Example sentences of "not [vb infin] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are children : they do not know by instinct how to behave and how to treat one another . |
| 2 | The system ensures that those who might seem most deserving receive perhaps an Order of the British Empire ( OBE ) — or a British Empire Medal ( BEM ) for those ‘ who do not qualify by rank for the higher awards ’ — while a bureaucrat who has successfully worked his way to the top of the civil service without putting a foot wrong will get a knighthood in the Order of the Bath . |
| 3 | The reports still do not identify by regions which regions comply with that eighty five motion . |
| 4 | This canon did not appear by chance ; it must already have been worked out when Borodin began the movement 110 bars previously . |
| 5 | It might look all wrong to the author of ‘ L'Etat et puissance ’ ; to him , kings who could not tax by definition lacked power as well as wealth . |
| 6 | Effective study does not flower by chance even if all these aspects are covered . |
| 7 | Must we not understand by socialization of the means of production that the means of living and working belong to everyone ? ’ |
| 8 | Finally , the wording of the sub-section seems to invite the defence to argue that the complainant 's submission did not occur by reason of the factors mentioned . |
| 9 | Real life together can not work by force |
| 10 | The 3,500 Zimbabwean troops guarding strategic trade routes remained in position and did not withdraw by Nov. 15 as originally envisaged , on the grounds that their departure would leave unprotected the corridors which were essential for the transport of drought relief aid to Zimbabwe , Zambia and Malawi . |
| 11 | Nov. 29 UN resolution 678 authorizes allies " to use all necessary means " to implement UN resolutions on Kuwait if Iraq does not withdraw by Jan. 15 , 1991 . |
| 12 | ‘ It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances . ’ |
| 13 | You should not judge by appearances . ’ |
| 14 | He did , however , have one quality which proved to be an asset to his country — he knew how to win by craft and diplomacy what he could not gain by force . |
| 15 | The Blessed Sacrament Chapel , which gives emphasis to the necessity of private prayer , also speaks eloquently , as indeed do the different centres around the diocese for eucharistic adoration ; such initiatives do not happen by chance . |
| 16 | This would not happen by chance for material deposited on the outside of the tube . |
| 17 | ‘ If someone comes out with a car that looks like ours , that has the same windscreen , a roll bar in the same position and so on , that did not happen by accident . |
| 18 | But the touch of class does not happen by accident and into every piece of flooring goes the wide-ranging skills of the UK company 's workforce . |
| 19 | ‘ For the purposes of this section , no consent is obtained where the complainant submits or does not resist by reason of ( a ) the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( b ) threats or fear of the application of force to the complainant or to a person other than the complainant ; ( c ) fraud ; ( d ) the exercise of authority . ’ |
| 20 | At a deep level , of course , Kinnockabout does not communicate by words at all . |
| 21 | John Major 's onslaught on the pessimists who ‘ talk Britain down ’ was directed at the Labour Party leadership , who he did not mention by name . |
| 22 | Progress towards a new version of flexible response was also possible once it became apparent that there would be no major increases to Nato 's conventional forces , especially since the Americans could not lead by example as long as they were mired in Vietnam . |
| 23 | Only those who held land in freehold within the purlieus might hunt the deer there , and even they might not hunt by night , or on Sunday . |
| 24 | ‘ This must not go by default , ’ pronounced Herluin at his most majestic . |
| 25 | ‘ Beauty does not come by chance but by choice and caring ’ . |
| 26 | You can not do one single bit of this job you can not come by train to do it because what , you may not dash around we hope you do n't because if you follow our advice |
| 27 | On 13th August , it declared that Palmerston was not qualified to comment on architecture : ‘ Art tastes and musical tastes do not come by nature — they are the result of study and education and practice . ’ |
| 28 | Cancer of the larynx can not come by accident . |
| 29 | Northern of course do not live by milk alone . |
| 30 | They have a rational understanding of faith , but they do not live by faith . |