Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not insulate a man … |
| 2 | The thought of it filled her with an immense regret because a child could not stay a child there would be men ( a man she hoped ) in Nicandra 's life , Aunt Tossie thought with pity and some disgust — her mind scampered hurriedly from the contemplation of a subject not forbidden so much as not existing for her . |
| 3 | The authorities tend to show that if a test is bodily invasive and/or unpleasant or dangerous then the court will not stay an action until the plaintiff submits him or herself to the test . |
| 4 | Garrison Savannah who almost won the National two years ago appears to have returned to his old form if you take his Gold Cup run on board for he was always in touch before blundering and losing his chance late in the race , but he may not stay the trip as happened two years ago when he was beaten by Seagram . |
| 5 | Some will give the personal aspects the highest priority because of accumulated experience which shows that a client who is not emotionally ready for the severe belt-tightening and discipline involved in emerging from serious debt , will not stay the course . |
| 6 | I was working for a yarn firm who had just gone into the marketing of coned yarns — unfortunately they did not stay the course . |
| 7 | He can not stay the distance and his breathing is now difficult . ’ |
| 8 | The trio kept the 3.5 litre Peugeot 905 ahead f or most of the rain-hit race to delight the flag-waving local and British fans and confound the critics who predicted the car could not stay the distance . |
| 9 | The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised . |
| 10 | Further support for the view that there does not exist a principle such as Woolwich contend for is to be found in statutory provisions for the recovery of imposts which should not have been paid . |
| 11 | Hughes admitted that one reason for the slow growth of the movement in Wales was that the Church of Wales was in a minority ‘ and there did not exist the sense of peril which , he feared , must be admitted , had done so much in driving them together in England ’ . |
| 12 | This seems to be because of the small size of the owl in relation to its prey , so that it can not swallow the prey whole but tears it up as do the diurnal raptors ( see Appendix for details of little owl biology ) . |
| 13 | Nor does a term cease to be a leasehold because it is determinable by an event which may happen , or which is certain to happen , within the term — e.g. if A holds land for 99 years or for 999 years , ‘ if he shall so long live ’ , he is still a leaseholder , though it is nearly or quite certain that he will not outlive the term . |
| 14 | Though Charles the Bald could not evade the type of political problems just outlined , he was predestined neither to success nor to failure . |
| 15 | The only possible answers are that they wanted to ensure that Lothar would not evade the battle , and that the battle would be decisive . |
| 16 | However , a party can not evade the Act by a choice of law clause providing for the contract to be governed by the law of some state other than the UK . |
| 17 | There is thus a rule of construction that if a provision in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom is ambiguous , it should be given that interpretation which is consistent with international obligations rather than one which conflicts ( Inland Revenue Commissioners v Collco Dealings Ltd [ 1962 ] AC 11 ; similarly , there is some authority for seeking to protect fundamental constitutional statutes from unintentional repeals ( see , e.g. , per Lord Wilberforce in The Earl of Antrim 's Petition [ 1967 ] 1 AC 691 ) If , however , such devices do not evade the problem , then traditional notions of the sovereignty of the United Kingdom Parliament require that any provision in any later statute which is inconsistent with any earlier provision repeals the latter to the extent of any inconsistency , whether declared or intended to have this effect or not ( Vauxhall Estates Ltd v Liverpool Corporation [ 1932 ] 1 KB 733 ; Ellen Street Estates Ltd v Minister of Health [ 1934 ] 1 KB 590 ) . |
| 18 | You can not evade the fact that we are cultural Americans , dreaming American dreams . ’ |
| 19 | In addition maternal and paternal asthma were included in the regression analyses and did not modify the association between independent and dependent variables . |
| 20 | Return to the bad old ways , elect separately a Chamber and a Senate , then bring them together at Versailles in a National Assembly which would or would not modify the Constitution of 1875 . |
| 21 | In artificial selection , the chosen end , for which the race is being fitted , does not elicit the variation being selected . |
| 22 | I do not think a museum should continue to grow ad infinitum ; on the other hand , I believe we should put on periodic exhibitions as a way of gradually familiarising the public with the full range of our artistic riches . |
| 23 | ‘ We do not think a thought ’ in the same sense in which we ‘ think Herodotus is unreliable ’ . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend has made the point clearly and I am grateful to him for doing so , in view of which I do not think a debate is necessary . |
| 25 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 26 | Would you not think a statute prohibiting abortion except in the case of rape distinctly better than a statute prohibiting abortion except to women born in one specified decade each century ? |
| 27 | When Pat Arrowsmith gave out similar anti-war material to British troops , this time related to Northern Ireland , the justices before whom she appeared acquitted her because they did not think the publication to be ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 28 | I would respectfully agree , save that , for the reasons I have given , I do not think the case would come within paragraph ( d ) . |
| 29 | But do you not think the life of the Thirties , the daily life , was much more terrible ? |
| 30 | I do not think the ankle is broken , but very badly sprained . |