Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [adj] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | On capital grants they recommend that none should be given if the scheme is incompatible with conservation policy and that the withholding of grants should not oblige conservation authorities to otter a management agreement as at present . |
| 2 | Conversely , indigenous politicians , who do not make explicit reference to the individual actor as having multiple points of view , may nevertheless in practice make considerable use of those multiple points of view that are implicit in the existence of different political factions . |
| 3 | The basic purposes of pruning are two-fold : first , to divert and concentrate sap flow and energy into the buds and shoots that will grow in the direction we want , to promote or provoke new growth from dormant buds , and to better utilize energy by removing growth that has borne bloom , will not bear more , and can not make worthwhile contribution to the plant 's processes ; and secondly , surgically to remove dead , diseased and infected wood . |
| 4 | And even now , after Dr Neil 's healing influence , daily exerted , for although he could not make direct love to her he was able to let her know in a thousand different ways how much he loved her , and how precious she was to him , she still felt the odd shudder of shame and fear . |
| 5 | ‘ In the first place the complainant wished to remain anonymous and did not want formal proceedings to be taken against the shop , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Programming in C++ does not impart object-oriented characteristics to the product naturally . |
| 7 | ( This does not include travelling time to and from school . ) |
| 8 | Or , in the vocabulary often employed by earlier natural philosophers , an explanation in terms of secondary causes need not exclude ultimate reference to a primary cause . |
| 9 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 10 | The West should not expect outstanding interest to be paid off before 1993 . |
| 11 | They consider that there is no reason why parties should not expect fair procedures to be followed , and that the public law decision Ridge v Baldwin [ 1964 ] AC 40 applies the rules of natural justice to any person making a decision about individuals . |
| 12 | But a list of his achievements does not do full justice to Norman Davis as scholar and person . |
| 13 | And he concludes that although hymns and songs of praise are a ‘ poore sort ’ , they reflect the true worship of heaven , which itself can not do full justice to God 's greatness : |
| 14 | Such a brief survey can not do full justice to the theoretical ramifications of ‘ market economics ’ , but it should be sufficient to indicate how the new doctrine has been directed against the very basis of demand management as practised between 1950 and the early 1970s [ Walters , 1978 ] . |
| 15 | God can not be the exclusive Father and I can not ascribe exclusive divinity to Jesus . |
| 16 | It seems to me that Bethe ( writing in 1954 ) did not give due credit to Ulam for switching ideas onto an entirely new track ; judging from accounts given elsewhere ( eg The Advisors , H. F. York , San Francisco , 1976 ) Ulam rather than Teller should be called ‘ The Father of the H-Bomb ’ . |
| 17 | Studies which show apparent equality in decision-making between husbands and wives often omit or do not give due weight to many of the more important decisions such as where to live , when to move or when to buy a new car ( Gillespie , 1972 ) . |
| 18 | As the guest calling himself Mr Smythe did not have legal title to the cheque , he could not give legal title to the hotelier ; therefore , the cheque would not be paid and the hotelier would suffer the loss . |
| 19 | Why is Britain the only country in Europe that does not give legal protection to our 6 million part-time employees ? |
| 20 | Evidence from the first and second waves of reform does not give great comfort to reformers . |
| 21 | If we wish seriously to enhance such process rights , then we must be prepared to listen to claims that the agency did not give adequate consideration to certain views . |
| 22 | The fact was that distrust of Chamberlain ran so deep that even the most unequivocal supporter of rearmament in the labour movement could not give unreserved support to his Government 's military preparations . |
| 23 | Throughout the post-war period the case for a high degree of centralised planning was weakening because there was no serious attempt to address the problem of an allocative mechanism which did not give free reign to market prices and collective bargaining . |
| 24 | The Council believes that the Government does not give sufficient back-up to the Parks authorities and should place an outright ban on certain types of development without further ado . |
| 25 | One concern is that the package , while adequately covering its target themes , does not give sufficient recognition to the context in which it will be used . |
| 26 | Even such an excellent scholar as Wyld , who was extremely interested in the social motivations of change , did not give sufficient weight to the evidence for [ h ] -loss . |
| 27 | On the latter subject , the author points to the inconsistent decisions on whether the effect of unambiguous operative provisions can be cut down by the long title and he seems to incline to the view that they can be so affected ; this , perhaps , does not give sufficient weight to what was said about the effect of the preamble in Prince Ernest Augustus of Hanover . |
| 28 | A PDS statement said that Amato 's draft programme did not go far enough towards creating a " government of innovation " and did not give sufficient weight to the elimination of corrupt practices . |
| 29 | Critics also considered that the emphasis on efficiency did not give sufficient importance to the quality of health care provided . |
| 30 | Sex-blind treatment appeals to women 's self-respect , and is fine for those who have successfully seized new opportunities in education and the labour market , but as long as equal treatment extends only to paid work , it does not give proper recognition to the contribution and needs of most women . |