Example sentences of "[not/n't] give [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a minister has not given evidence to the committee ‘ in living memory ’ . |
| 2 | The report deeply angered Price Waterhouse because it had not given evidence to Senator Kerry 's subcommittee . |
| 3 | With an effort she said , ‘ Listen , Frank , and you can pass this on if you want to : I 've not given Sleet to Mr Kennedy , nor sold it to him . |
| 4 | For the clinical and educational professions ( and the lay notions which derive their values from them ) , their very practice makes it clear what fact it is that you ‘ come to terms ’ with : you have not given birth to a member of the human species as we define it , and to which we allocate certain rights and social roles , but to an object of pathology — a ‘ monster ’ , to use a technical term employed in medical anatomy . |
| 5 | For the parent , the same phrase means the inverse : I have not given birth to the monster which my upbringing and socialisation led me to believe I 'd had , but to a normal member of the human species as I now define it . |
| 6 | Not , no , I , I 've really not given thought to that subject . |
| 7 | However , the following day , when the floorboards were removed to examine the beam , it was found to be so deeply cracked in two places that they ascribed the fact that it had not given way to a ‘ wonder of [ God 's ] providence ’ . |
| 8 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 9 | This embraces all overseas companies , but in practice this has not given rise to difficulties . |
| 10 | The remaining techniques have not given rise to general-purpose instruments but have proved useful in particular experiments . |
| 11 | Six transplants were not given cover by HBIG . |
| 12 | Those questioned were also concerned that they were not given information on exactly how their tax liability was worked out . |
| 13 | In that case one clause which on its wording excluded liability if the buyers had not given notice of any defects within three days of purchase was held to fail the reasonableness test . |
| 14 | Would streptomycin have become available if the example of penicillin had not given impetus to its investigation ? |
| 15 | Teenagers like to experiment and to feel rebellious , and problems can arise if they are not given guidance in the use of alcohol . |
| 16 | We are not given access to her private emotional struggles , but we are clear that she can not reject social values . |
| 17 | This unbalanced , choleric individual is a mad dog who should be shot and not given command of a kingdom . |
| 18 | The report is important because it makes it clear that where safety is not given priority by both management and the regulatory authorities — in this case the Department of Energy and the Government — things begin to go badly awry . |
| 19 | Copts would not give money for use against Copts . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | The examiner can not give credit for irrelevancy , because that would be unfair to others who have answered only the question that they were asked . |
| 22 | ‘ An intestinal infection is of no significance whatsoever in the field of public health because such infection will not give rise to any problems to public health , ’ he told Lord Justice Parker and Mr Tudor Evans during a judicial review of the Ministry 's order to slaughter the chickens . |
| 23 | A band could sign a recording contract , or receive income from live performances or session fees ( the receipt of prize money from a talent contest is tax free and does not give rise to taxable income unless this occurs on a regular basis ) . |
| 24 | Most of the expenditure was outside the dollar area , and did not give rise to immediate dollar payments . |
| 25 | He , however , rightly concluded that the Convention does not give rise to any enforceable rights under English law , but only a direct right in relation to the procedures established by the Convention . |
| 26 | Those on the outside form the trophoblast which does not give rise to any structures in the embryo proper but is involved in the implantation of the embryo in the uterus and the formation of the placenta . |
| 27 | Reason : ‘ To ensure that the operation of the plant does not give rise to an environmental hazard or danger to public health ’ . |
| 28 | Condition : ‘ Wastes shall be initially blended before incineration and the plant operated in such a manner as to ensure that the flue gases discharged to the atmosphere are such that they do not give rise to an environmental hazard or danger to public health ’ . |
| 29 | Most routine sale and purchase orders will not give rise to such firm commitments , as the entity could cancel them at will without incurring a severe penalty . |
| 30 | 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 . |