Example sentences of "the mother [verb] [not/n't] " in BNC.

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1 The mother had not had access to her since January 1987 .
2 Thorpe J. decided that the mother had not established that the father had acquiesced in the removal or retention of the children .
3 Miss and Tony you have to kinda pretend that they do like each other so that erm the mother does n't suspect her of liking Hastings .
4 The toxic protection mechanism dovetails with the fact that the pregnancy is three times more likely to miscarry if the mother does not feel sick , an observation supported by the second theory .
5 The problem is that the mother does not relate to her child .
6 However , the mother does not leave the young cuckoo without instinctive resources , for the newly hatched chick demonstrates what is perhaps the most remarkable of all the numerous and varied adaptations of the cuckoo — the ruthless ejection of the host 's eggs or nestlings from the nest .
7 If the pregnancy has to be gone through and does continue and the mother does not want to or can not keep the child there is the option of adoption .
8 This indicates that a rhythmic environment is not needed , but a possible effect from the rhythmic social and suckling influences of the mother has not been excluded .
9 The judge rejected this argument : ‘ I have reached the clear conclusion that the mother has not established a sufficiently grave risk of a sufficiently substantial intolerable situation .
10 Knox J. held that the defendant was not entitled to rely on a plea of non est factum on the ground that the mother did not know that she had been appointed attorney and that the transaction was a sale within the power of attorney .
11 The mother did not appear and , save for 30 July , was not represented .
12 I find it difficult to reconcile the facts found by the judge with his conclusion that the influence of the mother did not sap her will or destroy her volition .
13 The mother did n't want to lose her holiday . ’
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