Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on .
2 The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance .
3 The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels .
4 I swear I did not send men to Godstowe , though I would love to know who did .
5 In some cases the psychiatric service did not admit people to hospital early enough .
6 ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them .
7 Residents of the City of Westminster , while falling into the catchment areas of three different health districts , did not have recourse to admissions to any long-stay hospitals after the closure of Banstead in 1986 .
8 For many years farm workers , and other rural inhabitants who did not have access to home ownership , had been quietly and routinely disadvantaged by the housing policies of many rural local authorities .
9 The ICRC confirmed that political prisoners numbered 1,268 , although their representatives did not have access to prisons run by the state security services .
10 On the other hand , disappointment did not drive Nithard to defection : Charles had nicely calculated , just as Lothar had done — and this surely was a prime requirement of successful kingship — whom he could , and could not , afford to disappoint .
11 It was held that an offence under that section had been committed where the accumulation emitted offensive odours which interfered with the personal comfort of persons living in the neighbourhood , but did not cause injury to health .
12 His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship .
13 His wife was a kinswoman of the earl 's councillor Sir John Pickering , which implies that Middleton did not see service to Gloucester as an alternative to Northumberland 's lordship .
14 Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye .
15 We did not assess travel to work in detail .
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