Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was left to subsequent decisions to extend the application of the rules still further to those decisions which did not affect a person 's legal rights but regulated the grant of a privilege , etc . |
| 2 | Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him . |
| 3 | In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier . |
| 4 | He believes the inspector should ensure children are reasonably well looked after , not change a school 's culture . |
| 5 | With Lithuania not given a snowball 's chance , Lansdowne Road sat back and waited for the avalanche … and waited … and waited . |
| 6 | Charging need not enhance a consumer 's view of a service |
| 7 | A treaty regime affording third party rights can not outweigh a State 's inherent right to self-defence . |
| 8 | Equally , a doctor need not respect a parent 's or legal guardian 's demand that treatment be continued or altered if in his view it is pointless , and the treatment would be categorized as ethically not indicated . |
| 9 | The amendments require that a firm should not audit a client 's financial statements where they include the product of a ‘ specialist valuation ’ carried out by it . |
| 10 | ( I ) " licence " does not include a seamen 's canteen licence ( see 5.139(1) ) , nor a refreshment licence or an entertainment licence ( see subs . |
| 11 | But this can not guarantee a child 's safety . |
| 12 | In a variety of ways these rights were re-interpreted from the later 1940s and this has been taken as an indication that ‘ duty ’ remains the norm as ‘ Japanese business has still not accepted a union 's right to speak for its members ’ ( Halliday 1975 p.221 ) . |
| 13 | The experiments at CERN have not seen a W per se . |
| 14 | That is why commercial organisations are avoided if at all possible since it is quite unrealistic to expect a manufacturer to comment critically on his own product or not to view a rival 's product with a jaundiced eye . |
| 15 | They are Corin and Alleyn , two killers from the clan Chattan : they do not give a donkey 's arse whether you have been sent by the Pope himself ! ’ |
| 16 | ( b ) It need not file a director 's report . |
| 17 | The fact that you have enjoyed a few jars together will not cloud a journalist 's judgement . |
| 18 | He has not got a farthing 's worth of method . |
| 19 | As already noted , the drafter should not copy a competitor 's terms . |
| 20 | And when your time was out there was no question of you not getting a journeyman 's wages you were you were paid that alright . |
| 21 | I would certainly not judge a man 's ( nor woman 's ) character simply because they had a love affair , especially when it occurred before that person became leader of their party . |
| 22 | He said that he could not have a girl 's time wasted by taking down statements of that kind . |
| 23 | You do not have a minute 's peace . |
| 24 | They can do many things , but they can not destroy a man 's reputation . |
| 25 | Erm a little bit of steam around so you do get an impression that it 's erm you know , it 's alive and working obviously not doing a day 's work , but certainly being restored back to working condition . |
| 26 | You can read a person , you can not read a person 's ghost . |
| 27 | Just a case of taking the tape deck around and if you 're not having a conversation yo you can use the radio so I 'm not really worried . |
| 28 | Rey and Tirole ( 1986 ) have a model in which a manufacturer supplies a number of retailers , but can not observe a retailer 's profit or quantity sold . |
| 29 | If a company does not pay a supplier 's bill on time it has the use of that money until it does so . |
| 30 | If a company does not pay a supplier 's bill on time it has the use of that money until it does so . |