat rate charge could not cope with the scale of local authority expenditure and that it could not do so fairly . |
| 21 | Usually the two pilots who are on night duty sleep in the ambulance but the driver and medical orderly who also sleep in it had worked up a terrific ‘ fug ’ — ‘ Imshi ’ Mason and I felt we could not cope with the smell of unwashed feet , etc. , so we dragged the two stretchers out . ’ |
| 22 | A BANK manager killed himself because he could not cope with the worry and pressure of his work in the recession . |
| 23 | In particular it could not cope with the pressure of a growing population . |
| 24 | If anyone believes for a moment that we should forget about the cause of asylum seekers , I ask them to read some of the evidence of people who fled from Chile , El Salvador , Burma and so many other places where they could not cope with the oppression against them . |
| 25 | Recording a verdict that Mrs Bowyer ‘ Took her own life ’ , Dr Weir said : ‘ This is terribly tragic because she did it because she could not cope with the pain of the illness she suffered from . ’ |
| 26 | He was aware of strange thoughts and sensations swimming through his mind , but he could not cope with the pain . |
| 27 | If even Alison Kraemer 's perfect manners could not cope with the news , then our marriage must be an intolerable scandal . |
| 28 | The shareholders had clearly manifested an intention to sell their shares and could not continue with the sale without giving the other shareholders a right to exercise their option under the articles . |
| 29 | They were gathered in the High Street and around the market place , but could not compete with the standard of living of those at the upper end of the social scale in the county towns and old corporate boroughs . |
| 30 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |