Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 2 | The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth . |
| 3 | Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) . |
| 4 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 5 | A high-rise block of flats had been clamped down on a street that did not think well of itself at the best of times . |
| 6 | Save for the exceptional case of Mental Health Review Tribunals , legal aid does not cover representation before tribunals of first instance . |
| 7 | This section does not cover failure of public transport services caused by strike , riot or civil commotion in respect of which warning has been given prior to the commencement of departure from home . |
| 8 | Exclusion of liability for breach of warranty does not cover breach of a condition ( Wallis Son & Wells v Pratt & Haynes [ 1911 ] AC 394 ; Baldry v Marshall [ 1925 ] 1 KB 260 ) . |
| 9 | Brazil , a significant trading partner of Iraq , joined the embargo but emphasised that this did not cover food for humanitarian uses . |
| 10 | Does not affect survival in intensive care units |
| 11 | The mask will then arrive and terminate activity in the letter-detector level — but it will not affect activity in the word-detector level . |
| 12 | There are two magnetic conditions , which do not affect orientation on sunny days ( left ) but do on overcast days ( right ) . |
| 13 | made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ; |
| 14 | As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo . |
| 15 | The Ministry emphasized that closure would not affect trade between the two countries . |
| 16 | The comparatively puny damages of £1,000 ( the cost of a dozen bottles of champagne at the expensive nightclub where the affair had begun ) and the public ridicule suffered by all parties may serve to remind editors of the wisdom of the adage that " dog does not eat dog in Fleet Street " . |
| 17 | Almost two centuries later it was being proposed that in much the same way every Spanish ambassador should have assigned to him a son or younger brother " to assist him as a comrade in his work " , be instructed in the conduct of embassy business and handle matters the ambassador himself could not spare time for , with the implication that he might well succeed to the post if it fell vacant . |
| 18 | Sometimes the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service ‘ Meals-on-wheels ’ service can help if old people can not prepare food for themselves and are unable to get to one of the many luncheon clubs they run . |
| 19 | Although there may be heavy rainfall during the winter , a deciduous tree 's roots can not absorb water from the cold soil quickly as water evaporates from its leaves . |
| 20 | Unfortunately , these are conflicting properties , as a polymer with a high modulus and low creep response does not absorb energy by deforming easily , hence has poor impact strength . |
| 21 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 22 | Any change data are thus inevitably incomplete and do not make allowance for potential voting patterns in the many very safe Labour wards where councillors were returned unopposed . |
| 23 | The idea does not reap the success it deserves , however , since among other things Wulstan does not make allowance for the fact that even within the corpus of vocal music the performing medium was not uniform . |
| 24 | The County Council also accepted as part of this oral approach that there was a need for an alteration to the structure plan , because the approved structure plan did not make provision for a new settlement as an element of approved North Yorkshire strategic policy , and we 've progressed that erm alteration through to the examination er in public er today . |
| 25 | ( ii ) Changing house — Most court orders relate to a specific property and do not make provision for the wife moving house and occupying another property upon similar terms and conditions . |
| 26 | The management can be a rejecting object and may well be confusing and inconsistent , so much so that workers can not make sense of them and their demands . |
| 27 | The child can not make sense of the world without pattern , without events that repeat . |
| 28 | This is important , because it is sometimes given as an objection to attitude theories that they can not make sense of subordinate ethical clauses . |
| 29 | The sceptical argument therefore claims that you can not make sense of the idea of a subject of experience other than yourself . |
| 30 | I can not make sense of that rhyme . |