Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement .
2 This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties .
3 I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on .
4 The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance .
5 The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels .
6 ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them .
7 Residents of the City of Westminster , while falling into the catchment areas of three different health districts , did not have recourse to admissions to any long-stay hospitals after the closure of Banstead in 1986 .
8 For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities .
9 The ICRC confirmed that political prisoners numbered 1,268 , although their representatives did not have access to prisons run by the state security services .
10 It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health .
11 His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship .
12 His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship .
13 Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye .
14 We did not assess travel to work in detail .
15 ‘ When we hear such sounds we do not pay attention to things like pitch and timbre .
16 ‘ But the guys here must remember I still love to stir things up and England do not do justice to people like Will and Jeremy Guscott .
17 Regulations have also been discussed regarding the suspension and dismissal of public employees who do not express loyalty to General Noriega .
18 People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age .
19 He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ .
20 America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye .
21 And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ?
22 In this analysis , people do not attribute legitimacy to authority because they recognize its claim to a foundation in some principle or source outside itself .
23 Eventually the local authority associations agreed a self-denying ordinance and in many authorities councillors do not seek access to records on individuals .
24 However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training .
25 ‘ It 's a wonder you did n't wear lipstick to Gran 's funeral . ’
26 Tennis may have brought him fame and fortune , but it still did n't bring happiness to Boris Becker .
27 ‘ I forgot the hour , ’ he added , and when Fabia , glancing at her watch , saw that , incredibly , it was getting on for three , she realised that when Ven was working it must be that he did n't give thought to food .
28 I did n't dare return to the-place where I 'd killed him because I could easily arouse suspicion .
29 And I did n't have time to pussyfoot around .
30 Er er er I mentioned er in an earlier interjection the fact that Price Waterhouse in this country er would n't give evidence and did n't provide information to Price Waterhouse partners er er i i in the United States er er the government I think , can only er deal with this by some effective regulation er of auditing er and by some er er effective er independent regulate .
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