Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun sg] do [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principles in relation to the taxation of costs after a trial do not prevent the parties reaching their own agreement about costs where a settlement is effected before trial . |
| 2 | The owner of a firearm is none the less owner because the law prohibits him from discharging it in a public highway ; the owner of a field does not cease to be owner because the public or a neighbour has the right to use a footpath across it . |
| 3 | Today , however , the size of a speaker does not dictate its efficiency and it is possible to use relatively small output units to good effect . |
| 4 | Not surprisingly this depiction of the humdrum life of a clerk did not capture the headlines in the fashion of The Big Parade but with The Crowd Vidor again forced the educated classes to take note of Hollywood . |
| 5 | In Genentech Inc. " s Patent [ 1989 ] , it was held , inter alia , in the Court of Appeal that a patent which claimed the practical application of a discovery did not relate to the discovery as such and was not excluded by section 1(2) of the Patents Act 1977 even if the practical application might be obvious once the discovery had been made . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) In paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule references to the beneficial owner of a share do not include a person in whose name that share is registered and who beneficially owns that share . |
| 7 | ( 3 ) In paragraphs ( 4 ) and ( 5 ) of this Rule references to the beneficial owner of a share do not include a person in whose name that share is registered and who beneficially owns that share . |
| 8 | One of the main reasons for the popularity of withdrawal , especially prior to World War I , was its cheapness ; sheaths cost an average of 2/ to 3/ a dozen , during a period when the average weekly wage of a labourer did not rise above 20/ a week . |
| 9 | ( 1978 ) have pointed out , in its strong form , the clausal hypothesis is that interpretation of a clause does not begin until the last word in the clause has been heard or read . |
| 10 | Closure of a pub does not help them to comply with the orders in any way . |
| 11 | Equally , the presence of a pronoun does not prove a relationship . |
| 12 | Therefore the usual periods of calm and quiet in the routine of a building do not exist , for example , outside normal office hours , over the weekend and during the annual holidays . |
| 13 | Wittgenstein pointed out that no account is satisfactory that assumes that a human somehow surveys the alternatives and chooses one : ‘ It is as if I should say that the application of a word does not pass in one moment in front of my eye ’ ( 1964 : 15 ) . |
| 14 | Lerner 's paper points out that quit often ( very often , in some contexts and with some people ) the end of a turn does not coincide with the end of a sentence . |
| 15 | Another common error involving the match between subject and verb involves unrelated ( or so-called " dangling " ) participles , which occur when a participle used at the beginning of a sentence does not match with the grammatical subject of the sentence . |
| 16 | Mikhail Holovich became Michael Holly , but the change of a name does not discard nationality . |
| 17 | While the existence of a counterclaim does not support a mortgagor 's contention that he would be able to pay within a reasonable time : Citibank Trust Ltd v Ayivor ( 1987 ) 3 All ER 241 , if the counterclaim is directed to the validity of the mortgage deed , that is a different matter , see Barclays Bank v Waterson ( 1988 ) 1989 CLY 2505 . |
| 18 | Even hooking and losing fish in the middle of a shoal does not put them off when they are feeding ravenously . |
| 19 | Another point to be noted in this connexion is that if the dynamic range of a passage does not exceed mf , the balance , upset by the division of one or more departments of the strings , can be restored by means of suitable expression-marks . |
| 20 | Actually how you feel about SO&sub2 ; [ sulphur-dioxide ] coming out of a bottle does n't come into it , you know . |
| 21 | I believe the effectiveness of a work does not rely upon whether or not it is a commission . |
| 22 | Similarly , the identity of a person does not depend on the continuity of an immaterial substance , a mind or soul . |
| 23 | Highly career-motivated middle-class people fill silences with socially acceptable noises ; people at the base of a hierarchy do not appear to need all this noise . |
| 24 | According to the principle of organic unities , the value of a whole does not have to be the same as the sum of the values of its parts . |
| 25 | ‘ A ceremony in front of a vicar does n't make a marriage . |
| 26 | For instance , in the commercial applications , the articles of association of a company do not specify a procedure , but merely say that the auditors are to certify the value of the shares ( see Chapter 3 ) : the same brevity is encountered in the share option ( 5.2 ) and convertible preference share examples ( 5.6 ) . |
| 27 | If your idea of a holiday does n't include lots of walking , Grindelwald has plenty of shops to browse around , as well as numerous cafes , restaurants and bars for that relaxing afternoon coffees and cake . |
| 28 | Much as their fans loved them for all their quirks , the aesthetics and comfort of a ground did not cross the mind of many football directors . |
| 29 | The small role of fixed information appears consistent with the general finding that previous knowledge of a junction does not affect recognition performance . |
| 30 | The age and sex profile of a practice does not explain interpractice variation in prescribing patterns . |