Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun] by [noun] " 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 | Using steady state vowels , which do not convey information by means of distinctive articulatory features , no laterality effect was obtained . |
3 | And he did not promise government by principle ; a politician to the core , Mr Clinton prefers to work by consensus and compromise . |
4 | Conventional double-glazing cuts heat loss by conduction , but can not prevent loss by radiation . |
5 | He comes from a family that does not do things by halves . |
6 | The employer sought to establish a paternalistic relationship with his workers and would not tolerate attempts by outsiders ( e.g. trade union officials ) to participate in negotiations . |
7 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
8 | Motorola did not return calls by press time . |
9 | Autocratic style Decision-making is centralised in the hands of the leader himself , who does not encourage participation by subordinates ; indeed , subordinates ' ideas might be actively discouraged and obedience to orders would be expected from them . |
10 | Humans do not read character by character . |
11 | They could not go side by side . |
12 | 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 ) . |
13 | 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. |
14 | Sorry , but this is one competition where we can not accept entries by post . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | 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 . |
17 | They do n't carry horses by train much now . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | Pillars of Gold by Alice Thomas Ellis Viking , £14.99 ‘ I CA N'T read books by men , ’ says one of the characters in Alice Thomas Ellis 's new novel . |
20 | ‘ I ca n't read books by men , ’ said Constance . |
21 | Do n't forget uses by learners outside the classroom . |
22 | I Did n't Mean It by Leon Rosselson(Fuse) |
23 | The other children on the ward did n't get parcels by post . |
24 | Those that do n't accept terms by June 30 risk being declared surplus and laid off . |