Example sentences of "not give a " in BNC.
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1 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
2 | It was true : she had not given a thought to Gazzer . |
3 | The woman is not given a name herself . |
4 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
5 | Yet older people are either chopped or , worse , not given a chance . |
6 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
7 | The Bank has not given a formal ruling on this method of presentation from a capital adequacy perspective . |
8 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |
9 | Police said last night that Tel , who was driving alone , was not given a B-test because there was no suspicion he had been drinking . |
10 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
11 | She had taken it all for granted for so long , her creature comforts had been assured and she had not given a moment 's thought to how they were provided . |
12 | Although Ryman has been making art since 1954 and belongs to the generation of Jasper Johns , he did not exhibit his work until the later Sixties and was not given a solo museum exhibition until 1972 . |
13 | The report also draws upon research presented to it by Professor Cyril Greenland ( reported in full in Greenland , 1987 ) and comments as follows : Thus not only are we not given a definition but we are not given any clue as to which of all the cases that come to social worker 's notice are not high risk . |
14 | Kaleida has not given a release date for ScriptX . |
15 | He has not given a speech devoted exclusively to xenophobia . |
16 | Mr Cosic , who was not given a chance to defend himself , was charged with overstepping his authority by holding peace talks with the Croats . |
17 | Kaleida has not given a release date for ScriptX . |
18 | This eminent folklorist , however , has not given a full consideration to the Celtic background . |
19 | They are selected in the same way as other recruits but not given a contract of employment . |
20 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
21 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |
22 | Such a person is not given a right of appeal to the Appeal Tribunal . |
23 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
24 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
25 | When Section D was absorbed into the newly formed SOE ( Special Operations Executive ) in 1940 , Burgess was not given a job , and he returned to the BBC in 1941 , responsible for propaganda to occupied Europe and liaison with the SIS and SOE . |
26 | The hon. Gentleman must recognise that we have not given a commitment to establish a funding council : we simply gave a commitment to provide powers for the Secretary of State to do so . |
27 | Overturning the Commissioner 's decision , Miss Justice Carroll said the garda was not given a summary of the factual background to support the accusation against him . |
28 | The winner of this year 's Avia Foursomes and the amateur medal at the British Women 's Open at Ferndown , the undeniably gifted Cheshire golfer was distressed to find that she was no better placed than second reserve for England in the Home Internationals and , further , that she was not given a place on the " B " team sent to Italy . |
29 | However , the ANC expressed grave concern that the government had not given a timetable beyond step two of their plan . |
30 | Patients with little or no residual intraluminal tumour and a good lumen ( implying minimal risk of obstruction ) were not given a further follow up appointment . |