Example sentences of "[noun sg] not give " in BNC.

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1 Road Traffic — Blood specimen — Requirement — Breath testing device not working — Custody officer informing defendant of right to provide blood or urine and requiring blood specimen — Defendant not given opportunity to express preference — Whether requirement for blood specimen validly made — Road Traffic Act 1988 ( c. 52 ) , ss. 7(3) ( b ) ( 4 ) , 8(2)
2 ‘ You 've already made up your mind not to give them your account ? ’
3 ‘ Since the board has elected as a matter of practice not to give reasons , and has given none to Mr. Cunningham , it has been bound by its own logic not to attempt to justify for the benefit of the court the figure awarded .
4 But an employee not giving proper notice of termination of employment may be sued for damages by the employer .
5 Second , the male family members , because they are male , are given a credibility — and hence power — to influence non admission not given to female members .
6 Was my freedom not given to me then in order to build the world of the You ?
7 The first witness had decided at an early stage not to travel to Dublin ; the second only recently made his decision not to give evidence .
8 In one case an immigrant who was present in Britain was denied judicial review of a decision not to give him leave to enter the country because of the existence of a right of appeal which could only be exercised if the immigrant left Britain .
9 A number of councillors are asking for a judicial review of an RUC decision not to give them the go-ahead to get personal protection weapons .
10 We went to see a dead man laid out , and it would be a pity not to give you an account of his state .
11 Despite the fact that she knew that it was pointless , Fran began to struggle , pride and a fierce determination not to give in making her twist and turn in his hold .
12 Koeman for Holland vs Poland — an easy clearance not given — giving the poles the 1–1 goal
13 The Court ruled that the case against the three , who had exercised their right not to give evidence at the trial , had been overwhelmingly prejudiced following an announcement by King during the trial of restrictions on the right of silence [ see p. 37098 ] .
14 They had stumbled upon my claim to fame , a gift not given to many .
15 Poetry was popular , e.g. " Palgrave 's Golden Treasury " and very popular " The Gaelic Choir " author not given .
16 A group not given βblockers included the remaining 2688 patients , none of whom at any time received a β blocker of any sort , including atenolol .
17 ‘ What was your daddy doing not giving you a lift to school ?
18 You may only advise her as your are her friend not to give herself too much licence upon the favours she meets with , if she stays here .
19 It is arguable whether these routes are worthwhile , but it would be nice if everybody could judge this rather than some narrow-minded person not giving us the choice .
20 As she pushed her cold hands into the pockets , her fingers encountered the stiff crackle of paper and her resolve not to give in nearly broke .
21 In the Morning Star , a newspaper not given to writing about the rich and over-privileged , Stewart Lane wrote
22 In Cheshire Lines Committee v. Lewis & Co. ( 1880 ) 50 L.J.Q.B. 121 an agreement for a weekly tenancy contained an undertaking by the landlord not to give notice to quit until the landlord required to pull down the demised buildings .
23 There is a hint in the Hebrew of a future homecoming not given by the more final-sounding ‘ departed ’ .
24 The depth of the crisis can be gauged from the fact that the minister ( José Antonio Girón ) was a hard-line Falangist not given to either reformist " weakness " or left-wing sympathies .
25 On the eve of the summit the exiled Amir of Kuwait , Sheikh Jabir al Ahmed al Jabir as Sabah , had appealed to Bush and Gorbachev to adopt " decisive measures " to end the Iraqi occupation of his country , while Iraqi President Saddam Hussein had announced that he would not pull out of Kuwait under any circumstances , warned the superpowers not to interfere in Arab affairs , and urged the Soviet Union not to give in to US demands .
26 So she said , ‘ I have n't had a chance to make up my mind yet , but I have no reason not to give her the benefit of the doubt . ’
27 A lesson not to give up !
28 This is despite the fact that the Tribunal is appointed by the Government ; that it has no real powers ; and that it is under a duty not to give published reasons for any decision it makes .
29 Entrepreneurs , by their nature , are relatively thin on the ground — and an ungrateful lot not given to remembering those who helped them on the first , shaky steps on the ladder .
30 An employer not giving an employee proper notice can be sued for damages for wrongful ( not unfair ) dismissal in the county court .
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