Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] not to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watkins LJ gave the principal judgment in the Divisional Court and upheld the application on the ground that the Minister had not given his reasons for the decision not to make a reference and that this was ‘ irrational ’ . |
| 2 | The desire not to make waves is a particularly depressing and insipid form of self-censorship . |
| 3 | Yet Othello has the integrity not to make excuses for his error but to accept his responsibility , equate himself with the ‘ malignant and turbaned Turk ’ , and execute himself . |
| 4 | Mary of Guise had the sense not to make him a cause célèbre . |
| 5 | PACs were replaced by unemployment assistance tribunals to which a person aggrieved by a decision not to make a payment , or as to the amount of a payment , could appeal with leave of the chairman . |
| 6 | It 's too easy to tell a child not to make a fuss , it 's a big playground and to go and play away from whoever has hit them or kicked them or fallen out with them . |
| 7 | There is sailing , windsurfing , archery , mini-golf and all these pursuits are free of charge — so it is a pity not to make use of them when you have the opportunity . |
| 8 | When it became possible to study the German foreign office records after 1945 , says an American scholar , ‘ tests did not reveal essential documents … that were not printed by the editors of Die grosse Politia , [ but ] they did reveal that the editors , in making their selection , were influenced by a desire not to make the task of the rulers of the Weimar Republic more difficult , and not to injure the reputation of foreign statesmen who were still active after World War I and who were sympathetic to Germany ’ . |
| 9 | A director is an agent of the company and is therefore under a duty not to make a secret profit from the company . |
| 10 | Furthermore , the director has a duty not to make a secret profit out of transactions with the company . |
| 11 | By s.5(4) : [ w ] here a person gets property by another 's mistake and is under an obligation to make restoration ( in whole or in part ) of the property or its proceeds or the value thereof , then to the extent of that obligation the property or proceeds shall be regarded ( as against him ) as belonging to the person entitled to restoration , and an intention not to make restoration shall be regarded accordingly as an intention to deprive that person of the property or proceeds . |