Example sentences of "[modal v] not give [noun] to a " in BNC.

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1 Parties must not give effect to a merger before they notify it to the Commission and for three weeks thereafter .
2 There was , it seemed , no peculiar distinction , however trifling or minute , which might not give value to a volume , providing the indispensable quality of scarcity , or rare occurrence , was attached to it .
3 ‘ With a very great number of credit grantors not being members of any trade association and others being members of more than one , such a system could not give rise to a fair method of raising a levy .
4 The engineer with the irreverent sense of humour who would n't give houseroom to a defunct machine but who would carefully dismantle and put by any parts that might be of use later on would — this time next year — be helping to nourish the rose beds .
5 It is clear that insubstantial changes will not give rise to a new copyright ( or right to prevent unfair extraction ) but what is the position when a database has changed considerably from its original form but this has happened incrementally over a period of time ?
6 The sale of business assets above will not give rise to a qualifying merger .
7 No one can confidently say that the initial calm which has greeted the news of the deportations will not give way to a far more vigorous reaction .
8 Again , it has been held that the Prison rules are merely ‘ regulatory ’ and that breach of them can not give rise to a cause of action for damages although it may found an application for judicial review .
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