Example sentences of "not [pron] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet can not I have the patience to look upon your wickedness with such a … |
| 2 | A trustee in a sequestrated estate , part of which consisted of a public house business , who did not himself hold the certificate or retail excisable liquor , was held not to be disqualified under the corresponding provision then in force : Lundie v. Magistrates of Falkirk ( 1890 ) 18 R. 60 . |
| 3 | Inhibition of metalloproteinases , therefore , may not itself break the autocrine loops of proliferation and destruction that are created in pathological conditions such as cancer . |
| 4 | Action This error will be reported if LSSTOP did not itself stop the process . |
| 5 | if the [ LEA ] does not itself decide the special educational provision that should be made for the child , but leaves that to be decided by the school , with remedial classes and other facilities as may be available in the school , the [ LEA ] is not itself determining the special educational provision for the child within the meaning in section 7(1) ; consequently , the [ LEA ] is not obliged to make and maintain a statement … . |
| 6 | Whilst PageMaker does not itself support the condensing and expanding of type ( a feature that we hope will be included in version 4.0 ) it is possible to perform this trick on the Macintosh — sadly not on the PC . |
| 7 | Conversely , and as the price for treating the company as its own , the dominant undertaking will be liable for the obligations of the company if the company defaults and this seemingly will apply even to preexisting obligations ; however , the dominant undertaking will be able to apply for relief from liability if it did not itself cause the company 's default . |
| 8 | The fact that the damage is disproportionate to the purpose sought to be achieved does not itself render the conspiracy actionable ; nor is the court concerned with the expediency or otherwise of the policy adopted by the combiners . |
| 9 | Do not you mean the lady Anne , little brother ? ’ |
| 10 | Can not you have the same faith , Wilson ? |
| 11 | Should not we support the negotiating process now under way through the Conference for a Democratic South Africa , and so secure the maintenance of international pressure for rapid progress towards a new , genuinely democratic constitutional order ? |
| 12 | She said no more , although she could not herself treat the matter so lightly . |
| 13 | Nathan blushed and stammered , returning his gaze to where she herself lay ; she was , he wanted to say , the loveliest thing he had ever seen , and could not they name the baby after her ? |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman thinks that it is not , why does not he have the courage to stand up and say so ? |
| 15 | Does not he understand the impact that that will have on British Aerospace and Rolls-Royce ? |
| 16 | If not , why will not he accept the provisions of the social charter which would attack the problem of low pay ? |
| 17 | ‘ Since there is speculation and King Richard must surely be aware of it , why does not he let the princes be seen ? ’ she asked uneasily . |
| 18 | Before the Minister takes the mote out of Europe 's eye , should not he take the beam out of his own ? |
| 19 | Why does not he address the problem seriously and put real money into solving it — or will he continue to opt out and sell out , just as the Prime Minister did for the country in Maastricht yesterday ? |
| 20 | Does not it also prove , as my hon. Friend the Member for Davyhulme ( Mr. Churchill ) said , that the Conservative Government are spending more on the health service and does not it nail the falsehoods repeatedly advanced by the Opposition ? |
| 21 | If Labour wants economic regeneration and redevelopment , why can not it support the development corporations that already exist ? |
| 22 | Illustrations are seen to be a motivating factor for poor readers , but they are otherwise considered to be a distraction and ‘ do not themselves make the reading level of the prose any lower ’ ( ibid . |
| 23 | The industrial worker 's control over the work process is shaped and generally reduced by technology ; in the home , machines do not themselves determine the pace and rhythm of work . |
| 24 | Many parents and grandparents in the provinces followed ‘ the May-June events ’ on state-run television : their view of what was happening differed from that of the younger generation in Paris and university campuses across the country ; many students followed developments hour by hour on Europe I — if they did not themselves join the demonstrations and mount the barricades . |
| 25 | rejected the allegation that the wife 's agreement to the opening of the account had been procured by undue influence on the part of her husband , but dealt with ‘ the suggestion that the bank are disentitled to enforce the mandate because they sent or gave the document to Mr. Shephard and did not themselves obtain the defendant 's signature ’ by holding [ 1988 ] 3 All E.R. |
| 26 | It is almost impossible to forge any sort of career associated with public life or public men where you do not yourself become the object of hostility in some quarter . |
| 27 | I would not myself give the set preference over Abbado 's , which also has its shortcomings but does present the work with steady inspiration . |
| 28 | ‘ Tom , dear , by the time I 've asked you to pass something , and you 've said what and where is it and did n't I mean the other one , I can get this oven done and the baby born I should think . ’ |
| 29 | Did n't I mean the same , same sort of thing happened when Wentworth put on the twenty fifth of May , that a week before Sheila said er oh you 're not having this . |
| 30 | ‘ Why do n't I give the Russian collection to the Munich Museum of Fine Arts in Adolph 's memory ? |