Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once it is accepted that principles can be part of the law for reasons not reflecting convention but just because they are morally appealing , then a door is opened for the more threatening idea that some principles are part of the law because of their moral appeal , even though they contradict what convention has endorsed . |
| 2 | Huntingford confirmed on 14 March 1788 that ( for reasons not given ) he had resigned the post of secretary , being succeeded on 14 April by Mr Raggett , another attorney of Odiham . |
| 3 | Although the damaging acts are very similar , football fans are ‘ deviants ’ whilst students , for reasons not made explicit , are somehow excused . |
| 4 | A psychological rationalization could be said to be a justification for a position , which is held for reasons not related to the justification . |
| 5 | This was confirmed in Russell v Northern Bank Development Corporation Limited and others [ 1992 ] 1 WLR 588 , where , in the House of Lords , it was held that a private agreement between shareholders not to increase the capital of the company was an agreement about the manner of voting of the shareholders and did not constitute a restriction on the statutory power of the company to alter its share capital . |
| 6 | There are other reasons for owls not hunting in the rain — it hampers both vision and hearing , and limits vole activity , too , so there 's less prey even for those owls that do choose to venture out . |
| 7 | Her strategies include acknowledging you own sense of wholeness , of taking care to listen properly , to take charge of whatever choice you make ; to rechannel blame and guilt into something more positive , and to make space and time for what is really important , for instance not finding yourself bogged down in trivia when there are more important issues to be confronted . |
| 8 | Since the abolition of direct imprisonment for debts not exceeding £20 , the Insolvent Debtors Court and , after its abolition , the Bankruptcy Court in London and the county courts in the provinces , had possessed the power of imprisonment for forty days or less upon proof of means to pay or fraud . |
| 9 | The public sector would then be required to justify the retention of land held for projects not included in approved programmes and underdeveloped land or property before an independent adjudicator . |
| 10 | This makes it very easy for climbers not to take responsibility for the rubbish they create . |
| 11 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |
| 12 | This time on their way to the other end they call at the score tents , half to either side , and record their scores , on their honour as gentlemen not to cheat . |
| 13 | Well I did we we talked about this , you see Mary Anne , half way through the conversation er Neil went out of the room so that I could to Mary Ann and I said towards the end of my conversation , you know , Mary Ann you 're a very wise person , give me some advice I said , I told her about Neil not wanting no not doing well on the driving , although he can drive she said he does n't want to do it she said do n't hassle him so when he came downstairs I said I 've been talking to Mary Ann and she sends you her love and because , of course , you know , we 've got a grandson , you know she had a son , my |
| 14 | Since the subjects in Study 2 did not expect a recognition phase it was clearly not sufficient to simply repeat the study without subjects making any judgments , instead judgment tasks had to be found that were not related to risk and were still sufficiently engaging for subjects not to suspect a memory test afterwards . |
| 15 | Simon Fraser , the SLF director , said : ‘ In spite of what Government and others might say about quota not having a value , there are clearly farmers willing to pay very large sums for the rights to Sheep Annual Premium . |
| 16 | In a speech broadcast on television on Oct. 23 , shortly before polls opened , he called on voters to refrain from voting for parties not committed to Islamic values — a suggestion taken to be directed against the PPP . |
| 17 | It is adaptive for animals not to mate with members of other species . |
| 18 | However , the form of section 2(2) means that with regard to liability for animals not belonging to a dangerous species the position will be fundamentally the same as at common law , since the damage must be of a kind made likely by the characteristics known to the keeper . |
| 19 | It was precisely the moral , ethical dimension of communism which initially made it impossible for Nizan not to join the party and work within its ranks . |
| 20 | Most were for cars not starting due to battery failure and people forgetting to put anti-freeze in their radiators . |
| 21 | The subjectivity of the assessment can be reduced by the use of verbal surveys , such as questionnaires not restricted to numerical measures ; and the dangers of providing conformist assessments can be overcome by the assurance of confidentiality , and by checks for systematic variations . |
| 22 | For readers not wishing to fly , our coaching option will include three overnight stops on the way down to Nice and another three overnight stops on the return from Venice . |
| 23 | For example , if the first phoneme of the word is /p/ , all detectors for words not beginning with /p/ are switched off , leaving only detectors for the word-initial cohort activated . |
| 24 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 25 | In a deliberate attempt to embarrass Tories and High Anglicans , he cited Charles II 's Declaration of April 1681 , which had condemned the then Whig-dominated House of Commons for arresting people for matters not relating to Parliamentary privilege , whilst in defence of the right of petitioning he cited the case of the seven bishops of 1688 . |
| 26 | Hunter was on about Deane not getting away from his marker enough , from corners and stuff he just sits and gets marked instead of moving out to the far post . |
| 27 | The plan would identify sites where such operations would be acceptable and it would become difficult for sites not identified to gain planning permission . |
| 28 | Social services departments may also be able to help you pay for work not covered by disabled facilities grants , and can also provide additional facilities to make the property safer , more comfortable and more convenient . |
| 29 | It is important for parents not to supplement the diet with high sugar and salt content snacks in an effort to get their child to eat . |
| 30 | Yesterday you reported the Scottish executive as having clarified the attitude of the party in Scotland to water privatisation , in the wake of John Smith 's recent speech about ownership not mattering , and Tom Clarke 's discomfiture at being questioned over it . |