Example sentences of "not [art] [noun] [vb pp] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In contrast , an unavoidable cost is one that is going to be incurred whether or not the decision related to a particular opportunity is accepted or rejected . |
| 2 | For situations when all other attempts to suggest a word have failed , it would be preferable to provide a string of characters which is in some way a best guess , even if that string is not a word known to the lexicon . |
| 3 | Not a man gone to the English harvest , because the Board of Works had promised work in Ireland . ’ |
| 4 | Clearly , a sum paid to the settlor to discharge a liability of his to the bank would come within this section ( see IRC v Bates ( 1966 ) 44 TC 225 : the case of Potts ' Executors v IRC [ 1951 ] AC 43 held that a payment to a third party was not a sum paid to the settlor but that case is no longer good law in view of TA 1988 , s677(10) which was inserted into the former TA 1970 , s451 ( now TA 1988 , s677 ) by s42(7) of FA 1981 ) . |
| 5 | ‘ Travelling light ’ was clearly not a phrase known to the pampered passengers aboard the magnificent Queens of the seas . |
| 6 | Am I being told that the law of England is so deficient that , if one assaults a person by driving a car at them to the danger of that person 's life or property — whether or not one damages either — that is not a crime known to the common law of England , and would it not attract the most condign penalties ? |