Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 3.11 When there is some particular feature in a case which aggravates the degree of suffering it need not arise from the plaintiff 's concern about himself .
2 I could eat alone or the young son and his friends could join me , but I could not eat in the Sheikh 's great majlis with the other men of the household .
3 In Al Ain I could not eat in the men 's majlis .
4 His Honour Judge Morrell did not rule on the bank 's main contention , which was that since a guarantee card guarantees cheques and a forged cheque is not in fact a cheque , the card is of no significance at all in a transaction if the signature on the cheque is forged , though this is obviously an alternative approach .
5 I have noticed the growing practice on Prime Minister 's questions and on questions to other Ministers of Members on both sides of the House , but primarily Opposition Members , asking personal questions which do not relate to the Minister 's responsibility .
6 Be quite sure the symptoms are new changes and do not relate to the patient 's normal state of health .
7 She did not consult with the children 's family doctors , or their class teachers at school .
8 These examples suggest that de-centralisation in itself will not substitute for the market 's rewards and penalties , or for genuine consumer sovereignty .
9 The negative claim insists that a judge may not appeal to the law 's warrant for his decision when he can not show that conventions force him to do what he does , because the ideal is corrupted by any suggestion that past political decisions can yield rights and duties other than those dictated by convention .
10 This support , however , did not fall into the president 's lap ; David Stockman regarded both Republicans and conservative Democrats as very suspect allies , unreliable when it came to budget cuts and with little stomach for serious tax reduction .
11 Proposals might be made for action at European Community level which do not fall within the Community 's exclusive competence and which certain Member States regard as undesirable or unnecessary .
12 Third , subsidiarity applies only to those areas which ‘ do not fall within the Community 's exclusive competence ’ , so it can not apply to vast areas of law , such as all internal-market measures and probably most of the existing social provisions which apply to the work-place .
13 9.10 Where an award is made by the Board , any period of absence resulting from the injury suffered will not be treated as sickness allowance and will not count against the employee 's entitlement to sickness allowance ; instead , any absence will be treated as special leave with pay .
14 He slid his rifle through the thick grass , then pushed his tricorne hat back so that its peak would not catch on the weapon 's doghead .
15 In July of the same year John Gayner and many others resisted arrest at Lydney , killed a number of the king 's servants and those of the warden of the forest , and chased the others ‘ as far as the forest and would not surrender to the King 's peace ’ .
16 But the two companies did not know of the other 's needs until they were brought together by Darlington Business Link .
17 In Dawson it was held that a reasonable person robbing a petrol station would not know of the attendant 's bad heart .
18 Agreement between ( the Insurers ) and ( the Society ) in relation to policies of insurance issued by the Insurers in the joint names of the Society and any of its borrowers on properties mortgaged to the Society and for which the Society does not act as the Insurers ' agent for the collection of premiums .
19 Some sonnets contain no pronouns at all ; others do not refer to the poet 's relationship with either party , But the absence of pronouns is not in itself proof of the absence of a relationship .
20 Part success — some learning outcomes achieved , the module does not appear on the candidate 's RET but details of outcomes achieved are issued ;
21 A Darlington teenager who is accused of seven different criminal offences did not appear before the town 's juvenile court yesterday .
22 On contacting the 359th Fighter Group Association , we were surprised to find that 42–106929 did not appear in the Group 's official history , which listed Lt Ferris 's crash , but not his aircraft .
23 Labour 's traditional commitment to restoring full employment was dropped during a policy review after the last general election as an impractical hostage to fortune and does not appear in the party 's manifesto .
24 ‘ Valley ’ alone is a rather anonymous name and does not capitalise on the hotel 's location .
25 According to the STV 's advocates votes are wasted if they do not contribute to a candidate 's election or are superfluous .
26 The assessment did not contribute to the student 's final classification , and whether and how it might do so was neither clear nor a welcome issue in the colleges .
27 Any person with parental responsibility can remove the child at any time ( s20(8) ) although parents are expected to make " sensible arrangements … for terminating use of the service that will not mitigate against the child 's best interests " ( Guidance , vol 2 , para 3.28 ) .
28 Thailand 's four labour congresses and unions representing state utility workers and other service sectors threatened to stage a general strike if the government did not accede to the dockworkers ' demands .
29 In R v East Sussex CC , ex pR [ 1990 ] FLR 837 the President of the Family Division supported this view and said that judicial review should only be used in exceptional circumstances to challenge a case conference decision which did not result in a child 's removal from home .
30 Although the other judges would not look at the assessors ' lists , Burn met them at the hall and compared his list of preferences to theirs .
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