Example sentences of "not [prep] [noun sg] [prep] any [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hirst is not for sale at any price but they just do n't seem to want to accept that . |
| 2 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 3 | Sentences that contain such expressions , and whose truth values therefore depend on certain facts about the context of utterance ( identity of speakers , addressees , indicated objects , places and times , etc. ) , are not of course in any way special or peculiar . |
| 4 | ‘ Look here : that was in broad daylight over a single strand of wire , not under fire from any machine guns , and with no patrolling goon with a gun to meet us on the other side . |
| 5 | But we are not in favour of any policy that squeezes trade unionists out of the Party or of any policy that denies trade unionists a voice in Labour Party democracy . |
| 6 | It was thus a political decision in the strictest sense , but it was taken , not in response to any kind of popular pressure , but in response to a narrowly but powerfully based pressure-group campaign in which those who stood to gain most from it financially , such as the makers of television sets , played a prominent role . |
| 7 | And that created a difference of opinion between certain of our members who were not in receipt of any incentive payment , as opposed to those who could clearly indulge in it and , and , and make a reasonable er er profit out of it . |
| 8 | The warranties require the Vendor to confirm that it is not in breach of any obligations ; that is not something which the Purchaser can confirm . |
| 9 | Before disclosing the agreement the vendor should ensure that he is not in breach of any confidentiality undertakings contained in the agreement and if necessary first obtain the consent of the other parties before disclosing the agreement to the purchaser . |
| 10 | Therefore , he says , she was not in breach of any right vested in the husband , or , indeed , in the court when she removed the child on 3 July 1991 . |
| 11 | ‘ Thank you but I 'm not in need of any assurance . ’ |
| 12 | Any instructions to counsel and any opinion of counsel ( whether or not in connection with any proceedings ) and any advice received , information obtained or action to be taken in connection with — |
| 13 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 14 | A person can not by reference to any contract terms or to a notice given to persons generally or to particular persons exclude or restrict his liability for death or personal injury resulting from negligence . |
| 15 | Where one party enters into a contract as a consumer , or on the other contracting party 's written standard terms of business , so that s3 applies , the Act provides ( in s3(2) ) that " the other " ( ie the non-consumer , or the party on whose written standard terms the contract is made ) can not by reference to any contract term — ( a ) when himself in breach of contract , exclude or restrict any liability of his in respect of such breach ; or ( b ) claim to be entitled — ( i ) to render a contractual performance substantially different from that which was reasonably expected of him , or ( ii ) in respect of the whole or any part of his contractual obligation , to render no performance at all , except in so far as … the contract term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 16 | Section 3(2) provides that a person dealing with a consumer , or contracting on his/her own written standard terms : can not by reference to any contract term — ( a ) when himself in breach of contract , exclude or restrict any liability of his in respect of the breach ; or ( b ) claim to be entitled — ( i ) to render a contractual performance substantially different from that which was reasonably expected of him , or ( ii ) in respect of the whole or any part of his contractual obligation , to render no performance at all , except in so far as … the contract term satisfies the requirement of reasonableness . |
| 17 | Younger LJ said " The appellant is a dangerous rival of the plaintiff … not by reason of any knowledge of the plaintiff 's connection or customers possessed by the appellant , but by reason of his own skill " . |
| 18 | However , if the buyer 's failure to pay amounts to a repudiatory breach of contract ( see paragraph 11–08 above ) , the seller can refuse to make further deliveries , not by virtue of any lien , but because the buyer 's repudiatory breach excuses the seller from further performance of his contractual obligations . |
| 19 | What no one could have bought , what was n't for sale at any price , was Alison 's way with the place . |
| 20 | But it was there when my heart softened on witnessing the courtesy you showed my housekeeper , the smile you had for her ; there when I asked you to dinner with no certainty why I 'd done so , other than that it most assuredly was n't on account of any interview . |