Example sentences of "not [verb] to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must be because I 'm not reacting to the socket like the receptionist would . |
| 2 | There might have been some other more rational explanation , but it was not furnished to the House by the Secretary of State . |
| 3 | Perhaps the Norwich striker had not adjusted to the importance of the occasion , but Norman was able to make a crucial save . |
| 4 | Something that was not form , but was only matter , could not become general in this way and could not answer to the generality of the concepts with which we think . |
| 5 | At the end of March , however , An Taisce , Cork , decided not to object to the granting of planning permission . |
| 6 | 6.3 Superior lease Where the lease is an underlease , the tenant should consider inserting the following landlord 's covenants : To pay the rents reserved by the [ superior Lease ] dated and made between and to observe and perform the covenants agreements and conditions on the part of the tenant contained therein and to enforce the covenants on the part of the Landlord in the said Lease Not to agree to the variation of any of the terms of the [ superior Lease ] without first obtaining the Tenant 's written consent [ such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed ] |
| 7 | However , Brahim Ghali , a member of the Polisario Executive Committee , had stated in an interview given to the Madrid newspaper El País of Oct. 22 , 1990 , that if the Moroccan government decided not to agree to the holding of the referendum , or tried to interfere in the running of it , then the armed struggle would be renewed on all fronts . |
| 8 | Similarly in Newell v. Hicks ( 1983 D.C. ) a false statement offering to supply a free gift with a purchase of goods ( when in fact it was not free ) was held not to fall within section 14 because it was a statement relating to the supply of goods and therefore did not relate to the provision of services or facilities . |
| 9 | Amendments made : No. 62 , in page , 47 line , 43 , at end insert — ( ) The terms and conditions on which the Secretary of State may make any grants under this paragraph may include in particular conditions — ( a ) enabling him to require the repayment , in whole or in part , of sums paid by him if any other condition subject to which the sums were paid is not complied with ; and ( b ) requiring the payment of interest in respect of any period during which a sum due to him in accordance with any other condition remains unpaid , but shall not relate to the application by the college council to which the grant is made of any sums derived otherwise than from the Secretary of State . ' . |
| 10 | Curiously enough , the problem does not relate to the quality of the pilot 's eyesight . |
| 11 | He argued that in some markets the lumpy nature of demand made it essential that contracts be shared out , to ensure that the competitors were not exposed to the risk of alternating ‘ feast and famine ’ in their order books . |
| 12 | Local government , as the Bains Report commented , was ‘ not limited to the provision of services . |
| 13 | But a Prime Minister 's power of appointment is not limited to the selection of ministers ; equally important is the allocation to Particular posts . |
| 14 | The planning which made Charlemagne such a successful campaigner was not limited to the organisation of the army 's stomach ; he employed extensive advance information , usually gathered and considered in the year before each campaign . |
| 15 | Their task was not limited to the granting of coats of arms ; they had to be experts in recognising such armorials to identify both the dead and those who performed noble ( and base ) deeds in war . |
| 16 | But Mrs Castle 's dogmatism was not limited to the abolition of pay beds . |
| 17 | 17.3 Written language serves many purposes both for individuals and for society as a whole , and is not limited to the communication of information . |
| 18 | However , SFX are not limited to the work of those designated in the credits or cited in the Academy Awards as visual effects or sound effects specialists ; they can also be the task of the make-up artist , the stuntman/woman , even the costumier . |
| 19 | The underlying desire , which it disguises but feeds on , is ‘ for a new for a breaking down of environmental barriers , for an aesthetic which is not limited to the sphere of the ‘ artistic ’ ’ ( ibid : 36–7 ) . |
| 20 | The court 's inability to determine those matters is not limited to the period pending the visitor 's determination but extends so as to prohibit any subsequent review by the court of the correctness of a decision made by the visitor acting within his jurisdiction and in accordance with the rules of natural justice . |
| 21 | Research and study problems are not limited to the area of crime and criminals . |
| 22 | Parliament , of course , is not limited to the enactment of laws where there is a prior obligation on the subjects to behave in the required way . |
| 23 | At the same time , there is evidence that the government 's interest in the school curriculum was not limited to the institution of a national framework . |
| 24 | Although glamorous , the interiors do not attain to the splendour of the famous German Embassy in Paris , but contain some outstanding ( and intriguing ) works of art . |
| 25 | For there is a formula which generates the ‘ deviant ’ continuation from the same early stages ; since both series start in the same way , we can not appeal to the way in which one starts in order to justify our preference for its way of going on . |
| 26 | The four-fold hike in oil prices in 1973 would have devastated the world economy had inflation not come to the rescue of western consumers by reducing the real burden of dearer oil . |
| 27 | I can say positively that the contents of the letter have not come to the notice of the British . |
| 28 | The statement made by the timber firm to the dock company had not come to the attention of the innocent purchaser ; it therefore could not have misled him . |
| 29 | Your husband or wife must not object to the divorce for any reason . |
| 30 | While in normal circumstances , German players may not object to the sight of nubile South American beauties parading in striking bikinis which left little to the imagination , they can be a bit off-putting when they leap up and down , attracting attention to themselves just when you are about to serve . |