Example sentences of "not stand in the " in BNC.

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1 The shibboleth of the DM3 standard should not stand in the way of entry at a realistic level , which would probably be at around DM2.80 to the pound .
2 The Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson , assured the Commons yesterday that financial considerations would not stand in the way of implementing Sir Anthony Hidden 's 93 recommendations .
3 I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of implementation of the report . ’
4 MR CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , gave an assurance to the Commons yesterday that financial considerations would not stand in the way of implementing recommendations of the Clapham disaster report .
5 But he promised : ‘ I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of the implementation of the report . ’
6 Her position as expressed to me was that if the private sector wanted to use its own money for the tunnel then we should certainly not stand in the way .
7 ( Yet surely a murderer would not stand in the middle of an enormous snow-covered , frost-bitten field in the dark on such a night , just on the off-chance that someone would be silly enough to cross it alone ! )
8 The crop must be cut before it is dead ripe to avoid shedding of grain , and because it does not stand in the sheaf to harden , it usually requires artificial drying .
9 The Government would not stand in the way of a united Ireland provided it could be negotiated by democratic and peaceful means .
10 Provided that this is favourable , we at Barclays believe that for the most part this approach will not stand in the way of efficient securitisation .
11 Manager Joe Kinnear , robbed of the injured John Fashanu , sees Cork as a short-term solution — and Sheffield United 's Dave Bassett would not stand in the way of his great pal .
12 If there exists a word or expression standing in a relation of oppositeness to one occurrence of a word form , which does not stand in the same relation to a second , syntactically identical occurrence of the same word form in a different context , then that word form is ambiguous , and the two occurrences exemplify different senses .
13 If there exists a word which stands in a paronymic relation to one occurrence of a word form , but does not stand in the same relation to a second , syntactically identical occurrence of the same word form in a different context , then that word form is ambiguous , and the two occurrences exemplify different senses .
14 If every occurrence of X stands in the relation R to Y , but there are occurrences of Y which do not stand in the relation R to X , then we shall say that X is a hypo-R of Y , and Y a super-R of X :
15 Suppose it is known that a certain element A stands in a relation R to a second element B. If R is an asymmetric relation , then it necessarily follows that B does not stand in the relation R to A ( the relation of B to A in that case is the converse of R ) .
16 Fifth , subsidiarity will not stand in the way of the Community if the institutions want to claim power — as they will .
17 Similarly , where there are insufficient funds in the scheme to meet the cost of equalisation , the national courts must decide the scheme 's and employer 's respective liability , but national law must not stand in the way of Article 199 .
18 On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections .
19 I look forward to parties where people do not stand in the kitchen .
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