Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should not lead to a restricted curriculum , and its use was set in the context of a range of other methods which ‘ use pupils ’ own talk , interests and writing as the starting point for further work' ( NCC 1989a : 33 ) . |
| 2 | In his electoral speeches , Boris Yeltsin had emphasised that the president of Russia should not belong to a political party . |
| 3 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 4 | A degree in your fifties , sixties and seventies may not lead to a new career , but it will certainly result in a growing confidence and greater fulfilment . |
| 5 | You may not react to a casual slight about colonial manners , but I do . |
| 6 | The no-tax situation is not a first-best benchmark , since it may not correspond to a desired intertemporal distribution — and this may provide grounds for government intervention . |
| 7 | Here , each individual act or continuing infraction may not amount to a significant harm of itself . |
| 8 | Stamp J held in the High Court that Part XV could not impute to a foreign resident for the purposes of the income tax legislation income which would not be taxable in his hands under the UK income tax legislation . |
| 9 | Thus although possibly it may amount to a transfer of value it could not amount to a chargeable transfer and it is only upon chargeable transfers that inheritance tax is payable . |
| 10 | Detinue , with its procedural disadvantages , wilted considerably under this treatment though it retained a place in the law because inability to redeliver as a result of loss or destruction of the goods could not amount to a positive denial of title for the purposes of conversion . |
| 11 | On the basis of this analysis , most of the fifty linguists who participated in the debate could not subscribe to a straightforward conception of linguistic equality . |
| 12 | THE IBM TRAGEDY : IT COULD N'T HAPPEN TO A NICER COMPANY |
| 13 | ‘ Could n't happen to a nicer guy ! ’ |
| 14 | Tomlinson in his commentary argues that this notion need not lead to a simplistic ‘ small is beautiful ’ position . |
| 15 | The combination of Germany 's loose asylum laws with 80 million Turks as citizens of the Union need not lead to a rigid common policy on immigration and residence ; it might instead lead to a flexible approach to these issues , allowing Member States to adopt policies in accordance with their own national needs . |
| 16 | As my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover said , the answer does not lie in a permanent military force in Yugoslavia , because that would not lead to a political resolution of the problem — as is the case in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either . |
| 18 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
| 19 | When they are authorised , whether generally or in relation to a particular allotment , the company may resolve by special resolution that section 89(1) shall not apply to a specified allotment under that authority or shall apply with such modifications as are specified in the resolution . |
| 20 | For example , it may not want the same sweets as , as the little kid , you know little kids like little kids ' sweets , and grown up kids like more grown up sweets , they may like bubble-gum and things you would n't give to a little baby . |
| 21 | I would n't go to a neighbouring track to watch . |
| 22 | You would n't go to anyone else , because banks are where you go for finance , and you would n't go to a shady one , because that 's not sound business practice . ’ |
| 23 | I also would n't switch to a serial mouse until you have checked that the driver is up-to-date . |
| 24 | Erm , we would n't want the policy to progress so far erm as to get to the stage of looking for a specific site and for us to pull the rug underneath the County , and for other authorities to pull the rug from underneath the County at that stage , erm to answer to Mr Heselton 's specific question , of course we would n't object to a new settlement er in Selby , but erm it does n't erm it does n't detract from our objection to erm the principle of the policy , the way the policy 's expressed . |
| 25 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
| 26 | A sign of our having grown up is not just that we would n't listen to a Top Twenty single even if by any chance we could , but that we organize life so that we will never have to listen , by chance , to a Top Twenty single . |
| 27 | You ca n't go to a Catholic church here . |
| 28 | Then get a good tan ( if you ca n't get to a sunbed try rubbing yourself with brown boot polish ) . |
| 29 | It will only serve to annoy the claimants ' advisers and will not lead to a conducive climate for ultimate settlement . |
| 30 | He promises me privatisation will not lead to a smaller railway and if subsidies are needed , he 'll pay them . |