Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The voice , so accustomed to obedience , continued in courtesy , but its ring of conviction was sharpening , and Miranda sensed that Anthony Everard had reached the point when , if he could not phrase a command as a request , he would assert his authority undisguised .
2 Hughes admitted that one reason for the slow growth of the movement in Wales was that the Church of Wales was in a minority ‘ and there did not exist the sense of peril which , he feared , must be admitted , had done so much in driving them together in England ’ .
3 Deng Xiaoping is 85 , and while apparently in reasonably good health , will not outlive the instigators of the ‘ counter-revolutionary rebellion ’ .
4 Though Charles the Bald could not evade the type of political problems just outlined , he was predestined neither to success nor to failure .
5 However , a party can not evade the Act by a choice of law clause providing for the contract to be governed by the law of some state other than the UK .
6 In addition maternal and paternal asthma were included in the regression analyses and did not modify the association between independent and dependent variables .
7 Return to the bad old ways , elect separately a Chamber and a Senate , then bring them together at Versailles in a National Assembly which would or would not modify the Constitution of 1875 .
8 ‘ You did not expound the words of scripture .
9 When Pat Arrowsmith gave out similar anti-war material to British troops , this time related to Northern Ireland , the justices before whom she appeared acquitted her because they did not think the publication to be ‘ insulting ’ .
10 But do you not think the life of the Thirties , the daily life , was much more terrible ?
11 Television is a very evangelical medium and I do not think the Church of England can afford to or wants to compete with the evangelical churches .
12 For the reasons which I have given above I do not think the court in Reg. v. Philippou were justified in reconciling Morris with Lawrence , but they were correct in following Attorney-General 's Reference ( No. 2 of 1982 ) and could have reached their conclusion without relying on Lawrence .
13 Personally , I do not think the number of entries that are made at South African shows justify champion classes .
14 However , I do not think the contradiction between subjective " Utopianism and " objective " scientificity is an incompatible one .
15 I do not think the people of Scotland are going to put up with such a tepid state of politics for that long .
16 No case of this kind has ever been considered by the courts before , and I do not think the dicta in the previous cases should be read as excluding a case of this kind where a landlord seeks , by a course of intimidation , to " annul his own deed " , to contradict his own demise , by ousting the tenant from possession which the landlord has conferred upon her .
17 The Annan Committee disliked this arrangement , for even the local newspaper publishers ' association itself did not think the amount of advertising likely to go to ILR was great enough to be a threat .
18 Gedge does not think the absence of Solowka and Gregory was of real importance .
19 The teacher does not rush the class towards a decision at this point , but asks them to think very carefully before making up their minds .
20 In fact it does n't go it does not cover a part of the earth .
21 Bearing in mind the reference by Shelley J.A. , in Reg. v. Barrett , 12 J.L.R. 179 , 180 , to the concept of counsel for the Crown as ‘ minister of justice whose prime concern is its fair and impartial administration , ’ their Lordships , while not feeling bound to accept in relation to Jamaica the comprehensive principles , almost amounting to criminal discovery , which the defendant has attempted to rely on , recognise that the ‘ Purvis–Barrett ’ principles do not cover every situation in which fairness may demand that the prosecution make available material to the defence .
22 PS How come Sounds did not cover the Dickies at all when they were over ?
23 PS How come Sounds did not cover the Dickies at all when they were over ?
24 This period unfortunately does not cover the whole of the time during which the Lift was in operation .
25 These chartered towns did not cover the whole of the urban areas of the country and in the year 1848 the Public Health Act created Local Boards of Health .
26 The top rate of finance , giving the whole of your mobility supplement for five years will not cover the cost of most cars , so you will have to find a substantial deposit .
27 I left the team because the low pay would not cover the cost of my share in a mortgage to buy my own flat , and because I found it difficult to reconcile the separate roles of paid worker and friend , when Helen and Elizabeth recognised no such distinction .
28 To fill the seats you have to drop the fares , there 's a price war going on , especially in the markets that Virgin 's involved in , price wars mean very low fares , fares which in many cases will not cover the cost of flying the aeroplane .
29 The measure does not cover the consecration of women as bishops .
30 It does not cover the dismissal by the vendor prior to the sale for the reason that the purchaser will either not buy the business if it contains certain employees or alternatively will pay a lower price ( see Wheeler v Patel [ 1987 ] ICR 631 ) .
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