Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [vb infin] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Salmon gave as an example two instances of the valuation of a picture , the first for a client who does not tell him the reason for the valuation , and the second where the client tells him the valuation is needed because he is about to sell the picture to a friend . |
| 2 | This gives us , if we know the date of the award ( which is easy to discover ) , the exact date of all the external fences or hedges , but it does not tell us the date of the internal fences on the bigger allotments . |
| 3 | In these stories the young characters learn that their greater physical power does not give them the right to treat the little people as playthings or inferiors . |
| 4 | The council tax will treat widows unfairly in the same way , because it does not give them the discount that they deserve . |
| 5 | When Michel Rocard was replaced by Edith Cresson on 15 May 1991 , his official letter of resignation made it clear that President Mitterrand had asked him to resign , even though the constitution does not give him the right ( the President is responsible for ‘ nominating ’ the Prime Minister and for approving the Cabinet , but not for dismissing him ) . |
| 6 | As fighting on board goes first one way and then the other , the captain strikes Thomas Fox to death with a belaying pin in an access of rage because the boy , genuinely unaware of the seamen 's plotting and almost insensible after hours at the masthead in icy weather , does not give him the names of the conspirators . |
| 7 | An order for specific performance is one which requires the seller actually to deliver the goods and does not give him the option of paying damages instead . |
| 8 | However , although we can keep this association in mind , it does not give us the whole picture . |
| 9 | But despite the undeniable tendency in financial markets towards a more laissez-faire environment , the term deregulation does not give us the full flavour of events . |
| 10 | The mixture of an SD1 engine , Range Rover flywheel and exhaust in a Range Rover does not give you the power that you might expect , so be careful when mixing engine components such as flywheels , camshafts , distributor and carbs from different engine applications . |
| 11 | ‘ Her Majesty is paying your bills now , not the State , but that does not give you the right to behave any way you like . ’ |
| 12 | However , this does not give you the automatic right to go overdrawn . |
| 13 | Your card does not give you the right to overdraw your account . |
| 14 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 15 | The approach taken here does not afford us the luxury of such explanations : we must seek the reason for the peculiar distribution of the infinitive with perception verbs in the passive voice in the meaning expressed by the sentence . |
| 16 | But all this stuff does n't make me the least bit happy . |
| 17 | Whilst you 've suggested everybody else has a right to their opinion and does n't make yours the solution ! |
| 18 | The new machine will set you back a cool £1,700 which does n't make it the cheapest machine in the world . |
| 19 | The dog is commanded to sit and if he does n't do it the first time , he is pushed gently into position . |
| 20 | Saturday you wo n't admit you 've made a mistake or that you 're in the wrong , while Sunday you will be hurt and offended by someone who does n't show you the respect you feel you deserve . |
| 21 | That 's one thing here , will get them in and out , but I 've spoken to patients who say they do n't get the care here and , on the surface it looks a brilliant hospital , it gets them in and out , you know , it does everything , it 's got all the facilities but it does n't give them the care . |
| 22 | ‘ Philippe does n't give me the impression of being exactly hard up , ’ retorted Melissa , thinking of the designer suits and the new luxury Peugeot in the garage . |
| 23 | Just because the guy can drop names we have all heard of and used to know Bruce McLaren does n't give him the right to bore us every week . |
| 24 | Still , she thought as she closed the door of the trophy-room , it does n't give him the right to treat me like — She bit off the dreadful word that sprang to mind . |
| 25 | Ah , , he has complained now to the Vatican that he , any more , because of , Swiss the community does n't give him the |
| 26 | He said , but he said it does n't give us the excuse of not paying the invoices on time , and he said erm I have warned him for it this morning and he said he will process it , and he said the cheque will be in the post here on Monday . |
| 27 | ‘ That does n't give you the right to make free with me whenever you choose . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , even if they are , that does n't give you the right to poke your nose into my affairs ! ’ |
| 29 | Look , I appreciate the use of the bathroom , but that damn well does n't give you the right to stand there with that superior look on your face , lecturing me as if I were a child . ’ |
| 30 | That still does n't give you the right to treat me like a child , ’ Robyn persisted . |