Example sentences of "not [vb infin] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The IDA once again flew in another independent medical expert , Dr Muriel Newhouse of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , who assured the planning inquiry that she would not object to an asbestos dump , such as the one proposed , being sited ‘ at the bottom of her garden ’ .
2 The end of the Persian War did not bring to an end the Athenian Empire , though the existence of the confederacy was now harder to justify .
3 The meaning is uncertain , but it can not refer to an offering to a demon , as some suggest , for this was strictly forbidden ( see , e.g. , 17:7 ) .
4 Norway and Sweden announced on Aug. 6 that they would not contribute to an appeal for assistance to relieve the effects of the drought , in protest at the purchase a few days before the launch of the appeal of a US$29,000,000 presidential aircraft .
5 Pausanias describes Cimon 's Theseion as including a picture by Mikon of Theseus at the bottom of the sea ( the subject of fig. 98 ) , and pictures of a Centauromachy and an Amazonomachy which he does not ascribe to an artist .
6 However , if your circumstances change , and you can not keep to an arrangement , tell the fuel supplier , who should not cut you off without offering you another arrangement or a pre-payment meter .
7 It had been thought at one time that the restriction did not apply to an attack on members of a party as a whole , or where the motive was simply the provision of information and not the demoting of a candidate , but Luft adopts an extensive interpretation of the scope of the provision .
8 In the case of a public company subject , at the time of its registration or re-registration , to a pre-1982 pre-emptive requirement , sections 89 to 95 do not apply to an allotment of the equity securities which are subject to such a requirement .
9 This rule does not apply to an action for the recovery of land , where the return day is that of the final hearing ( N5 — 6 ) , unless a claim is joined for some relief other than the payment of mesne profits or arrears of rent or for moneys secured by a mortgage or charge ( Ord 3 , r 3(4) ) .
10 Article 5(2) provides that the FSA , s57 does not apply to an investment advertisement if the invitation is made , or the information is given , by or on behalf of a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals for the purposes of or with a view to the acquisition or disposal of shares in a company ( including a private company ) other than an open-ended investment company between parties each of whom is a body corporate , a partnership , a single individual or a group of connected individuals .
11 The rules as to disclosure , participation and voting do not apply to an interest in a contract or other matter which a member may have as a ratepayer or inhabitant of the area , or as an ordinary consumer of water , or to an interest in any matter relating to the terms on which the right to participate in any service , including the supply of goods , is offered to the public .
12 There was no reason why the ordinary law of contract should not apply to an agreement under s 54 as to any other agreement .
13 As a general rule Article 85 does not apply to an agreement between a parent and its subsidiary " which although having separate legal personality , enjoys no economic independence " .
14 Paragraph ( a ) of this subsection shall not apply to an application for the grant of an off-sale licence .
15 It is true that this is qualified by the North western Utilities case , but that decision does not apply to an occupier who neither knows nor could reasonably have discovered the existence of a danger created by his predecessor .
16 He smiled again , but Theda could not respond to an overture she felt to be false .
17 He proposed that barrackers should be thrown out of the ground if they did not respond to an appeal for fairness over the loudspeaker .
18 As human civilization grows and develops , it does not lead to an increase in human happiness , as utilitarianism would lead us to expect .
19 1972 No. 1139 ( L.14 ) ) includes a winding up petition even though such a petition does not lead to an order for payment of the sum in question .
20 With artist 's impressions and scores of posters aiding the hunt for the rapist , the 250 tip-offs did not lead to an arrest .
21 But they do not lead to an equation of institution with class .
22 Bad driving may or may not lead to an accident , depending on the chance conjunction of other factors and other people 's behaviour .
23 Monotype said yesterday it had received an approach ‘ which may or may not lead to an offer ’ from Mirror Group Newspapers .
24 There is no requirement to name the potential offeror , and the announcement may simply be that the talks may or may not lead to an offer being made .
25 ( c ) following an approach to the board of the target company , which may or may not lead to an offer , the primary responsibility lies with the board of the target , which must accordingly keep a close watch on its share price .
26 Readers should note that a warning announcement ( which may be an announcement that the target is having talks which may or may not lead to an offer ) or a temporary suspension of listing ( pending clarification of the position ) may be required .
27 On the other hand , a travel agent , which is also defined as a shop for this purpose , can not change to an estate agent or building society 's premises because the two latter are both included in the definition of offices .
28 JANUARY 1st dawned in Czechoslovakia and the world did not come to an end .
29 1 Samuel 4 renews the story of the conflict between the two peoples , and that rivalry remains a major feature of the account of Saul 's reign , and does not come to an end till victories won by David , described in 2 Samuel 5 .
30 Held , allowing the appeal , that although there was a strong presumption against interpreting a statute as taking away the right of silence of an accused person it was the plain intention of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 that the powers of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office should not come to an end when the person under investigation had been charged ; and that , accordingly , she was entitled to compel the applicant to answer questions on pain of commission of a criminal offence under section 2(13) of the Act of 1987 if he did not do so and no caution was appropriate ( post , pp. 68F–H , 81C–F , 83E , 86H ) .
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