Example sentences of "not [verb] or [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , do not dramatise or exaggerate it . |
| 2 | I feel that South Africa has cleaned its house out but that the rest of the world will not recognise or accept it . " |
| 3 | We are called to resist him ( 1 Pet 5:9 ) , not to know or understand him . |
| 4 | When you cut the lupins down try not to shake or knock them too much , because this will spread the mildew spores . |
| 5 | In his concluding essay , Urwick wrote : The club can catch him , but can not discipline him , the Boys ' Brigade can discipline him to a small extent , but can not catch or keep him when he most needs it ; the voluntary evening school can do neither . |
| 6 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 7 | An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 8 | 5 Corps was still under orders not to provoke or resist them by force , for the reasons Macmillan had explained on his visit on 13 May , and on the evening of 14 May Gen McCreery confirmed this in a message to Gen Keightley [ KP 106 ] : agreement confirmed that Maj Dubajic would remain at Kappel with Lt Lochhead of 6 SF ( SOE ) to make arrangements for the hand-over of further 10,000 Croats by 23 May making a total of 13,000 Croats to be repatriated . |
| 9 | Anthropologists are necessarily translators : they ‘ translate culture ’ in an attempt to make exotic experience intelligible to others who have not suffered or enjoyed it . |
| 10 | Again , like teachers , there are one or two honest coppers , but in general they nick you for things you have not done or give you a sound slapping to make you remember them . |
| 11 | He should not oppress or surrender him . ’ |
| 12 | He must not oppress or surrender him . ’ |
| 13 | He must not oppress or surrender him . ’ |
| 14 | Even if these are used only after employment ends the implied duty not to use or disclose them will mean that the employer can effectively prevent any competition based on breach . |
| 15 | The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors . |
| 16 | Usually this was limited to ‘ rough treatment ’ ( defined as pushing , slapping , or roughly handling the victim but not punching or kicking her ) , but in 13.6 per cent . |
| 17 | ‘ Do we ask Sir John to restrain the soldiers — which he can not do — or do we bind him not to pursue or hound us for this action ? |
| 18 | ‘ We can not produce or control them . |
| 19 | But open systems are backed by governments and controlled by committees , which means IBM can not dominate or control them . |
| 20 | road and the line nearer to you is solid , you must not cross or straddle it , except when you need to get in and out of the premises on side road . |
| 21 | I was n't put off by the fact that Jo had told me not to call or see her . |
| 22 | He does not observe or understand them as lessons in natural history , but knows their names and as much about their habits and life-history as he needs for his purpose . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'll meet you secretly , if you promise not to watch or follow me , ’ said Nancy . |
| 24 | He can not kiss or cuddle her . |
| 25 | We must not disable or marginalise them in a society that increasingly seems interested only in the successful . |
| 26 | A man should be so proud of virility that he should not squander or debase it . |
| 27 | The National headquarters could advise local Councils but it could not order or control them . |
| 28 | The second threat is the man or woman who grabs you , not to restrain or crush you , but to keep you still while they hit you . |