Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth . |
| 2 | Finally , evidence from what was arguably the most traumatic period for capitalism , the post-1929 Depression in the United States , does not lend support to the real-balance hypothesis : ‘ For the 1929–32 period as a whole there was an increase in real balances of 42 per cent , and a decrease in real income of 40 per cent ’ ( Patinkin , 1951 ) . |
| 3 | ECGD does not lend money to companies but does offer a number of schemes to banks to allow them to finance exports at interest rates which are often significantly below prevailing market rates . |
| 4 | Joan 's friends did not think Branson to be a particularly eligible figure . |
| 5 | We shall not make changes to the assisted areas , at least in the lifetime of this Parliament . |
| 6 | On one hand we know that the employees can not make changes to contacts without agreements . |
| 7 | This authority would not make changes to the software , but would be responsible for pursuing the SPR to a satisfactory conclusion . |
| 8 | It did not make sense to her . |
| 9 | The graveside note about missing her ‘ Darling Daddy ’ did not make sense to anyone who knew the family , since Diana rarely saw her father . |
| 10 | Thus many techniques for analysis and reaction presented through in-service training as ‘ cut flowers ’ , have failed to grow in schools because they do not make sense to the teachers once back in their schools . |
| 11 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
| 12 | Normally the faculty will not make offers to candidates who have yet to sit their SCE Higher grade examinations . |
| 13 | One criticism of third normal form is that by making reference to other normal forms , hidden dependencies may not be revealed , BCNF does not make reference to other normal forms . |
| 14 | Although the Act does not make reference to the current climate of opinion about sexual explicitness , juries in obscenity trials are enjoined to keep in mind the current standards of ordinary decent people . |
| 15 | Stapleton took care that Sir Henry did not make love to her . |
| 16 | ‘ I did not make love to her , Leonora , ’ he said forcibly . |
| 17 | Charley did not make love to her , and he ought . |
| 18 | ‘ You do not make advances to me , you do n't even touch me . |
| 19 | By the autumn , however , the Russians , through their ambassador in Istanbul , Andrei Italinskii , began to threaten the sultan that if he did not make concessions to the Serbs they would intervene to enforce the disputed Article VIII of the Treaty of Bucharest ( see above , p. 81 ) . |
| 20 | I agree entirely that this is an outrageous invasion of private property , but I am sure that the House would not want Ministers to be able to instruct the judiciary to do anything , because we value its independence . |
| 21 | When I was in the north-east , there was particular concern among business men whom I met because the north-east in particular has benefited greatly from Japanese investment and it does not want investors to be frightened off . |
| 22 | I want to ensure that the genuine claims of those who are in need are dealt with properly , promptly and accurately , I do not want campaigns to be organised on the basis that people sign a piece of paper that has been delivered to them by a welfare rights organisation . |
| 23 | Peter and Paul do not want Mummy to be ill or to have HC themselves , but at the moment there is no sure way to know for everyone . |
| 24 | She did not want Jenny to be hurt . |
| 25 | Since the base category will be used in every comparison , it is desirable that there should be a substantial number of cases in it ; we do not want comparisons to be made with an unreliable figure . |
| 26 | Holt does not want children to be obliged to take on any of these responsibilities and he manages to make his point by concentrating solely on the rights so that he can remark : |
| 27 | The licence may be exclusive which means that the software publisher can not grant licences to others in respect of the software ; but , more usually , the licence will be non-exclusive so that the software publisher will be free to grant licences to anyone else he wishes to . |
| 28 | In particular the purchaser should not grant exceptions to the exclusivity as the court will then require the attendance of the vendor before granting the injunction . |
| 29 | We should not grant recognition to the Baltic states or any other So Soviet Republics unless they guarantee human rights ? |
| 30 | Mr Parkinson told representatives : ‘ Railways can not deliver goods to Britain 's high street shops . |