Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | FIVE schoolchildren in Japan were given 100-volt electric shocks for not bringing textbooks to class . |
| 2 | I have not given way to Opposition Members — |
| 3 | Physically he is unusually sturdy and has not fallen prey to illness during his long confinement . |
| 4 | People do not build resistance to tetanus with time or age . |
| 5 | I wanted to meet Marius Durance — I 've always especially admired his work and it seemed crazy to be so close and not come face to face with him . |
| 6 | In this case , then , to write about reality is not to relate word to thing , but text to text . |
| 7 | He had not expected Eleanor to beard his lodgings in Earls Court , especially as he had given Mrs Avery the same instructions about visitors as he had given Nurse Goodman . |
| 8 | Again , she is certainly not relating word to pronunciation . |
| 9 | I would have suspected nothing if the counterfeit Taplow had not made reference to Purgatory . |
| 10 | Again in Johnston v Chamberlain ( 1933 ) 17 TC 706 , the taxpayer sought to argue that a payment from a discretionary trust could not give rise to income tax liability on the beneficiary as it was " only when the trustees choose to exercise their discretion by making the payment that the sum gets to the children at all " . |
| 11 | A general term can not give rise to zeugma in this way : |
| 12 | It must be stressed that although a natural condition can not give rise to liability under the rule in Rylands v. Fletcher it may still constitute a nuisance for which an occupier may be liable if he has knowledge or means of knowledge of its existence and if it is reasonable to require him to take the necessary steps to abate it . |
| 13 | Most of this legislation is of a ‘ regulatory ’ nature and does not give rise to liability in damages . |
| 14 | The principle that an equitable lease does not give rise to privity of estate has several important exceptions . |
| 15 | ‘ You , like myself , my lord , are in but your thirteenth year — pray let us not give thought to death ! ’ |
| 16 | One must not give way to despair . |
| 17 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 18 | Fenella gasped and then thrust her clenched fist into her mouth , because she would not , she emphatically would not give way to polish emotion . |
| 19 | Unlike the annual Environment White Papers , a sustainable development report need not give space to quality of life issues where there are no long term implications , such as local issues of litter , the nuisance from dogs , noise , etc . |
| 20 | Like David , I have not got access to Satellite TV so I am also stuck with teletext and very poor coverage from the BBC . |
| 21 | He said he could not serve on that sub-committeee ( consisting of Brian Close , Bob Appleyard , Phil Sharpe , Bryan Stott , Tony Woodhouse ) ‘ when I do not see eye to eye with them on any subject ’ . |
| 22 | Occasionally it can be achieved by two very different people who may not see eye to eye on a lot of things , but who are determined to try to respect and understand each other for the sake of the man they both love . |
| 23 | America , Britain and France do not see eye to eye . |
| 24 | And if an objective moral standard is thrown over , what is to stop the majority in society — or even a minority in power — from putting away in a mental institution those who do not see eye to eye with them until they are " cured " ? |
| 25 | Bishops were again brought in to arbitrate ; but they did not see eye to eye . |
| 26 | The portly Breton was standing in the town in yesterday 's parliamentary elections but it would appear that he does not see eye to eye with local activists . |
| 27 | In this analysis , people do not attribute legitimacy to authority because they recognize its claim to a foundation in some principle or source outside itself . |
| 28 | Tell Kate not to give way to despondency , perhaps she should drop it for a while and come back to it fresh with new ideas and enthusiasm . |
| 29 | 3142,3150 Logged on user does not have access to module : |
| 30 | However , it is generally true that mainstream teachers do not have access to specialist knowledge beyond very generic special needs training . |