Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In Varley v. Whipp ( 1900 Q.B. ) the contract was for the sale of a specified second-hand reaping machine which at the time of the contract the seller did not own but had still to acquire .
2 In the following passive sentence the writer does not tell us who did the associating ( newspapers ? literary critics ? the general public ? everyone ? ) :
3 Where , however , the settlor is not domiciled or not resident or not ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom in any year of assessment the term does not include income arising under a settlement in that year in respect of which the settlor , if he were actually entitled thereto , would not be chargeable to income tax by deduction or otherwise by reason of his now being so domiciled , resident or ordinarily resident .
4 Just in case the music did n't work out .
5 Because his rights as a tenant were protected and because in any case the university did n't wish to be seen turfing out an elderly man whose family had lived in the same cottage for five generations , we left him in peace and build around him , as it were , expecting him perhaps to move elsewhere or maybe to pass away .
6 Questions are often worded to cover only a fragment of a particular subject ; in that case the examiner does not want the whole of it .
7 This can be used to reinforce the differences between preference and ordinary shares although in this case the explanation does not lie in that direction as there are no preference shares ; rather the explanation is more to do with stability of dividends in an attempt to bolster shareholders ' confidence .
8 In this case the action did not subvert the common law but supplemented it .
9 In the present case the debtor did not apply for a taxation of Marshalls ' bills within one month .
10 In the present case the plaintiff did not allege , nor did the judge find , any bad faith by the defendants .
11 Just in case the lesson does n't hit us immediately , Paul adds the closing verse of our reading which draws our attention to the greatness of God as shown in His glory :
12 But be warned , if you buy your machine from a retailer the manufacturer does n't have to fix it under law — this is the responsibility of the dealer you bought it from .
13 Le Rue the man does n't let his talents stop at the violin and vocal duties with the band as his guitar-playing proved .
14 On this level the jacket does n't disappoint .
15 In approximately 30% of cases the epithelium does not change to a homogeneous phenotype and this is characterised by an ‘ incomplete ’ intestinal epithelium with both gastric foveolar and intestinal goblet cells and enterocytes .
16 In many cases the tile does not break in the middle where it is struck .
17 In three cases the client did not like , or could not accept , the support worker .
18 He was left to lament : ‘ In many cases the party does not exist except in name , and the most urgent and repeated efforts to correct this meet with the indifference , carelessness , ignorance and , now , the obstinacy and hostility of the party leadership . ’
19 Pevsner again is dryly acute : ‘ Old Wolverton the traveller does not notice , New Wolverton he can not overlook . ’
20 Of course the company did n't pay any dividend , and has now been taken over by a firm making china and porcelain goods .
21 It was not Gandhi 's intention when he originally decided to fast to exert moral coercion on the mill-owners , since coercion in any form was contrary to the aims of satyāgraha , yet despite the unexpected result of his fast Gandhi still felt that he had acted correctly in the circumstances.m The experience did not prevent him either from using fasts as a form of satyāgraha on other occasions with similar results .
22 The fact that China and the USSR recognized Ho Chi Minh before the US recognized Bao Dai is sometimes taken as cause and effect ; but on closer inspection the sequence does not seem to bear that much significance .
23 Make sure at all times the boredom does not creep in and that there is a feeling of concentration and application to the task .
24 Chrysler claims a broad and flat torque curve between 2800 and 5000rpm , so it 's a disappointment the engine does n't drive in this manner .
25 She has seen the improvement in Andrew when he went to the Exeter School.If the council does n't agree to send her other two sons there she 'll take them out of school .
26 In other fables the hare does not have such a noble character as in the Buddhist tale .
27 Seriously , Benedicta , make sure Ranulf the rat-catcher does n't take Bonaventure .
28 Due to some mechanical fault the driver did not think that the northbound unit would make it to Crewe and he would endeavour to coast it back to Swansea .
29 Despite these losses the organization did not cease to function and today remains the most comprehensive voice of protest within the health sector against what ails Philippine society .
30 The final surprise is that in the Old Testament the Spirit does not appear as a divine being .
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