Example sentences of "do [adv] [vb base] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court of Appeal considered that the information did not amount to a trade secret . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ( e ) The suicide did not amount to a novus actus interveniens . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | The essays in this book do not amount to a programme : but they are intended to provide a springboard for one . |
| 9 | If the IRA were besieging Hampstead , the liberals there would soon realise that tolerance and compromise do not amount to a policy for fighting terror . |
| 10 | Before such questions can be properly investigated , it is worth asking if the changes do really amount to a revolution in the economic roles of men and women . |
| 11 | Obligations concerned with the day-to-day upkeep of leasehold property have also been placed upon tenants , although this implied covenant " to act in a tenant-like manner " , does not amount to a requirement to make repairs . |
| 12 | This does not amount to a rejection of Marx but points to an absence in his work and leaves Habermas free to retain a basically Marxist account of the forces of production and at the same time develop a theory of social relations of communicative production . |
| 13 | The components of a chemical compound can be identified and their concentrations measured , but unless it has already been proved that the particular component identified is odorous at the concentration encountered , such measurements will have little evidential value in proving the odour complained of either does or does not amount to a nuisance at law . |
| 14 | There are several reasons for this extension but the most important in the case of the declaration is that , being a non-coercive remedy ( which means that failure to comply with a declaration does not amount to a contempt of court ) , it is available against the Crown ; and it is very useful in other situations where the seeking of a coercive remedy might be thought unnecessarily aggressive , and where the plaintiff is confident that the defendant will do the right thing once a court says what it is . |
| 15 | This does not amount to a breach of contract by the hotel unless the misrepresentation is incorporated into the contract and thus forms one of its terms . |
| 16 | The Conservative case is that the present economic situation does not amount to a crisis . |
| 17 | This does not amount to a recognition of the authority of that government . |
| 18 | Accordingly , intimation of an objection to an application for a renewal or a permanent transfer to the applicant in pursuance of 5.16(2) does not amount to a citation to attend . |