Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [verb] to [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Moreover , the supporters of Morgan add , this should not lead to unmeritorious acquittals , because juries will not allow bogus defences to succeed : in Morgan itself the House of Lords was satisfied that the basis for the defence was so weak that a correctly directed jury would have found the defendants guilty .
2 It was concerned that proposed new arrangements should not lead to undue development in sensitive areas and it favoured a degree of continuing Government control over minimum standards at motorway service areas .
3 Any good weight loss regime should not lead to extreme hunger ; it should be so easy that you can stick with the diet until all the weight is off .
4 The consultant emphasised if she followed his instructions implicitly there was no reason she should not return to full health .
5 In most industries economies of scale usually lead to cost reductions , and within limits , there is no reason why the same principle should not apply to flying training .
6 And the relative autonomy of certain factors within the whole allows the possibility of uneven development ; for example an economic mode of production may run ahead of a legitimating ideology , or a scientific revolution may not lead to technological change .
7 These impairments may or may not lead to functional disability , resulting in a handicap .
8 These may or may not progress to cervical cancer .
9 However , the split-brain findings may not apply to normal subjects , and attempts to compare the relative effects of damage to left and right sides of the brain are notoriously fraught with problems .
10 But this may not apply to other offences .
11 A second study suggests that commercially-important species , including herring , shrimp , mussels , clams and rockfish have all suffered from the oil spill , presenting a " risk that they may not respond to conventional management actions for decades " .
12 Dictionaries of American origin may not conform to English standards and the option should be available within the program to modify the contents .
13 Funding based on age-related pupil numbers may not run to small groups and bespoke programmes for individual pupils .
14 Whatever view is taken of this analysis , and it will be discussed more fully below , it seems to state quite clearly that the determination of sex is a matter for lawyers and courts ; that the law , in other words , must establish methods for determining sex which may or may not correspond to medical opinion .
15 I see no reason why this could not apply to different sizes of swimming pool . ’
16 The Kiltex mill in Dar es salaam closed temporarily due to lack of water and shortage of spare parts , while the Arusha Mill could not operate to full capacity because polyester yarn could not be imported in sufficient quantities .
17 These findings of fact were given remarkably short shrift by Lord Parker C.J. who held that the conduct could not amount to insulting behaviour .
18 It need not lead to high tax increases , nor to the redundancy of crucial workers .
19 This problem , which , where conflicts of interest are involved , becomes one of ideology , need not lead to overt conflict , however , because the groups concerned may be quite unaware of the discrepancy .
20 The attractiveness of this reform though is that it need not add to public expenditure .
21 This need not apply to basic research and design .
22 Accepting such ideas would not lead to absurd consequences .
23 Failure to achieve these standards alone would not lead to disciplinary action but in the event of any complaint being considered under the disciplinary procedure , such failure would be admissible in evidence and taken into account in proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee .
24 Pray that the conflict would not spread to neighbouring countries .
25 President Rafsanjani of Iran announces that he would not object to foreign troops forcing Iraq out of Kuwait .
26 Officials let it be understood that Turkey would not object to Kurdish autonomy in a federal Iraq , but Özal , interviewed on March 29 , said that the Kurdish leaders " were clearly told they should definitely not consider a separate state " .
27 They proposed that committees with delegated powers should have cross-party representation and be open to the press and public , but these provisions would not apply to other committees — including policy and resources committees ( Widdicombe 1986 : 78 — 84 ) .
28 The scheme would apply to works of art , collector 's items and antiquities ; it would not apply to precious metals and stones nor to works supplied by their authors or inheritors , all of which would pay VAT on the full selling price .
29 ( 1 ) Without prejudice to its other powers under this Act , a licensing board may make byelaws for any of the following purposes ( a ) for closing licensed premises wholly or partially on New Year 's Day , and on such other days not being more than four in any one year as the board may think expedient for special reasons ; ( b ) for prohibiting holders of licences from residing in their licensed premises , or for requiring the dwellinghouses of holders of licences to be separate from their licensed premises ; ( c ) for requiring all wines , made-wines and spirits sold by the holder of an off-sale licence to be sold in corked , stoppered or sealed vessels , cans , jars or casks ; ( d ) for requiring every holder of a hotel or public house licence to keep in his licensed premises and to renew from day to day a sufficient supply of drinking water , and such eatables as may be specified in the byelaw , and to display , offer and supply the same as may be required by the byelaw ; ( e ) for printing a list of all applications coming before any meeting of the licensing board , with such other information as may be considered necessary by the board ; ( f ) for the setting out of conditions which may be attached to licences for the improvement of standards of , and conduct in , licensed premises ; ( g ) for the granting of a licence of a type other than that applied for ; Provided that a byelaw made under paragraph ( c ) above shall not apply to licensed premises where no groceries are kept or sold and where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on .
30 A bye-law made under this paragraph shall not apply to licensed premises where a bona fide wholesale business in alcoholic liquor is carried on and no groceries are kept or sold ( see proviso ) .
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