Example sentences of "he [vb mod] not [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wish to show Lord Wyatt that he may not with impunity threaten any partner of ours . |
| 2 | He may not in fact manage to produce what meets the requirement , even when something he knows about would meet the requirement ; but that is simply a failure in a sort of performance in which he is at least sometimes capable of success , while no instrument is ever capable of it at all . |
| 3 | I wondered as we strolled across the lawn whether he might not in fact turn out to be the last King of Tonga , the final member of a brief and moderately distinguished dynasty . |
| 4 | Thomas Sherer seems to have worked conscientiously as Fox 's deputy , but he could not of course carry out his own functions as Examiner and these had to be performed by deputies , described as ‘ men of small credit ’ and ‘ young men unsworn ’ . |
| 5 | Marigold , his wife , he would not of course have permitted to give womb-room to such a foreign body or to take the pill or consider any so-called reversible tube-tyings . |
| 6 | The first limb provides that if the recipient is domiciled outside the United Kingdom and the benefit is not received in the United Kingdom then the recipient shall not be chargeable to tax by reference to relevant income which is such that if he had received it he would not by reason of his being so domiciled have been chargeable to tax in respect of it . |
| 7 | It is to prevent circuity of action , inasmuch as if the released debtor were still liable to an action for contribution by his co-debtor ( who had been sued and had paid ) , he would not in fact be released : North v. Wakefield , 13 Q.B . |
| 8 | If the court concludes that a plaintiff will take advantage of National Health Service facilities because no other suitable facilities will be available , it will not award him damages for the cost of notional private facilities that he will not in fact use . |
| 9 | This would not involve disclosure of persons held out to be partners : if a party litigating against a firm is unaware of the identity of persons held out as partners , he can not by definition have acted in reliance upon the holding out , so liability under s14 of the Partnership Act can not arise . |