Example sentences of "not [prep] the [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It trailed across the dust , occasionally halting in dark brown cakes , from room to room , not through the doors sealed up with breeze-blocks but through holes in the walls , holes through which we crawled , troglodytes all . |
| 2 | Generally it 's not worth the candle to try and dodge the revenue authorities . |
| 3 | It was not worth the plaintiff suing the driver as he was uninsured and had no money . |
| 4 | One foreign ministry clerk in the early years of the twentieth century " soon decided that it was not worth the trouble to go to the office to sleep when I could sleep more comfortably in my own bed or pass my time in more interesting or more amusing tasks " , while an Italian ambassador is said to have spent only fifteen days of a year in residence in a post which he disliked . |
| 5 | You can eat it but it 's small with hardly any flesh so it 's not worth the effort to collect . |
| 6 | Now this is where I think the Japanese score dramatically , they spend many many hours defining things which we say it 's not worth the effort to define . |
| 7 | But the situation was not as the newspaper led its readers to believe , that is the articulate Mr Jones and the feral flock of savages locked in primitive combat . |
| 8 | 9.6 Rights easements etc The [ operation of the Law of Property Act 1925 Section 62 shall be excluded from this Lease and the only rights granted to the Tenant are those expressly set out in this Lease [ and such further ancillary rights that arise under the general law or by necessary implication ] and the Tenant shall not by virtue of this Lease be deemed to have acquired or be entitled to and the ] Tenant shall not during the Term acquire or become entitled by any means whatever to any easement from or over or affecting any other land or Premises now or at any time after the date of this Lease belonging to the Landlord and not comprised in this Lease Section 62 of the Law of Property Act 1925 provides that a lease is deemed to include , in the absence of any contrary intention , all easements , rights and advantages appertaining or reputed to appertain to the premises at the time of the lease . |
| 9 | This has happened in a number of developed countries — though not for the reasons given by Marx but primarily because of the growth of government and restrictive practices in labour markets . |
| 10 | It was not for the Government to pull the plug on a venture which was running and had cost Mr Murdoch ‘ vast amounts of money ’ . |
| 11 | He also held , dubiously , that were it not for the corruptions imposed by state and law , men would develop bonds of instinctive solidarity which would make government unnecessary . |
| 12 | And all of this would be fine , were it not for the questions raised by their art itself . |
| 13 | It was not for the court to manipulate the sentence ; this was a matter for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of mercy . |
| 14 | It is the law which prevails over every other form of law , and it is not for the court to say that a parliamentary enactment , the highest law in this country , is illegal . |
| 15 | It is not for the circumstance to give rise to something or other , but for it to give rise to just the effect . |
| 16 | It 's not for the Diary to speculate upon whose coat is cut better according to Richmond 's cloth , but we can report that none of the candidate 's pockets contained pen or paper a problem when taking down canvass details . |
| 17 | If it were not for the scenes written after his marriage , The Elder Statesman would have been by far the grimmest play he had ever written . |
| 18 | Where the meaning of the statutory words is plain and unambiguous it is not for the judges to invent fancied ambiguities as an excuse for failing to give effect to its plain meaning because they themselves consider that the consequences of doing so would be inexpedient , or even unjust or immoral . |
| 19 | Where the meaning of the statutory words is plain and unambiguous it is not for the judges to invent fancied ambiguities as an excuse tor failing to give effect to its plain meaning because they themselves consider that the consequences of doing so would be inexpedient , or even unjust or immoral . |
| 20 | Mr Winchester predictably proves his case for part of the Pacific rim , from Japan round to California , but not for the whole circumference — and certainly not for the islands dotted in the Basin , despite the charming Western Samoan girl who takes his bags at Los Angeles airport and quotes Robert Louis Stevenson to him . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's not for the servant to reprimand the Master . ’ |
| 22 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 23 | The formal procedures of the House have not , so far , had to be changed following the introduction of television , and the Procedure Committee has taken the view that , unless a powerful case can be made to the contrary , it is not for the House to adapt to televising . |
| 24 | I would not for the world keep him from his rest . |
| 25 | And I would not for the world meddle with her plans , though I am proud that she has consented on the way to visit me for a while . |
| 26 | Mr. Collins 's letter to my constituent , which is extremely clear , states : ’ In the case of the rail link , there would have been no proposal to build a terminal , were it not for the need to provide one for the Channel Tunnel rail link . |
| 27 | Throughout these painful exchanges , the King had remained at Sandringham ; it was not for the sovereign to intervene between one faction of the Cabinet and another . |
| 28 | It 's not for the police to determine what information is right for disclosure . |
| 29 | The burden of proving such negligence is on the plaintiff ; it is not for the defendant to prove that the fire was accidental . |
| 30 | It does not for the moment wish to take on additional responsibilities in respect of criminal legal aid , means assessments and determinations and taxations of costs , given that it is not at present in a position to do the work more effectively . |