Example sentences of "not [verb] [subord] 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 | I do not know whether a man or a woman |
| 3 | In the absence of reasons , the citizen can not know whether a decision has been rationally , and hence lawfully made . |
| 4 | 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 , |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It does not matter where a person dies ; it matters only why they die . |
| 7 | This might appear contrary to the idea of keeping systems thinking and real-world aspects separate , but it can provide a compromise that ensures that progress can be made ; however , such compromises should be recognised as such and not made as a matter of course . |
| 8 | Unless they are called as witnesses , victims are often not told when a case is coming to court . |
| 9 | The Company had hoped to be allowed to run cars across in service , but this would have necessitated Parliamentary Powers , which were not needed if a line was never to be used for passenger carrying . |
| 10 | SMALL wonder many couples prefer to live together and not marry when a divorce could cost thousands of pounds in lawyers ' fees . |
| 11 | He argues that bad garages drive out good ones because the typical customer can not judge whether a service has been done properly , and it is difficult for him to check . |
| 12 | The words are not interrupted if a failure of comprehension occurs . |
| 13 | Not only are personal data not protected if a Cabinet Minister certifies that exemption is required ‘ for the purpose of safeguarding national security ’ ( a rather vague and wide catch-all phrase ) but there are other exemptions where the protection afforded by the Act is held to be ‘ likely to prejudice ’ the prevention or detection of crime , the apprehension or prosecution of offenders , or the assessment or collection of any tax or duty . |
| 14 | It had been suggested that the Regulations did not apply if a business purchaser arranged with the buyer to sack employees in the business a short time before it was sold . |
| 15 | However , it is then often necessary to read a whole bucket into primary storage at a time ; it is not possible to search the bucket and read in only the required record , but this does not apply if a device such as ICL 's CAFS-ISP is available to speed up the search . |
| 16 | As an exception the Merger Regulation does not apply if a merger has its primary impact within one Member State . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) Subsection ( 3 ) above does not apply where a society or associated body is authorised by the scheme to relieve itself of its obligation to take the steps it is directed to take or pay the compensation awarded by the society 's undertaking an obligation to give the requisite publicity for the reasons for not doing so and the society undertakes that obligation . |
| 18 | This provision does not apply where a person has been previously bankrupt in the last fifteen years ( s 279(1) ) . |
| 19 | ( 2 ) this rule does not apply where a member of the public deposits money with a solicitor who is acting as agent for a building society or other financial institution and the solicitor has not advised that person as a client as to the disposition of the money . |
| 20 | ( 3 ) This section applies to a contract if — ( a ) the rent does not exceed the figure applicable in accordance with subsection ( 4 ) , and ( b ) the letting is not on such terms as to the tenant 's responsibility as are mentioned in subsection ( 5 ) … ( 5 ) This section does not apply where a house is let for a term of three years or more ( the lease not being determinable at the option of either party before the expiration of three years ) upon terms that the tenant puts the premises into a condition reasonably fit for human habitation . |
| 21 | The general presumption might not apply where a notice initiating the review is to be followed by a counternotice objecting to the rent proposed in the initial notice . |
| 22 | Kurt Nicoll ignored medical advice not to ride after a practice crash on the factory KTM had left him with a rib injury . |
| 23 | THE weeping Duchess of York , attending the annual meeting of the Motor Neurone Disease Association last Saturday , was quoted as saying she will not rest until a cure has been found . |
| 24 | ‘ Not knowing whether a woman covets your body or your Knudsen ! ’ |
| 25 | You can not tell if a youngster really has , for instance , stopped smoking , but you will know if your teenager gets in at the negotiated time . |
| 26 | If the babies will not feed unless a mother figure is near , how must they feel when their mother suddenly falls dead in front of them , blasted by a submachine gun ? |
| 27 | Such ‘ Fahrradstrasse ’ are not created as a function of cyclist density , though some attempts have been made to funnel cross-town traffic along them to ensure that motorists are intimidated by the greater volume of cycle traffic . |
| 28 | Mr Lamont also gave the green light for the Jubilee Line extension in London , but work will not start until a banking consortium has been set up to provide £400 million of private-sector money for the Pounds 1.8 billion project . |
| 29 | Commitment to a performance target is not assured because a boss asked for that commitment . |
| 30 | Referring issues to a named individual is not advised unless a dispute has already arisen , because some time may pass after the making of the original contract containing the reference to the specifically named individual , and by the time a dispute arises that individual may have died , retired , become ill , have a conflict of interest or be otherwise unavailable or unsuitable . |