Example sentences of "not [verb] [art] [noun sg] 's " in BNC.

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1 Mr Speed , who lives alone , said he did not think the Chancellor 's general taxation measures would have a serious affect on his standard of living — but the chances of finding work had not improved either .
2 It was left to subsequent decisions to extend the application of the rules still further to those decisions which did not affect a person 's legal rights but regulated the grant of a privilege , etc .
3 Even among senior players , outside pursuits were tolerated only so long as they did not affect a player 's performance or make football of secondary importance to him .
4 The fact that a route is described in a guidebook , flawed or otherwise , should not affect an individual 's judgement .
5 The new decision does not affect the artist 's ownership of the work of art itself , but it does effectively strip him or her of control over how , when and where it may be reproduced .
6 It may be that the examiner disagrees with the candidate in his answer to ( i ) , and although that may not affect the candidate 's marks on ( i ) , the candidate will lose the marks on ( ii ) if he does not deal with it .
7 It is not usually preceded by long and bitter quarrels between parents and need not affect the child 's eye view of dependability and reliability of parents in their relationship with the child .
8 Proposals to increase the range of shopping facilities available in these centres will be encouraged , provided their impact on other centres is acceptable and in Edinburgh city centre , where they do not affect the centre 's environment .
9 Deputy Prime Minister Zivko Pregl said on Jan. 21 that the outcome of the congress would not affect the government 's plans to press ahead with legislation to change the federal Constitution and create the conditions for a multiparty system , and he observed that the LCY in future " will be relevant to the extent that it succeeds in elections which will be direct and secret " .
10 The results of the elections in Melilla and Pontevedra would not affect the government 's majority .
11 Section 138 does not affect the court 's powers to grant relief on such terms as it thinks fit under s 146(2) of the Law of Property Act 1925 , but subject thereto , it provides that where rent arrears have not been paid into court not less than five clear days before the hearing , then if there is a right of re-entry or forfeiture the court must order possession at the expiry of such period , not being less than four weeks from the date of the order , as the court thinks fit , unless within that period the lessee pays into court all the rent in arrears and the costs .
12 A number of companies have gone to great pains to point out to the shareholders that the goodwill adjustment does not affect the company 's net asset value , but Company Reporting named a number of companies that have actively avoided showing the full extent of losses on disposal .
13 The assignee may have to join the assignor in any proceedings he brings against the bank , but this is a pragmatic procedural requirement and does not affect the assignee 's substantive right to the assigned part of the debt .
14 There was unanimous agreement that race did not affect the panel 's work , ‘ even though some thought racial identification would prove useful for monitoring purposes . ’
15 When we are dealing with the structure plan for which there is no local plan in force , we have a new problem which is that , owing to the diagrammatic nature of the plans , no one will be able to say with certainty that this does or does not affect the claimant 's property , but that nevertheless , because of that very uncertainty , a wider number of properties may be affected .
16 In the latter case a trespass is committed even if the structure ( a crane ) was at a height which did not affect the plaintiff 's use of the land ( Anchor Brewhouse Developments Ltd v Berkley House ( Docklands Developments ) Ltd ( 1987 ) 38 BLR 82 ) .
17 If a restriction is imposed on a model of a particular variable 's behaviour , then if that restriction is valid its imposition should not affect the model 's success in explaining the variable 's behaviour , whereas if the restriction is invalid it should .
18 This is self-explanatory and the tenant should be cautious of allowing the landlord to include various prohibited users which may not affect the tenant 's business but could restrict the persons to whom the tenant may wish to assign or sublet the premises .
19 In ITV 's studio at Twickenham the debate was intense about the incident , particularly the fact that play was still some 22 metres from the Australian goal-line ; however , distance does not affect the referee 's decision to award a penalty try .
20 Such suspicions were certainly not entirely stilled when , at an early stage , Baker told staff that while they should not disparage the premier 's opponents , Central Office was , nonetheless , the office of the leader and therefore must not create the impression of neutrality .
21 In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier .
22 Members will be asked to vote on the following actions which are designed to achieve a reversal of the decision made at F&S on 5 March 1991 not to implement the Shop 's proposal for a reduction in pay differentials .
23 It is not clear from the report in Willmott v. Atack whether the police had made it plain that they did not want the defendant 's ‘ help , ’ and , if so , what impact that has on the state of the law .
24 He believes the inspector should ensure children are reasonably well looked after , not change a school 's culture .
25 But it is not helping the snail 's genes .
26 With Lithuania not given a snowball 's chance , Lansdowne Road sat back and waited for the avalanche … and waited … and waited .
27 But this does not explain the state 's overall function , ; for even when it is controlled by officials drawn from other classes , it continues to serve the political interest of the hegemonic fraction .
28 Controversy over proposed open-cast mining in the Lake St Lucia wetlands , Natal [ see ED 67 ] , has been heightened by publication of a South African government environmental impact assessment which concludes that mining would not damage the area 's delicate dune ecosystem .
29 Charging need not enhance a consumer 's view of a service
30 When judges perform this essential constitutional role , their task is not to usurp the administrator 's functions , nor to stultify good government by imposing legalistic requirements upon him .
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