Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of this was given in Chapter 4 , concerning female users with children who did not seek help from their GP because they assumed a direct link between the GP and social services . |
| 2 | It was further argued that Australian citizens , like British citizens , can not bring claims against their government for violation of Australia 's international obligations . |
| 3 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 4 | These are calculated for our sample of 1608 men who were unemployed longer than 28 days and did not give retirement as their reason for their pre-cohort entry job . |
| 5 | Perhaps this is why straight lines do not suggest movement along their length as effectively as slightly curved ones . |
| 6 | The lesson is that we should not judge people by their reputation , without knowing a great deal more about them . |
| 7 | It is not good practice simply to leave the cable poking out of the wall , and many wall light fittings will not have space in their backing plate to make the connections . |
| 8 | Yet the last in the little series of stories about the ark would have recalled to their minds the story of chapter 4 , and would have reminded them that though they were irrevocably , for better for worse , for richer for poorer , the people of God , they did not have God in their pocket , and could never keep him there . |
| 9 | In general , big cities in Japan do not have museums in their town centres which is why exhibitions in department stores are considered indispensable for presenting Japanese culture , as well as that of other countries . |
| 10 | We shall begin our investigation of how causative verbs interact with the infinitive in English by looking at the contrast between make and cause because , although these two verbs seem quite similar in meaning , they are not followed by the same form of the infinitive : ( 134 ) While most enzymes can not make a reaction occur that would not take place in their absence , they speed up reactions so that they occur at the temperatures and other conditions which prevail within living organisms . |
| 11 | In order to allow EC member states to agree how triangulation supplies should be separately identified on EC sales listings , businesses using the simplification option need not disclose details of their triangulation supplies during the quarter ending 31 March 1993 until they complete the statement for the quarter ending 30 June 1993 . |
| 12 | Companies do not pay tax on their FII since it represents dividends paid out of profits that have already been taxed in the corporate sector ( s 208 ) . |
| 13 | Again , the medical profession will argue that an individual without medical expertise can not pass judgement on their performance . |
| 14 | There is some evidence that solicitors also provide a form of gratuitous legal advice by waiving their charges in respect of a short initial consultation which does not require action on their part or a further interview . |
| 15 | It is for broadcasting authorities to determine what constitutes the appropriate degree of impartiality , and they must not lose sight of their obligation not to include in their programmes matter which is likely to encourage or incite crime or be offensive to public feeling . |
| 16 | They were concerned that the boys should not lose touch with their language and culture . |
| 17 | Supervisors are concerned that banks should balance their assets and liabilities in each currency in such a way that their ‘ exposure ’ ( to risk of loss on the foreign exchange market ) should not exceed 10% of their capital base . |
| 18 | A voluntary system has been ruled unworkable by the industry because individual farmers would not accept limits on their production if other farmers , or countries , were benefiting by breaking the arrangement . |
| 19 | They judge said that , if landowners do n't want trespassers on their land , they should erect fences and ‘ no trespass ’ signs to keep them out . |
| 20 | From what he told me I know for a fact the IRA did n't use Mick during their bombing campaign in England at the beginning of the war . ’ |
| 21 | The others looked at me oddly ; they did n't have bulimics in their group — that was a different matter . |
| 22 | ‘ I know loads o' blokes who ca n't get work through their war wounds . |