Example sentences of "not [verb] that the [noun sg] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not think that the boy was the actual thief and he hoped that the boy would not be punished . |
| 2 | ‘ I do not think that the situation is slipping out of control . |
| 3 | He did not think that the house was watched that day . |
| 4 | The Government 's commitment to the environment can have no credibility — I stress that I am talking about the Government , not the Minister — if the Prime Minister and the Chancellor do not think that the environment is important , even if lesser Ministers do . |
| 5 | Some staff added other minor errors or disagreements but it soon emerged that some departments did not think that the report was fair and they criticized the general conclusion relating to their department . |
| 6 | [ New ] Wolverton has now been modernised and , apart from a pleasant public library and some flower beds in the narrow residential streets , I do not think that the result is a great amelioration . |
| 7 | This is not to claim that the war was totally unintended , but that national leaders had become caught in an irrational process which led inevitably to war . |
| 8 | We are co-operating with three European business schools ( ESC Lyons , Henley Management College and ESADE , Barcelona ) to develop the International Management Institute of St Petersburg , and do not consider that the Community is ‘ making a hash ’ of technical assistance to the ex-Soviet Union . |
| 9 | Unlike the familiar blood alcohol tests in motoring cases , urinalysis does not demonstrate that the employee is impaired by drugs . |
| 10 | We need not doubt that the epithet is justified and I think we are on the right track in attributing its powers to nerve cells with their trigger features and projective zones , but the connecting links are missing . |
| 11 | It is not recommended that the software be re-modularised prior to its initial entry . |
| 12 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 13 | The accused need not know that the act is unlawful : Newbury , DPP v Daley [ 1980 ] AC 237 ( PC ) . |
| 14 | The party who supplies the infant does so at his peril ; it will not avail him that he did not know that he was dealing with an infant , or that he thought that his position in life was such as to make the goods necessary , or that he did not know that the infant was already sufficiently supplied . |
| 15 | He may even be compelled to pay interest on arrears of rent even though he did not know that the rent was in arrear ( Allied London Investments Ltd v Hambro Life Assurance plc [ 1985 ] 2 EGLR 45 ) . |
| 16 | The interesting feature of the case is that the corporation exacted the payments under a mistake of fact — they did not know that the limestone was to be burnt into lime , while the plaintiff made the payments under a mistake of law — he did not know of the exemption . |
| 17 | The accused need not know that the victim was present . |
| 18 | This applies only where the person dealing with the company does not know that the action is beyond the powers of the company 's directors under its constitution ( s. 35A(1) — ( 3 ) CA ) . |
| 19 | Portugal has not claimed that the treaty is void , but that its negotiation and conclusion are with a State that has no legal authority over the territory in question . |
| 20 | However since the Convention does not specify that the acceptance be directed towards the treaty parties it might not be possible to regard it as a collateral agreement . |
| 21 | It would not matter that the resident were a foreign national or a foreign company , so long as they were resident , were located in the UK and the transaction were in sterling , it would constitute domestic banking . |
| 22 | As long as there is fear , it does not matter that the gun was in fact unloaded , or as in Logdon [ 1976 ] Crim LR 121 , the weapon was an imitation firearm . |
| 23 | It does not matter that the redevelopment is likely to be carried out by a purchaser from the landlord rather than the landlord himself ( Adams v Green ) ; nor that the redevelopment proposals are very tentative ( Edwards ( JH ) & Sons Ltd v Central London Commercial Estates Ltd ( 1983 ) 271 EG 697 ) . |
| 24 | It does not appear that the defendant was to receive any remuneration . |
| 25 | The way of obtaining C outlined above does not assume that the Moon is in hydrostatic equilibrium , which is just as well because it is not . |
| 26 | ‘ That photo might not show that the prince was there , ’ he said , ‘ but everyone knows that he was . ’ |
| 27 | It is not felt that the danger is a real one because one can never control the discretion of trustees . |
| 28 | ‘ After all of that , I simply can not believe that the fell was not named after you — if not in tribute then in anticipation . ’ |
| 29 | Shoppers can not believe that the process is so straightforward . |
| 30 | I share some of my hon. Friend 's views , but I do not believe that the House is yet ready to accept a proposal from the Government that will command wide support from a large number of hon. Members . |