Example sentences of "not [verb] to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this population is representative of the situation nationally , substantial numbers of patients with end stage liver disease might benefit from liver transplantation , but are not referred to a centre . |
| 2 | He decided not to go to a chain chemist 's . |
| 3 | If the maritime portion does not take place in the first leg of the journey , the transport document can not attest to a loading on board the vessel when , in fact , the goods are only on board a truck or railroad car . |
| 4 | The undertaking by the Government not to agree to a proposal while either House maintains its ‘ parliamentary reserve ’ was embodied in a resolution of the House of Commons of 30 October 1980 . |
| 5 | I refer to my memorandum dated 19 September 1990 which informed you that the Personnel Committee , at its meeting on 11 September 1990 , decided not to agree to a closure of Regional Council workplaces during the 1990/91 festive season . |
| 6 | Where solicitors want a " consent order " , provided it does not relate to a possession order of residential premises , and is not for an order in matrimonial proceedings , the Court staff can now sign it , which should provide for a quicker return ; it must be clear from the face of the order that it is " by consent " . |
| 7 | The balance sheet does not relate to a period but sets out the book values of the assets , liabilities and capital as at a particular point in time . |
| 8 | As a follow up to its advice on what not to wear to an interview ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September , p 21 ) , Robert Half recruitment consultants — obviously not snowed under with work at the moment — has joined forces with Accountemps to unveil some of the stranger CVs companies have received over the years . |
| 9 | As a result , the investigator is not exposed to a number of major sources of bias , such as physical appearance and accent . |
| 10 | The French architect Philippe Robert 's new Terra Museum at Giverny , due to open in June , is another fine and thoughtful example of a building that does not pander to a public born with a Mickey gene . |
| 11 | Ackroyd warns us not to jump to a conflation here , but he is intrigued by the coincidence , and it might almost serve as an emblem of his concern throughout the biography with the connection between poetry and feigning , and with the potency of parody . |
| 12 | War or no war , the Government 's other business had not come to a halt . |
| 13 | Reflecting the substantial barriers to international integration , prices have not come to an equilibrium across countries . |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | That question is not addressed to an association or a federation . |
| 16 | In saying that the County Council is not committed to a road which goes north or Knaresborough . |
| 17 | You 're er for the moment you 're not committed to a party , you 've just got to take an individual decision and I know Maastricht is very complicated but there 's a lot of gut feeling as well as precise knowledge about these things , so I want to take a vote . |
| 18 | The giving of warranties by the vendor is not confined to a share sale , though where a target company , rather than assets , is being acquired Newco needs a great deal more warranty protection , as Target 's liabilities may not be easily determinable and , unlike an assets sale , Newco will " acquire " all Target 's liabilities ( ie , the net asset value of Target , on which the purchase price payable by Newco is likely to be based , could be reduced because of undisclosed and unforeseen liabilities which crystallise after completion ) . |
| 19 | I feel so glad that I 've finally found something that works and am not confined to a life of bingeing/vomiting , etc . |
| 20 | The large numbers involved in the various institutions of decision-taking and law-making , the principle of ( usually annual ) rotation among office-holders , and the choice of members of these bodies by lot rather than election , all ensured that participation was not confined to a minority of activists but was spread across the whole citizen body . |
| 21 | A problem immediately arises , however , because it is clear from both Ali and Ata'i that the term was not confined to a grade of medreses , as probably was , or came to be , but retained a wider geographical significance , referring simply to the three cities and their environs . |
| 22 | It is equally clear that the antonym of namely was not confined to a class of medrese , as in all likelihood was , or came to be , but had a much wider usage as an essentially geographical term . |
| 23 | Society itself and those who govern it need such understanding ; and in a democratic society this entails that the study of the humanities be widely spread , not confined to an élite of self-indulgers , the leather blotter-owning classes . |
| 24 | Worse still , the new skiers — beginners — who should have been making up for those who stop because old age or the arrival of infants stops ski holidays — were simply not attracted to a sport when everyone was complaining about bad conditions . |
| 25 | It may be appropriate sometimes to use a material which does not confirm to a given-set of standards ; equally some artists need their materials to be consistent . |
| 26 | You 're not listening to a word we 're saying , you 've done sponge , that 's good , now what else float ? |
| 27 | It 's easy to forget that you are not listening to a mate in a pub telling her latest , raucous , embellished anecdotes . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Tolkien was not writing to a thesis . |
| 30 | One can not refer to a behaviour pattern as inherited ( or instinctive ) or learned ; the terms can only properly be used to refer to the causes of differences between individuals . |