Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , local authorities should not refuse permission for development by small businesses on the grounds that established businesses would be adversely affected : ‘ planning control is not intended to enable local planning authorities to intervene in the normal operation of market forces ’ . |
| 2 | John , whose Gospel scheme does not include , except by implication , the story of what the church , equipped with the Holy Spirit , achieved , and therefore could not make room for Pentecost ( as Luke does at the outset of his second volume ) , nevertheless makes the same point with considerable clarity In the first chapter of his Gospel he stresses that the Spirit rests exclusively upon Jesus , the fulfilment of the messianic hopes of the Old Testament for the bearer of the Spirit . |
| 3 | Although many boatmen 's wives acted as crew they were not recognised as such and could not get compensation for injury or sick pay . |
| 4 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 5 | Nature was blooming and burgeoning , but poor Karen could n't get gravid for love or money . |
| 6 | A minute or two later Pat said he could n't keep height for lack of power and we would have to ditch . |
| 7 | In addition , from a purely practical point of view it would not make sense for judgment creditors to be afforded preferential treatment in insolvencies . |
| 8 | Copts would not give money for use against Copts . |
| 9 | No one thought the speaker should have added that they would not hew wood for Lord Salisbury ; the divisions within the Council which would become so painfully evident over the Boer War were between Gladstonian Liberals and Liberal Imperialists , with the odd Liberal Unionist added for decoration , not between Liberals and Conservatives . |
| 10 | They would not escape tax for October 1985 to April 1986 at all ; the special rules meant double taxation . |
| 11 | He would n't dare scream for help if I robbed him . |
| 12 | Emmie said , ‘ I ca n't ask Dad for money for a vet . |
| 13 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note . |
| 14 | Even now I 'll go back and I ca n't play note for note what I played then ; I can get the general feel of it but I can never go back and hit it note for note |
| 15 | I ca n't say touch for touch how we became lovers because , really , we had been ever since he came into the room and found me still there , waiting and pretending . |
| 16 | Personal property is the responsibility of the individual and the University will not accept responsibility for items lost or stolen . |
| 17 | ‘ I 'm only spoiling you like this , ’ lied my mother , ‘ because when you 've got a home of your own you wo n't have time for breakfast in bed . ’ |
| 18 | The Act also stipulates that a manufacturer 's guarantee can not exclude liability for damage caused or loss suffered as a result of the manufacturer 's negligence . |
| 19 | To summarise the exposition so far , a fiduciary can not exclude liability for fraud , deliberate breach of duty and possibly gross negligence . |
| 20 | The occupier can not exclude liability for death or personal injuries caused by negligence ( s. 2(1) ) . |
| 21 | The examiner can not give credit for irrelevancy , because that would be unfair to others who have answered only the question that they were asked . |
| 22 | The moral of these cases is that journalists can not avoid liability for defamation merely by avoiding the naming of names . |
| 23 | I refer to your letter dated 6 July 1993 and would advise that after consideration , I have decided that I can not grant permission for day release . |
| 24 | ALL THE INFORMATION IN EATING AND DRINKING IN EDINBURGH IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE BUT THE PUBLISHERS CAN NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR ERRORS OR CHANGES WHICH MAY TAKE PLACE AFTER GOING TO PRESS . |
| 25 | For instance , the manual states that ‘ BR can not accept responsibility for inaccuracies or errors contained in the program . ’ |
| 26 | As the School can not accept responsibility for loss , parents are advised to have the appropriate insurance . |
| 27 | As Lord Devlin has explained : " … you can not escape liability for defamation by putting the libel behind a prefix such as " I have been told that … " " or " it is rumoured that … " " , and then asserting that it was true that you had been told or that it was in fact being rumoured … |
| 28 | He has been careful to confine his biggest tax penalties to those ‘ trapped ’ salaried employees who can not substitute leisure for work , while giving the self-employed special dispensation from higher National Insurance contributions . |
| 29 | The people of the neighbourhood dared not indict these malefactors before the Justices of the Forest , ‘ because of their power and malice , and the poor of those parts can not obtain justice for injustice inflicted upon them unless they first make ransom to the same evil-doers ’ . |