Example sentences of "not [v-ing] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not binding on the judges , but they have a persuasive authority where judicial choice is possible . |
| 2 | It is not binding on the courts , although it remains a treaty obligation for the Government to ensure that the law conforms with it . |
| 3 | In December 1947 , for example , when they had agreed a memorandum on Area Board organisation , Randall , the London Board chairman , insisted that it should be a purely advisory document not binding on the areas ; and some degree of variation in local organisation did in fact emerge . |
| 4 | Unless otherwise agreed , the findings of the expert(s) are not binding on the parties : they may be recommendations for the future performance of the contract . |
| 5 | Because of their different activity time clock , the owls are not competing with the hawks for the same food animals at the same time and can therefore co-exist . |
| 6 | But we 're not pandering it 's not pandering to the kids ! |
| 7 | Brownie Owl continued : ‘ I think Farmer Bolsover is mostly afraid that we might do damage to his crops by not keeping to the paths , or taking a fancy to the fruit in his orchard . ’ |
| 8 | Lord Lyon King of Arms , ultimate authority in these matters , declared that the arms were part of the fabric of the building and not relating to the occupants . |
| 9 | I think it 's sometimes falsely represented as being academic or being unreal or as not relating to the masses of women 's lives , and it 's out of my own experience I just want to be clear about this , it 's out of my own experience as an incest survivor , as a pornography survivor , my father worked in the porn industry , that I came to revolutionary feminism . |
| 10 | M. Dupont , so far as I could observe , was not contributing to the discussions , and it was hard to tell from his sullen demeanour if he was attending carefully to what was being said or else deeply engrossed in other thoughts . |
| 11 | Cuckoos came into the discussion as an example of parasites not living inside the bodies of their hosts . |
| 12 | The next three days were spent not looking at the buildings and architecture of gay Paree but for a mythical Adidas Centre which one of my mates overheard someone talking about in hushed tones in a Liverpool snug . |
| 13 | Not looking at the cows , but keeping her eyes fixed straight ahead , she pushed her bike past them and then on to the footpath . |
| 14 | But these are no reasons for not looking through the accounts , and making sure that all we can give is turned to real advantage . |
| 15 | I think you know I was con trying to concentrate on getting the facts over and doing it properly and not listening for the comments so much and thinking more you know what , what can I get out of this here erm |
| 16 | You 're going on er you 're not listening to the answers , you 're going too fast . |
| 17 | No , I 'm sorry , I 'm sorry , you 're not listening to the complaints of people , I am . |
| 18 | Roskill J said that B was in breach of an implied duty in : ( a ) not communicating to the plaintiffs ' board the information which he received from the patent agents and in taking no steps to protect the plaintiffs against possible consequences of the existence of the patent ; and ( b ) using information regarding the patent for his own benefit . |
| 19 | By a notice of appeal dated 18 February 1991 the second defendant appealed on the grounds , inter alia , that the judge erred ( 1 ) in concluding that the first defendant was not acting as the plaintiffs ' agent when he procured the signature of the second defendant to the legal charge dated 3 July 1987 ; and ( 2 ) in not finding that the execution of the charge was procured by the undue influence and material misrepresentation of the first defendant and thereby in not setting aside the charge . |
| 20 | But manager Jim Nelson is certainly not trembling at the knees . |
| 21 | New ways of coping can be shared , and solutions to problems can be found based on the values and ideas of their generation , not according to the views and attitudes of the modern world . |
| 22 | Yet we can not have a cut because interest rates are now set , not according to the needs of our domestic economy , but for the sole purpose of propping up the pound in its ERM band , thus prolonging the recession . |
| 23 | Contemporary art is not pulling in the crowds |
| 24 | You 're not paying above the odds for the car , or the insurance premium for that matter . |
| 25 | They could n't tell you off for not turning off the lights but you were n't meant to be out of your dorm or even out of bed . |
| 26 | Then what have you to say to my argument , which is that by not going off the rails , man is destined to live meanly and dully , and in that way corrupts the true purpose of his being on earth ? |
| 27 | It 's not going off the rails |
| 28 | For the first time she was really listening , not going through the motions of an argument . |
| 29 | Well , no actually cos I 'm not going I 'm not going up the stairs |
| 30 | ‘ Let's say that Ah 'm not going to the police or anybody in authority . |