Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not accept [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But with all the glasnost in the world I could not accept Natasha Vitaliev 's comments ( Impressions of Britain Today ) : ‘ Women in Britain have equal rights with men … |
| 2 | In the past I have done many portraits on commission — the last was Lord Flowers of Imperial College , London — but nowadays I will not accept commissions . |
| 3 | Ken Deeming , who runs the Hideaway in Burgundy , said : ‘ I will not accept Eurocheques because when I pay them into the bank I am losing money because of the transaction charges . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I can not accept credit where none is due . ’ |
| 5 | For a number of reasons I can not accept Mill 's answer to the question , ‘ What does it mean to say that something is white ? ’ |
| 6 | " I can not accept lectures , " he told his guests , " because the people who pay for them expect me to attend cocktail parties at which I am caught between someone wanting to know what I think of existentialism and someone asking me what I really meant by such-and-such a line " . |
| 7 | I can not accept M. Delcor 's theory that these Sidonians of Sechem were real Phoenicians , not Samaritans ( Zeitschr . |
| 8 | But I can not accept mysteries and I like to find the reason behind them . |
| 9 | But the presiding Sheriff Andrew Lothian dismissed the claim , saying ‘ I can not accept Mr McMurdo as a credible witness . |
| 10 | It will , I think , be apparent from what I have said that even in the case of normal medical treatment I can not accept Mr. Munby 's proposition that the child 's decision should determine the matter . |
| 11 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 12 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 13 | Bring the very best reason you can against why you should not accept Christ and once you put it under the ga , under the scrutiny it just disintegrates . |
| 14 | After a restless few hours ' sleep , Fabia awakened to daylight and the concrete knowledge that for her sister 's sake she could not accept defeat on that interview issue . |
| 15 | She flew into a rage and vowed she would not accept Silas 's ring until he 'd evicted that bossy , domineering woman from the house in which they would begin their married life . ’ |
| 16 | However , he assumes that , when the median voter votes , she will not accept proposals that imply that the local tax rate leaves the poorest citizens in the locality with a net private income below some specified level . |
| 17 | In the same way , any dog who will not accept dominance in his new pack is not an asset to anyone . |
| 18 | ‘ He will also call for nothing less than a parallel system with equal legal status under which those who can not accept women priests will be able to continue with bishops of like mind . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You can not accept responsibility for the life of another . ’ |
| 20 | We have said clearly that we shall not accept changes in the rules on rabies unless we can have at least the same safeguards as we have today . |
| 21 | In the unlikely event that we fail to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking or they are not of a reasonable standard , then we accept responsibility whether caused by our employees , agents or suppliers , save that ( i ) we shall not accept responsibility or liability for death , bodily injury or illness caused to you or others named on your booking form , except as set out below and ( ii ) we limit our responsibility or liability in respect of carriage by air , sea or land to that provided for by the relevant international conventions in respect of such carriage . |
| 22 | For one has to recognize that if one had their desires one would not accept principles which rode roughshod over their satisfaction , and this implies that one should not accept them at all , since one can not universalise them to that hypothetical situation in which one would be forced to reject them . |
| 23 | We will not accept liability in respect of claims that we receive after that date . |
| 24 | We will not accept UK farmers being put at a disadvantage by EC laws being applied differently in other countries . |
| 25 | We regret that for practical reasons we can not accept cheques less than 7 days prior to date of departure . |
| 26 | If confirmed transport is cancelled , changed or delayed by more than six hours or hotel is changed or if we are unable to provide you with the services as confirmed to you by us at the time of booking due to war , threat of war , riot , civil strife , industrial dispute , terrorist activity , disaster , fire , flood ( including fire or flood in hotels ) or bad weather we can not accept liability or responsibility and compensation is not payable but provided the holiday has not begun we will offer alternative travel routing or alternative travel date or alternative hotel and advise additional cost if any or you may elect to cancel and we will offer a full refund of monies paid . |
| 27 | These must be obtained personally and we can not accept responsibility for them . |
| 28 | Please bear in mind , however , that we can not accept responsibility for the contents of the reports as the valuers act independently from the society — except in certain parts of the country where we employ in-house valuers . |
| 29 | Unfortunately we can not accept entries from readers who are n't in this age group . |
| 30 | Sorry , but this is one competition where we can not accept entries by post . |