Example sentences of "to which [pers pn] [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was nothing mysterious about the process by which a small but significant segment of the intelligentsia came to espouse the cause of a class to which they did not belong . |
| 2 | One solicitor , who did not want to be named , said the new rules were introduced to ensure public accountability for legal aid fees , to which they did not object . |
| 3 | My hon. Friend gives an admirable description of the so-called fair rates proposals of the Labour party , to which we do not intend to return . |
| 4 | There are some languages that require interpreters to which we do not have ready access , though we always make every effort to ensure that we find an interpreter who speaks the applicant 's language or at least one in which he or she is comfortable . |
| 5 | What we have now is much more than a game : an exciting story to which we do not know the end ; and a visual image which will lead us to an exciting starting point for a drama , an image which we know has engaged the children . |
| 6 | You were late getting in your order for the film ( though you swear the office forgot to send it on ) so on the appointed day , when it is n't there , you have to cobble something else together — and then show the film , when it arrives four weeks later , in the middle of a block of work to which it does not relate . |
| 7 | As early as 1913 , when the British Medical Research Committee ( later Council ) was established ( see Chapter 4 ) , cancer was the major topic to which it did not direct attention , because a charitable find , the Imperial Cancer Research Fund , was already making substantial provision . |
| 8 | The disturbing thing about this letter to Arthur Greeves is the extent to which he does not see that the remedy proposed sounds all too like the disorder he wishes to eliminate . |
| 9 | To put Saussure 's point in a different way , we can take as an illustration an area of language to which he did not pay particular attention , but which subsequent theorists have considered significant : that of colour terminology . |
| 10 | T. Behrens gives the impression that he has more to say about himself than the progress of this mad love — to which he did not stand all that close at the time , brother as he was — has allowed him to come up with . |
| 11 | When does the right hon. Gentleman expect the next tranche of type 23 orders , to which he did not refer in his statement , to be in the pipeline and when can we expect the next round of tendering to start for those ? |
| 12 | During his opening speech , I asked the Secretary of State a question to which he did not give a full or satisfactory answer — why had not the Government sought to introduce those measures before they privatised monopolies , rather than wait until the customers had suffered the consequences of several years of high prices and not necessarily improved services ? |
| 13 | Nor had he wished to descend to the level of bureaucracy : he had hoped to succeed as a violinist , but lack of money ( and perhaps some want of talent , to which he did not admit ) had stood in his way . |
| 14 | Mr Carr discovered that these should be distributed every Christmas , and wrote letters , to which he did not receive an answer . |
| 15 | Anyway , granny did n't survive the war — her heart gave out one night and there was a big family funeral to which I did not go , having conveniently arranged to be on duty that day . |
| 16 | That was accepting that the scheme , to which I did not think that reference had been made , might have been applied . |
| 17 | But not far away stand other hills to which I do not lift my eyes . |
| 18 | My schooldays are the one period of my life to which I do not care to refer and were anything but happy . |
| 19 | Linguistics is regarded as an ‘ autonomous ’ discipline in the mainstream tradition , a notion to which I do not subscribe . |
| 20 | It is against this background that the local authority rightly decided that , if it were lawful , it might well become necessary to give W. medical treatment to which she did not consent . |
| 21 | It was a question Marian had been expecting and which she had been asking herself but to which she did not know the answer . |