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

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1 Then they make their ale from what they have collected , and those who do not come there to drink and do not give money at the foresters ' will are sorely punished at their pleas for dead wood , although the King has no demesne ; nor does anyone dare to brew when the foresters brew , or to sell ale so long as the foresters have any kind of ale to sell ; and this every forester does year by year to the great grievance of the country .
2 The database packages themselves , available on 5.25 or 3.5 inch disks , are simple to use and do not require staff training .
3 In a letter to his lawyers cited by foreign correspondents in Beijing on Feb. 18 , Wang commented on other " leaders and initiators of this movement " who " dared not take responsibility for it and sought to defame it " .
4 I took the threat seriously , and dared not risk Mick causing adverse publicity .
5 A formal acknowledgement of the independence of Korea signified the end of Chinese domination there , but did not clarify Japan 's position in the country .
6 Early in the year , SCS could report a record quarter for increases in sales , capital and membership , reflecting a picture of growth over the year that did not dispel fears of the adverse influence of political involvement on trade .
7 The dismissal of the Foreign Minister Argaña in July for publicly stating that the ruling Colorado Party would never give up power [ see p. 37651 ] did not dispel fears that the government 's undertaking to hold free elections in 1993 would be broken by his " stronista " ( Stroessnorist ) wing of the Colorado Party .
8 This did not dispel rumours , however , that the resignation was part of an effort to clean up the image of the justice system .
9 In these circumstances perhaps , they did not reinterpret history in each passing generation : experience of the relationship did not produce contestatory reformulations of knowledge .
10 But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment .
11 Frequently , the scientific understanding needed for the progress he wanted to make was not available to him and the work he began did not bear fruit until after his death .
12 His comparisons with the city technology colleges did not bear water .
13 The material did not bear scrutiny .
14 But the laboratory 's report pointed out that the sample flask did not bear Yates 's signature , casting doubt on its authenticity .
15 What was worse , within minutes people would be walking all over her back-breaking work — it did not bear thinking of .
16 Treatment of effector cells with IFN-γ did not enhance ADCC activity .
17 Dr Shankar admitted he did not give Alison a drug to counteract the possible effect on her heart .
18 The arrogant princess refused to talk in English and Corbett had to use all his skill in French to conduct a conversation whilst ensuring he did not give offence .
19 Would we say that Uruguay was not neutral unless the help that it could have and did not give Ethiopia was equal to the help that it could have and did not give Somalia ?
20 He came calling for Europe to work towards economic integration to ensure that the democratic hopes of people in the East did not give way to an opposite undertow of disillusion .
21 ‘ Alice ’ was a jolly girl and did not give way to deep depression as another ‘ Army ’ mother had done on finding that baby would not be a Major as her father was .
22 He tried , and felt himself falling into the tree , confused , unable to find a stance that did not give way into clutching twigs and flailing branches .
23 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 .
24 Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Santa Cruz home of desktop and low-end Unix , got its initial public offering of 6m shares , 3.6m of them new , away at $12.50 a share , to raise about $41.1m net , for which the company did not give plans .
25 Santa Cruz Operation Inc , Santa Cruz home of desktop and low-end Unix , got its initial public offering of 6m shares , 3.6m of them new , away at $12.50 a share , to raise about $41.1m net , for which the company did not give plans .
26 A neighbour who did not give evidence at the trial of Lisa and Michelle Taylor has said she saw a girl resembling Alison , 21 , arrive home at 6pm on the night she was stabbed .
27 Mrs Bridger , of Roman Way , Farnham , did not give evidence .
28 L unsuccessfully submitted that there was no case to answer and did not give evidence .
29 TJ , who did not give evidence , was convicted and appealed , submitting that ( 1 ) the judge was wrong to rule that there was no breach of the Code ; ( 2 ) the judge wrongly told the jury that there had been no breach , thus undermining the defence speech to the jury on this point ; ( 3 ) the evidence was unsafe and unsatisfactory having regard to the evidence given by D ; and the judge should have withdrawn the case from the jury .
30 The accused , if committed , is given copies of the depositions , but is not provided with copies of the statements taken by the police except when the Crown intends to call a witness who did not give evidence at the preliminary inquiry , in which case the Crown will serve the defence with a notice of intention and a copy of the witness 's statement .
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