Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The Bank of England ( 1990 ) has concluded that the withdrawal of market participants has not led to a reduction in the quality of service or reduced liquidity or competitiveness in the market .
2 This situation has not led to a decline in enrolments : except for a brief period at the beginning of the crisis , the demand for education has been sustained .
3 Does the Minister understand that the arrogance and insensitivity of his hon. Friend , who has not agreed to a meeting for about four months now , has been noted not just by Mr. Johnston but by every farmer in the north-east of Scotland ?
4 Group 3 comprised biopsies from patients previously diagnosed as having coeliac disease who admitted not adhering to a gluten free diet .
5 I refer to my memorandum dated 19 September 1990 which informed you that the Personnel Committee , at its meeting on 11 September 1990 , decided not to agree to a closure of Regional Council workplaces during the 1990/91 festive season .
6 He decided not to go to a chain chemist 's .
7 Further it suggested that of those people who did not go to a lawyer , a higher proportion had received help from outside the household , and of that group only one-quarter had received advice to go to a lawyer which they had ignored Such contrary evidence does not denigrate the value of pre-legal advice , but suggests that , as would be expected , it is not the only significant factor in determining whether , and if so why and how , people seek legal advice .
8 People did not go to a hospital to be cured but to be killed or maimed .
9 McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents .
10 The street system did not accord to a grid pattern .
11 Any liquid would gather in the ditch and there would be plenty of time to take preventive action , since it did not discharge to a stream for some distance .
12 Such generosity did not extend to a paper tie and crown that Picasso had made for Richardson ( also for Cooper ) on some gala occasion .
13 The Arab predilection for drama , at least in personal relationships , did not extend to a taste for Shakespeare 's comedies translated into Arabic , and the house was less than half full .
14 Lord Macnaghten in Pemsel did not aspire to a definition , but only to a classification of the then existing case law .
15 The strict out-door relief policy of the 1870s did not lead to a fall in total Poor Law expenditure .
16 Six subjects did not consent to a glucose tolerance test and tolerance was determined from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations .
17 The Court of Appeal considered that the information did not amount to a trade secret .
18 Trover became a complete alternative to replevin despite the fact that it could be argued that , the goods being regarded as in the custody of the law , the distraint did not amount to a denial of the owner 's title .
19 Without this provision it was possible to have a share-for-debenture exchange which fell within s127 TCGA 1992 and did not amount to a disposal even though the debenture was an exempt simple debt , rather than a security .
20 His allowing the customer to have possession of the car did not amount to a representation that the customer had the right to sell it .
21 It did not amount to a commitment for full compensation for pensioners but it was a long way from where the Chancellor started two days earlier .
22 ( e ) The suicide did not amount to a novus actus interveniens .
23 He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’
24 For the reasons I have given , I conclude that if ( but only if ) Lautro did not afford to a person or firm served with an intervention notice in accordance with rule 7.3(12) the opportunity to apply to the board to rescind the notice , and/or to appeal against it , then the lack of such remedies would be unfair and the procedure unlawful .
25 It was held that the clause did not apply to a delay where the port was not inaccessible but the master deemed the port unsafe due to ice ( Tillmanns & Co v SS Knutford Ltd [ 1908 ] 2 KB 385 ) .
26 After dismissing an argument that the doctrine as to release did not apply to a judgment debt , Collins L.J .
27 The Court of Appeal held that the clause did not apply to a fire caused by negligence , even though the garage could not be liable for fire damage without negligence .
28 368 did not apply to a tenancy from year to year and said [ 1971 ] Ch. 725 , 733 :
29 he , he did not agree to a meeting
30 Then I realized that the house did not belong to a human , but to the horse who had brought me here .
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