Example sentences of "[not/n't] give a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are selected in the same way as other recruits but not given a contract of employment . |
| 2 | However , the ANC expressed grave concern that the government had not given a timetable beyond step two of their plan . |
| 3 | Such a person is not given a right of appeal to the Appeal Tribunal . |
| 4 | According to this source , and obviously excluding those firms who did not give a year of formation , only fifteen firms were established in the 1960s . |
| 5 | Does my hon. Friend agree that the very people of whom Labour Members complain , saying that they do not give a service in Government Departments , almost always belong to unions who support the Labour party ? |
| 6 | Is not the simple truth that the Government do not give a damn about law and order and do not care about the safety of people in their homes and on the streets ? |
| 7 | The first aim of this chapter , however , is not to give an account of cognitio and its development . |
| 8 | I think their nonchalance about not caring or not giving a damn about record sales is just not true . |
| 9 | Lautro 's Rules have now been amended but when the intervention notice was served on 31 October 1990 , they were defective in not giving a right of appeal to a person or body in the position of W. Plc. , and in not giving such a person the right to have the decision to serve the notice rescinded . |
| 10 | They are becoming a lot more common , yes when you look in the report and accounts there are far , far more of these deferred pensioners there than er than ever used to exist and it 's something which I must admit we have n't given a lot of thought to yet , but it 's something because it 's growing that we will have to address erm in our federation , we will have to address that problem . |
| 11 | And Letterworth had said that the deal was bogging down in that bloody stupid Olympic fracas and the Afghan mess , and that he did n't give a shit for politics , only for selling engines . |
| 12 | The fellow said he did n't give a fig about life so why should he fear death ? |
| 13 | You do n't give a toss about culture . |
| 14 | Biological functions do n't give a damn about nationality ; your arm works without knowing if it 's French or American . |
| 15 | She does n't give a damn about politics — never has . ’ |
| 16 | While I ca n't give a cause of death at this stage , I can say the dead man had suffered a number of lacerations about his face and body and a stab wound to his side . |
| 17 | Please do n't give a pet for Christmas . |
| 18 | I think that 's the problem with degrees , they 're all very specialized , and they do n't give a lot of scope for broad sort of study . |
| 19 | If that power was sufficient , the holy spirit , if that power was sufficient to raise Christ from the dead , you not think he 's able to exert that power in your life and in my life to make us live lives that are pleasing to God , of course it is so we do n't do it ourselves , just let me in closing mention one other thing , this relationship we have needs to be maintained , you know for any relationship to grow , one needs to spend time with the other person , I do n't give a lot of credence to the saying that absence makes the heart grow fonder , it does with somebody else , it 's true , it does not make it grow fonder of that person the person is you know who you , you heard this story so often , like particularly like going back during the last war , folk who were separated sometimes for , for , not just for months but for several years , there they were in concentration camps perhaps , in prisoner of war camps , separated for years , they come back home they 've got to get to know each other all over again you see that a relationship on a human level as well as in our relationship with God is dependent on , on association , it 's dependent on companionship , it 's dependent on spending time with the other person and in our relationship with Christ this is achieved by , by prayer , by knowing and understanding God 's word , by having fellowship with other Christians and fellowship with other Christians is not just meeting them and passing the time of day with them , oh that 's fellowship but it 's far more than that is required , there 's the fellowship in worship , we worship together , of course I can worship God at home of course I can do it , so can you do it and we , we should do it , but there 's that re , there 's that need , that requirement as God 's people we come together to worship him in a corporate act , in the sacraments , in , as we mentioned in , in earlier on in taking the bread and the wine and remembering the lords death , there 's a sense in which I can do it by myself |
| 20 | ‘ Even Liverpool have started doing it — and if they have , it does n't give a lot of hope to the rest of us . |
| 21 | I I 'm happy to serve as long as it is n't you know , I mean I I ca n't give a lot of time because er my time 's so committed . |