Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , these are conflicting properties , as a polymer with a high modulus and low creep response does not absorb energy by deforming easily , hence has poor impact strength . |
| 2 | We have already seen ( paragraph 7–05 ) that the time of delivery is normally ‘ of the essence , ’ i.e. if a delivery date is stipulated and the seller can not make delivery by that date , that is a breach of condition and the buyer is entitled to repudiate the contract and sue for non-delivery . |
| 3 | Using steady state vowels , which do not convey information by means of distinctive articulatory features , no laterality effect was obtained . |
| 4 | You can not stimulate success by a tax policy that penalises the successful and drives small traders bankrupt . ’ |
| 5 | The DC does not need assessment by a user ( other than the specified user ) , who manages a package outside the structure referencing one of the modules in the steering file . |
| 6 | And he did not promise government by principle ; a politician to the core , Mr Clinton prefers to work by consensus and compromise . |
| 7 | ( 10 ) The references in this section to the execution of a deed by an individual do not include execution by a corporation sole and the reference in subsection ( 7 ) above to signing , sealing or delivery by an individual does not include signing , sealing or delivery by such a corporation . |
| 8 | A draw could suffice for Barcelona , but only assuming that Sparta Prague do not beat Dynamo by four goals or more in Kiev . |
| 9 | ‘ It is important for the churches to realise that in a pluralistic , secularised society they can not exert influence by moral or dogmatic dictates ’ , the report stressed . |
| 10 | Conventional double-glazing cuts heat loss by conduction , but can not prevent loss by radiation . |
| 11 | The plight of abused ( physically , emotionally and sexually ) children is a tragic and sensitive story which apparently often goes undetected because the mother , fearing reprisals or removal of the children , does not report abuse by her husband/partner or visiting relative ( who often is the perpetrator ) ; in many cases having suffered violence herself from him ( Jones , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | In the USA , a doctor will not avoid litigation by simply informing the patient of the nature of the treatment in broad terms . |
| 13 | The process of conception as such is not affected , and the scientist no more ‘ creates ’ a baby than does the obstetrician who performs a Caesarean section , an operation which has saved the lives of countless mothers and babies in situations where birth could not take place by the natural route . |
| 14 | The contradictions of the model help explain why the transition from Francoism to democracy did not take place by a process of radical ‘ rupture ’ , but through a more consensual evolution in which elements of the regime 's own institutions and key political figures played a central role . |
| 15 | The interaction did not approach significance by either subjects or materials . |
| 16 | Autocratic style Decision-making is centralised in the hands of the leader himself , who does not encourage participation by subordinates ; indeed , subordinates ' ideas might be actively discouraged and obedience to orders would be expected from them . |
| 17 | Why not call repression by its name ? |
| 18 | Humans do not read character by character . |
| 19 | Forbidden suicide by his religion , he could not induce death by , for instance , agitating his pierced hands and feet until loss of blood carried him away . |
| 20 | The winner 's benefit from responding appropriately to such a signal is that it does not risk injury by escalating the conflict into a real fight when it need not have done so . |
| 21 | They must be taught through benevolence and sympathy ; when the necessity arises shame may be used , but fear only in the last extremity , and then ‘ with such delicacy that if possible the habit may not gather strength by the use you are constrained to make of it ’ . |
| 22 | The Civil War did not pass Newbald by , as the Monkton family of South Newbald were Royalists , and the parish registers of 1643/45 recorded 30 soldiers being buried in the churchyard . |
| 23 | They could not go side by side . |
| 24 | He did not deserve death by heavy metal poisoning . |
| 25 | he would not commit conversion by making jam of strawberries if that were the only mode of preserving them . |
| 26 | By definition , such agreements did not require approval by the legislature and ‘ In the year 1930 the United States made 25 treaties and only 9 executive agreements ; in 1971 , 214 executive agreements and only 17 treaties . |
| 27 | for changes which are rejected , but do not require resolution by the Director , Information Systems , inform the Development Manager and the Manager of the person who requested the change of the decision by sending them copies of the Change Review Forms |
| 28 | ‘ I have decided that the public interest does not require intervention by me at present , ’ said Attorney General Sir Nicholas Lyell after the judgment . |
| 29 | 266 which did not merit preservation by the fund have been demolished , hut in most cases without controversy . |
| 30 | Unlike the investment trust , the unit trust can not raise capital by selling debt , its capital rises ( falls ) with the sale ( redemption ) of units to the public . |