Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a long-standing presumption that Acts of Parliament are not intended to derogate from the requirements of international law . |
| 2 | Even following recession , energy demand is not expected to return to the levels of growth originally predicted . |
| 3 | So while the practice of resignation has been re-established , it is still true that ministers are not expected to suffer for the shortcomings of their staff . |
| 4 | Unlike the United States Supreme Court , which can delve deep into the deliberations of the Founding Fathers to try to elucidate what was meant by a particular provision of the Constitution , British courts are not permitted to look at the proceedings of Parliament in order to determine what Parliament really meant . |
| 5 | Adam knelt beside her , thinking of Zosie and Zosie 's mother and stepfather who had not bothered to go to the police when their daughter unaccountably vanished . |
| 6 | The magazine is not bound to agree with the opinions expressed . ] |
| 7 | In a civil question between the creditors of a deceased and insolvent certificate-holder and his widow , who , without objection by the creditors , obtained the certificate and thereafter carried on the business without any agreement being made regarding her paying her husband 's debts , or the application of the profits during her tenancy , it was decided that she was not bound to account to the creditors for the profits earned by her under her own certificate : Stewart 's Trs. v. Stewart 's Executrix ( 1896 ) 23 R. 739 . |
| 8 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , I am well aware of the fact that for some years now you have cut yourself off from your past and not deigned to reply to the letters of your friends , or even to return their calls , taking refuge in your answering machine and pretending not to be in when they rang at the bell . |
| 9 | ‘ It is nothing whatever to do with the cameras which are in any case not allowed to pan along the benches . ’ |
| 10 | I was not allowed to speak to the workers … it seems that their trade union membership is not allowed by the management . |
| 11 | She collects samples , takes measurements and no doubt makes the tea : she is not expected to analyse the data she collects , and certainly not required to think about the questions those data might answer . |
| 12 | ‘ Your uncle , as you know , comes in at ten past twelve on the dot and Carrie a few minutes after , that is if she has n't stopped to gaze in the shops . |
| 13 | This market was n't built to deal with the numbers of animals passing through it . |
| 14 | She had n't dared to explore outside the confines of the hotel 's extensive grounds . |
| 15 | Erm and I But there again , if it was a controlled access to the flats , and people was n't allowed to wander through the flats . |
| 16 | CARL Lewis , who bleated because he was n't allowed to run in the Olympics against Linford Christie , has ducked out of the World Cup in Cuba where they would have met for a 100 metres showdown later this month . |
| 17 | But er I used to go I did n't eat with the men you were n't allowed to eat with the men you see , it was only the full men that sat round this table well |