Example sentences of "not offer " in BNC.

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1 This scheme does not offer set funerals but customers decide on the details of a specific funeral paying in advance at current local prices .
2 Here , ‘ symptomatic ’ reading is central : the literary text does not offer aesthetic or moral value , but is to be interrogated for its ideological implications .
3 But some insurers do not offer this wider cover .
4 Brian Knight , of Hambro Legal Protection , says : ‘ We do not offer a stand-alone policy to the public .
5 I was hoping he would not offer us a glass of his very potent drink that I now know as Calvados .
6 Maggie could tell that he would have liked to stop for a chat , that he felt sorry for her left on her own , but she lacked either her grandmother 's grace or her mother 's energy , so she did not offer him tea .
7 Roddick did not offer any resistance , because at the time she was a frustrated actress and she felt teaching English and history to a class of forty kids at a local secondary school was the next best thing to acting .
8 The alternatives to an internal body clock ( planetary influences , cosmic rays , etc. ) do not offer a ready explanation of these irregularities .
9 Although satisfactory for accommodating a large congregation in a uniformly lit space , such an arrangement does not offer the possibility of simple subdivision into a series of identical spaces suitable for use as dwellings .
10 It is important to recognize that an identical project promoted at the present time would not offer good value for money in comparison with a new-build scheme .
11 The project architect was Angela Clemo of Southbank Architects who continued the work following the reconstitution of the Society for Co-operative Dwellings into a secondary housing co-operative which does not offer in-house architectural services .
12 This is partly due to a belief that flu jabs do not offer much protection .
13 Championship series events , tournaments offering £625,000 or more in prize money , can not offer appearance fees but are guaranteed six top-10 players .
14 Yugoslavia faded after an imaginative start and did not offer a serious threat until late in the game , when Mladenovic curled in a free-kick .
15 America disapproved of the repatriation but did not offer to take any refugees .
16 Southwest Airlines , the only commercial airline serving Love Field , can not offer its cheap , short-hop service to those who want to fly over Louisiana , Arkansas , Oklahoma or New Mexico .
17 Refuse you can not offer
18 It can not offer the territorial guarantees or military equipment that provide ‘ hard security ’ .
19 If Israel stays permanently in the West Bank , the Arabs will not offer peace ; and the American Congress is not likely to support sanctions against Israel .
20 As a monthly , the magazine can not offer its readers the overnight scores , nor preview the week 's to matches .
21 Jane thought she 'd better not offer to shake hands in case he let go of the stick and fell over .
22 It can not offer voters a policy programme which will be implemented when it comes to power .
23 He showed his editor , Jo , a few chapters , but her firm would not offer such a good advance as on the previous book .
24 But the Woman did not offer him the ear-piece that she and Doyle used .
25 It can not offer any greater insight into the object , the circumstances of its manufacture , or the cultural framework from which it derived .
26 We did not offer the all-day hospitality of previous years but were delighted to see members at the tea parties we organised , and enjoyed chatting with visitors to our stand in the Women in the Rural Community tent .
27 It did not offer more choice but less than there was before .
28 He was shocked when she told him that the gardener came three times a week and did not offer to mend it .
29 They did not offer me works of comparable greatness as alternatives , so their objections were hardly a problem .
30 There was no comfort to be found in her husband 's arms and in fact comfort was something he did not offer , being much too preoccupied with his own sense of injured pride .
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