Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The several carnivores , such as the badger and the skunk , which are noticeably sluggish for their size , are species which either do not need speed for capturing prey or have alternative means of self-defence .
2 " Policemen , " once wrote the author Michael Gilbert , whose police procedurals you would do well to read as well as his other crime stories , " did not catch murderers by taking thought .
3 Article 10 does not prevent States from licensing radio , television or the cinema .
4 But of itself this does not provide grounds for rejecting Marxism , since its chief theoretical claim is precisely to explain power-relations and forms of conflict such as those denoted by the terms ‘ nation ’ , ‘ gender ’ and ‘ race ’ in terms of the forces and relations of production .
5 Although they accept most of the reasoning behind the accelerationist hypothesis , these writers do not follow Friedman in identifying NAIRU with a condition of overall balance in the labour market .
6 Despite these developments , charitable subscriptions supplemented by local appeals could not keep pace with rising demand and increasingly expensive treatments .
7 It was stated that authorities on the Japanese constitution did not see difficulty in fitting security provisions into a treaty or placing it in a discrete American-Japanese treaty .
8 Treaty ban will not stop America from making nerve gas
9 The existence of the hardship fund make absolutely sure that economic considerations need not deter pupils from attending college or sixth form
10 While one can not produce rules for having advertising ideas , some guidelines for , as it were , the physical construction of advertisements can be proposed — if only to be ignored .
11 Morgenthau could not rest content with defining power in a way consistent with the rest of his theory , because the theory needed anchoring by means of an objective definition of its key concepts .
12 This does not preclude employers from offering help with lunch or travel costs to young people , although this should be negotiated through the school or education authority .
13 It will still not preclude farmers from designing development plans but these will have to take full account of conservation requirements and implications under other Articles of the proposed Regulation .
14 ( 2 ) The loans must be to defray expenditure incurred in acquiring ordinary share capital of a close company complying with s13A(2) as described above , or in lending to such a close company where the money loaned is used wholly and exclusively for the purpose of its business or the business of any of its associated companies provided the latter are also close companies satisfying the conditions of s13A(2). ( 3 ) When interest is paid on the manager 's loan , Newco must continue to comply with s13A(2) — this means it must continue to satisfy the relevant purpose test rather than that it should continue to remain a close company ; in the case of a purchase of shares in Target , the reason why Newco should be close after the institutions commit to invest is to ensure that institutions and management can invest at the same time and that , at that time , Newco is both close and satisfies the relevant purpose test , ie already controls Target ; management can not commit Newco to acquiring Target until the institutions have committed to funding Newco , and once they have so committed the institutions are likely to control Newco under s416 , so a structure is needed whereby management also controls Newco at this point .
15 he would not commit conversion by making jam of strawberries if that were the only mode of preserving them .
16 In fact , I can not drink champagne without having food with it — Lanson Black Label is my preferred ‘ standard ’ accompaniment .
17 Unlike the investment trust , the unit trust can not raise capital by selling debt , its capital rises ( falls ) with the sale ( redemption ) of units to the public .
18 If you or any of those named in your booking have the misadventure to suffer illness , personal injury or death during your holiday arising out of an activity which does not form part of our foreign inclusive holiday arrangement with you or any excursion offered through us we will offer where appropriate and within our reasonable discretion : ( i ) our general assistance ; ( ii ) the payment of initial legal costs where with our prior agreement you or any of those named in your booking take legal action provided such assistance is requested within 90 days from the date of the misadventure : provided that the total aggregate spending under ( i ) and ( ii ) above shall not exceed £5,000 per booking form .
19 They suggest that relatively junior and often youthful staff do not shirk opportunities for taking responsibility when the opportunity is there and they , in fact , associate responsibility and autonomy with a high degree of job satisfaction .
20 Choose your ornaments carefully , making sure you do n't mix cultures by placing Renaissance fountain ornaments next to Japanese stone lanterns .
21 While teachers are underpaid , schools are crying out for repair and children for books , Ministers ' standard answer is to say , ’ You ca n't solve problems by throwing money at them . ’
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