Example sentences of "[vb mod] negative [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Howard has suggested that threats of force directed at any person for whom the complainant ‘ has or is presumed to have strong affections ’ should negative consent . |
| 2 | Should negative feedback inhibition exist in man , however , amylase and lipase would not be affected and would therefore not be affected by compensatory mechanisms in the way that proteases are . |
| 3 | A broad position would be to hold that any threat may negative consent , and this might include a threat to send a compromising photograph to someone , a threat to report a driver for exceeding the speed limit , and so on . |
| 4 | The majority held that , whilst an honest but unreasonable mistake would negative liability , such a defence should be put to the jury only where the defendant expressly asserted belief in consent and where there was some evidence beyond his mere assertion . |
| 5 | It is not at all clear to what extent threats of violence to third parties will negative consent . |
| 6 | None of these cases , however , involved the issue raised by Morgan , namely , whether a mistaken belief in consent can negative liability for rape even where the mistake is unreasonable . |