Example sentences of "do [adv] [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lawful act which is performed carelessly does not automatically become an unlawful act for this purpose , even if a lawful act done carelessly amounts to an offence ( e.g. careless driving ) : Andrews v DPP , above . |
| 2 | Not to do so amounted to a dereliction of duty in the same way that Callaghan 's statement misunderstood the political content of media imagery . |
| 3 | Further it suggested that of those people who did not go to a lawyer , a higher proportion had received help from outside the household , and of that group only one-quarter had received advice to go to a lawyer which they had ignored Such contrary evidence does not denigrate the value of pre-legal advice , but suggests that , as would be expected , it is not the only significant factor in determining whether , and if so why and how , people seek legal advice . |
| 4 | People did not go to a hospital to be cured but to be killed or maimed . |
| 5 | The end of the Persian War did not bring to an end the Athenian Empire , though the existence of the confederacy was now harder to justify . |
| 6 | McKee suggests that it was important to them that they did not return to a pre-adult state of dependence upon their parents . |
| 7 | The street system did not accord to a grid pattern . |
| 8 | Any liquid would gather in the ditch and there would be plenty of time to take preventive action , since it did not discharge to a stream for some distance . |
| 9 | Such generosity did not extend to a paper tie and crown that Picasso had made for Richardson ( also for Cooper ) on some gala occasion . |
| 10 | The Arab predilection for drama , at least in personal relationships , did not extend to a taste for Shakespeare 's comedies translated into Arabic , and the house was less than half full . |
| 11 | Lord Macnaghten in Pemsel did not aspire to a definition , but only to a classification of the then existing case law . |
| 12 | The strict out-door relief policy of the 1870s did not lead to a fall in total Poor Law expenditure . |
| 13 | With artist 's impressions and scores of posters aiding the hunt for the rapist , the 250 tip-offs did not lead to an arrest . |
| 14 | He proposed that barrackers should be thrown out of the ground if they did not respond to an appeal for fairness over the loudspeaker . |
| 15 | Six subjects did not consent to a glucose tolerance test and tolerance was determined from fasting plasma glucose and insulin concentrations . |
| 16 | The Court of Appeal considered that the information did not amount to a trade secret . |
| 17 | Trover became a complete alternative to replevin despite the fact that it could be argued that , the goods being regarded as in the custody of the law , the distraint did not amount to a denial of the owner 's title . |
| 18 | Without this provision it was possible to have a share-for-debenture exchange which fell within s127 TCGA 1992 and did not amount to a disposal even though the debenture was an exempt simple debt , rather than a security . |
| 19 | His allowing the customer to have possession of the car did not amount to a representation that the customer had the right to sell it . |
| 20 | It did not amount to a commitment for full compensation for pensioners but it was a long way from where the Chancellor started two days earlier . |
| 21 | ( e ) The suicide did not amount to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 22 | He said this did not amount to a demand for a right of veto : ‘ The principle we stick to is that the PLO will be totally out of the picture . ’ |
| 23 | The surrender of part did not amount to an eviction of the assignee , it resulted from an agreement between the assignee and the landlord : one can see details of that in the report of the Divisional Court decision ( 1888 ) 21 Q.B.D. 101 , 102 . |
| 24 | It was held that , although refusal to grant licences did not amount to an abuse as such , it could so do if refusal was arbitrary or if prices were fixed at unfair levels or if the right owner stopped making spare parts . |
| 25 | Accordingly , the accused 's behaviour did not amount to an intention permanently to deprive the owner of the information . |
| 26 | For the reasons I have given , I conclude that if ( but only if ) Lautro did not afford to a person or firm served with an intervention notice in accordance with rule 7.3(12) the opportunity to apply to the board to rescind the notice , and/or to appeal against it , then the lack of such remedies would be unfair and the procedure unlawful . |
| 27 | It was held that the clause did not apply to a delay where the port was not inaccessible but the master deemed the port unsafe due to ice ( Tillmanns & Co v SS Knutford Ltd [ 1908 ] 2 KB 385 ) . |
| 28 | After dismissing an argument that the doctrine as to release did not apply to a judgment debt , Collins L.J . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal held that the clause did not apply to a fire caused by negligence , even though the garage could not be liable for fire damage without negligence . |
| 30 | 368 did not apply to a tenancy from year to year and said [ 1971 ] Ch. 725 , 733 : |