Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [noun] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , to ensure that the Germans did not rush reinforcements by rail to the threatened area , General Alexei Alexeievich Brusilov , commanding the South West Front , was ordered to make menacing probes in his area . |
| 2 | And he did not promise government by principle ; a politician to the core , Mr Clinton prefers to work by consensus and compromise . |
| 3 | It is a duty not to cause injury by want of reasonable care . |
| 4 | Conventional double-glazing cuts heat loss by conduction , but can not prevent loss by radiation . |
| 5 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 6 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
| 7 | It follows that one of the major ‘ pulls ’ of urban life is the opportunity of employment , though this is often not borne nut by reality . |
| 8 | The defense of conventionalism we have now constructed has two parts : first , that wise adjudication consists in finding the right balance between predictability and flexibility and , second , that the right balance is secured by judges always respecting past explicit decisions of political institutions but not enforcing decisions by default in the way unilateralism does . |
| 9 | He said the rebels ' objective was ‘ not to conquer Kabul by force , but to smash the security perimeter ’ established by government forces . |
| 10 | Humans do not read character by character . |
| 11 | They could not go side by side . |
| 12 | These included respect for human and minority rights , not altering borders by force and observation of the treaties signed by the Soviet Union . |
| 13 | In the first place it is essential to the concept of graded tests that they should be taken by students when they are ready , from time to time throughout their school career , or indeed after school ( there is no reason why a grandmother and granddaughter should not practise side by side for their Grade 1 piano examination ) . |
| 14 | Finally , the revenue has contended that the proper procedure was for Woolwich to seek to challenge its decision not to pay interest by way of judicial review , although it would of course contend that no order should be made on such a review in the present case . |
| 15 | Hence if a registered shareholder , A , first executes a transfer to a purchaser , B , and later to another , C , while both remain unregistered B will have priority over C. If , however , C succeeds in obtaining registration before B , he will have priority over B so long as he had no notice , at the time of purchase , of the transfer to B. If C did have notice , although he has been registered his prima facie title will not prevail over that of B who will be entitled to have the register rectified ( assuming that there are no grounds on which the company could refuse to register B ) and in the meantime C 's legal interest will be subject to the equitable interest of B. If both transfers were gifts , the position would presumably be different ; the gift to B would leave A without any beneficial interest that he could give to C and , not being a ‘ purchaser , ’ C could not obtain priority by registration ; his legal interest , on his becoming the registered holder , would be subject to the prior equity of B. |
| 16 | Although the Roman Catholic Church was debarred from using church property for political purposes , the Polish Episcopate urged believers in pastoral letters read out in churches on Sept. 29 and Oct. 20 to take part in the elections and , while not mentioning parties by name , to support candidates who espoused " Christian values " . |
| 17 | Royal watchers said it was significant that Diana had not mentioned Morton by name , nor had she referred to the main allegations in his book . |
| 18 | Sorry , but this is one competition where we can not accept entries by post . |
| 19 | Because there are three parts to this definition it is called the tripartite definition or the tripartite account ; it defines propositional knowledge , knowledge that p ; it does not define knowledge by acquaintance as in ‘ a knows James ’ nor knowledge-how , e.g. knowledge how to ride a bicycle , unless these can be shown to reduce to knowledge-that . |
| 20 | When I say I ca n't see people I think it 's the lighting but there is a sort of a I ca n't recognise people by face . |
| 21 | They do n't carry horses by train much now . |
| 22 | If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition . |
| 23 | The other children on the ward did n't get parcels by post . |