Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Government are sincere about the Bill , they should not hesitate to give assurances to the House and the country that the money will be found to ensure that a link will be provided and that services will be available to the communities in the regions , and particularly the north , from the channel tunnel . |
| 2 | Depending on the circumstances and the provisions of the partnership agreement : ( 1 ) he may be justified in treating the service of an invalid expulsion notice as an event which in turn gives him the right to serve a similar notice ; or ( 2 ) he may ( not unreasonably ) be able to contend that the service of an invalid notice is such breach of good faith as to justify his seeking a dissolution of the firm ; or ( 3 ) he may be tempted to sue for damages , though these would be particularly difficult to quantify and it does not seem that the service of an invalid notice would be held to amount to a repudiatory breach of the partnership agreementsee Woodar Investment Development Ltd v Wimpey Construction UK Ltd [ 1980 ] 1 WLR 277. ( e ) Waiver of the right to expel Once circumstances exist which might justify the exercise of a power to expel , the partners should not delay bringing matters to a head . |
| 3 | He found that although in theory , workovers should not have caused changes to the wells ' productivity , productivity had been reduced — by up to 40 per cent in some cases . |
| 4 | Salutations 0 Mighty Apollo ! glad your music tour went down well , playing the fiddle standing on your head while drinking a glass of water is very clever , none but a Nero could do it , but you really should not have set fire to the auditorium as an encore . |
| 5 | ‘ But did it not occur to that massive conceit of yours that I might not want to make love to you ? ’ |
| 6 | He might not wish to reveal names to the police but he would have to . |
| 7 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 8 | Thus there must have been initial configurations that would not have given rise to a universe like the one we see today . |
| 9 | Had we followed the advice of our so-called revolutionary counsellors , this substantial move toward a political revolution would not have taken place to anything like the extent shown by the figures . |
| 10 | Anthony said no work and no court for at least another week , ’ said Comfort , relieved that she would not have to accompany Julia to anything so dull . |
| 11 | Perhaps the most controversial question concerning English intonation is what its function is ; pedagogically speaking , this is a very important question , since one would not wish to devote time to teaching something without knowing what its value was likely to be . |
| 12 | The episode was better forgotten , he thought ; he would not risk exposing Grégoire to Louise 's unkindness again . |
| 13 | ( c ) The defence of ex turpi causa would not apply having regard to the changing public opinion of suicide . |
| 14 | At the same time , the purchaser will not wish to return cash to the vendor that he has not yet collected from debtors , nor will the purchaser be willing to use its own funds to satisfy creditors on behalf of the vendor . |
| 15 | A rapid review such as this of theories of knowledge and the curriculum can not hope to do justice to the various concepts and models , and risks inducing a kind of conceptual vertigo . |
| 16 | If he is vague about the meaning of Christ 's death and resurrection , he can not hope to introduce others to Jesus as their Saviour . |
| 17 | I can not afford to send donations to every appeal that comes through my letterbox , but I can walk for miles in glorious locations and sit for hours enjoying the birds in my garden . |