Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If consent does not exist where a woman lacks understanding of the nature of the act and if the defendant knows of her lack of understanding , then he must have the requisite mens rea for the offence . |
| 2 | He did not think that a state in which a rich majority governed could be properly called a democracy : " suppose a total of one thousand three hundred ; one thousand of these are rich , they give no share in government to the three hundred poor , who also are free men and in other respects like them ; no one would say that these thirteen hundred lived under a democracy . " |
| 3 | It is not certain , therefore , whether the rule in Quenerduaine v. Cole would apply , though on the whole I think it would , because I do not think that a court would speculate on the reasons that moved B to telegraph rather than write . |
| 4 | As I said earlier , I do not think that a register is necessarily bad . |
| 5 | Elisabeth did not think that a life sentence of Bo-Bo 's knitting was the harshest a man might serve . |
| 6 | Mr Perelman and Shearson will not comment but a share sale to the Revlon chairman could increase the upheaval within Shearson . |
| 7 | The reason that Scotton Parish Council are opposed to a road of the type shown in the key diagram , is that they do not consider and I do not consider that a road in that position , going to the north of Knaresborough , could effectively meet that need to relieve the A fifty nine . |
| 8 | In M & S Drapers v Reynolds [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 9 Morris LJ said " I do not consider that a restriction … would necessarily be held to be unreasonable merely because it could be shown possibly to extend to one or two cases beyond the range of contemplated protection " . |
| 9 | LORD SCARMAN : Their Lordships do not doubt that a promise to perform , or the performance of , a pre-existing contractual obligation to a third party can be valid consideration . |
| 10 | When John Logie Baird was born I do not doubt that a star stood over the little saviour 's cradle . |
| 11 | I do not know whether a man or a woman |
| 12 | In the absence of reasons , the citizen can not know whether a decision has been rationally , and hence lawfully made . |
| 13 | The main sponsors of the meeting , Professors Matthew Meselson of Harvard University and Carl Kaysen of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , declined to answer questions about the meeting , Those who did speak to New Scientist did not know whether a summary of the discussions would be made public , |
| 14 | He said last night : ‘ I did not know that a policewoman had been stabbed but something serious had obviously happened . |
| 15 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 16 | The practice might not know that a need exists and may be able to help . |
| 17 | Similarly , the Prevention of Terrorism Act requires bankers to prove that they did not know that a client 's funds were serving terrorism . |
| 18 | It does not matter that a company has large capital assets if they are under employed and if the company is going broke . |
| 19 | Because they are mouthbrooders it does not matter if a male holds only a small or temporary territory , as the eggs are safe in the female 's mouth . |
| 20 | It does not matter where a person dies ; it matters only why they die . |
| 21 | Approach road junctions with great care , consider your road position and your speed , drive on only when you are sure it is safe to do so and that you will not block the junction , watch out for long vehicles which maybe turning left or right , at the junction ahead , but which may have to use to make a turn , when waiting to emerge at a junction , do not assume that a vehicle approaching from the right which is signalling with it 's left hand direction indicator would turn left , wait to make sure do you know what I mean ? |
| 22 | Would buyers not assume that a valuation based partly on an expert test implied endorsement of that test by the surveyor ? |
| 23 | It does not provide that a board may refuse such applications . |
| 24 | ‘ I do not believe that a recession is likely or necessary . ’ |
| 25 | Galileo could not believe that a genius such as Archimedes would have used such a crude method . |
| 26 | The reason which they gave to me was that they did not believe that a man with my social background could win a General Election for the Conservative Party at that time in the twentieth century . |
| 27 | I do not believe that a contract which clarifies hours worked or tasks to be done will prevent teachers from caring , but it may make it rather more difficult to implement school-based initiatives . |
| 28 | The officer in charge of the post could not believe that a couple who had arrived by air on Tuesday should be returning home by car on Wednesday . |
| 29 | But so do many private individuals , and we do not believe that a citizen 's sphere of personal freedom necessarily shrinks as his power and influence grow . |
| 30 | Perhaps it is churlish of me , after the kind remarks of the Minister , to venture to comment on what he has just said , but at the risk of being tiresome , may I point out that what I said before was that it does not follow that a decision made by the Home Secretary corresponds with the advice that he receives from the chief inspector . |