Example sentences of "not [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A return for loss of use of the money is still required and if no return were made then buyers would not lend to the government and would lend elsewhere , for example . |
| 2 | If the parent finds difficulty in not reacting to the child while in ‘ time out ’ on the chair , it may be better for the child to be placed in a safe separate room for the equivalent time . |
| 3 | It must be because I 'm not reacting to the socket like the receptionist would . |
| 4 | A fact , by the way , she had not communicated to the police . |
| 5 | White Stilton is a very young , immature Stilton and does not compare to the traditional blue variety , although I like it in salads and for cooking , where its slightly sharp flavour is penetrating . |
| 6 | In a second study , Kennedy ( 1972 ) found that repetition after 1 year was less common in patients admitted to the Edinburgh Regional Poisoning Treatment Centre ( 12 per cent ) than in those who made attempts and were not referred to the Centre , irrespective of whether the latter were referred to psychiatrists elsewhere ( 38 per cent repeated ) or not ( 37 per cent repeated ) . |
| 7 | However , the contested takeover of Imperial by Hanson was not referred to the MMC as it did not adversely affect competition or the ‘ public interest ’ . |
| 8 | They were rather pleased with themselves for saying this , because it was something the Gruagach would find quite flattering and , also , it had not referred to the Wolfkings , which would have been extremely discourteous , not to say disastrous . |
| 9 | ‘ For the purposes of all legal proceedings any question as to the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties , or as to the validity , meaning or effect of any Community instrument , shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) . ’ |
| 10 | Section 3(1) of the European Communities Act 1972 expressly provides that the meaning or effect of any of the Treaties ‘ shall be treated as a question of law ( and , if not referred to the European Court , be for determination as such in accordance with the principles laid down by and any relevant decision of the European Court ) ’ . ’ |
| 11 | Not squeeze to the side because they might not see you there . |
| 12 | Although the parents and the study staff were not blinded to the vaccine groups , parents gave informed consent before knowing which vaccine their child would receive . |
| 13 | My dream is achievable because all we have to do is stop doing some of the things we are already doing : stop using the productive forces we have developed to create disabilities through warfare , environmental pollution and industrial accidents ; stop creating disabilities through poverty by using our vast wealth not in pursuit of capital accumulation and profit , but in ensuring that we all have the necessities to sustain material life ; and stop judging and treating people on the basis of the contribution they can or can not make to the development and operation of these productive forces . |
| 14 | There might have been some other more rational explanation , but it was not furnished to the House by the Secretary of State . |
| 15 | The collapse is possible because many of the ribs are not joined to the sternum , and those that do join make contact by long flexible cartilages . |
| 16 | Many slimmers make this an excuse for not sticking to the diet , but I find it much easier being away from the kitchen and the kettle ! |
| 17 | Perhaps the Norwich striker had not adjusted to the importance of the occasion , but Norman was able to make a crucial save . |
| 18 | If we choose not to attend to the higher-level activity during cycling we simply do not notice our surroundings and may take an incorrect route . |
| 19 | Do you not got to the school 's for suggestions ? |
| 20 | It meant the costs and the financial implications were not explained to the relatives , although the consequences for them were quite serious . |
| 21 | The accused 's conviction was quashed because the judge had not explained to the jury that the sale amounted to theft only if the victim had a " proprietary right or interest " in the video . |
| 22 | Whereas Wertheim has Seurat charcoals and an oil ‘ Study for La Grande Jatte ’ , Paley has important oils by Derain , as well as Cubist pictures by Picasso , Gris , and Braque that were sufficiently abstract not to appeal to the more traditional Wertheim . |
| 23 | If we take from ( 1 ) the phrase distant cousin , we can remark that it is closely analogous to another phrase — near relative — in which it is quite plain that the adjective is not assigned to the referential locus of the following word , but qualifies the property which it expresses in just the way that the same word does in : ( 5 ) a near impossible task The facts of intensional qualification are not in the least altered because traditional grammar has customarily described near as an adverb in phrases like ( 5 ) , but as an adjective in near relative . |
| 24 | ( A ) The following provisions apply to periods during which the headship of the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory is not assigned to the professor : |
| 25 | Something that was not form , but was only matter , could not become general in this way and could not answer to the generality of the concepts with which we think . |
| 26 | The vast majority of what are generally called well-educated persons in this country have , in the very process of their education , been impressed with the belief that metre is an arrangement of language which can be judged by the application of a mechanical test , and that the poet who produces a line which does not answer to the test is a fit subject for correction by any critic who can point out the discrepancy . |
| 27 | Cloke said his instructions on Vaguely Artistic were to sit upsides the favourite , Market Leader , and not to go to the front too quickly . |
| 28 | She was n't sure if he would come , but it never occurred to her not to go to the rock where they had met before . |
| 29 | Organise your affairs so as to get to the patient quickly , or decide not to go to the patient and use routinely the 999 service , but do have a practice policy . |
| 30 | It does need teaching , though we must be careful not to go to the opposite extreme , as many courses do , and patronizingly treat adult learners like new-born babes . |