Example sentences of "not by [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But reasons of identification and self-definition can not by themselves establish the legitimacy of an authority . |
| 2 | It follows that names can not be descriptions , for descriptions are invariably complex , and ( it is implied ) inherently ambiguous , i.e. they do not by themselves ensure the uniqueness of the referential relation in any given case of referring . |
| 3 | A few apricots or a slice of bread will not by themselves supply that much iron . |
| 4 | The fact that a child is weaned early ( or undergoes a period of separation , or has minimal brain damage , or loses a parent through death ) will not by itself tell one about the eventual outcome . |
| 5 | Here again , though , this is not by itself to say that where a co-operative can get properly started in a capital intensive business , it would find it more difficult to compete than would a conventionally organised firm . |
| 6 | The true position seems to be that something done or promised before the promise sued on is not by itself treated as a sufficient reason for the enforcement of the promise . ’ |
| 7 | Because there was no general duty to give reasons , the absence of reasons does not by itself entitle the court to hold that the award was not supportable . |
| 8 | Important though collective bargaining is as a method of extending employee influence at local level , there is a range of important decisions which it can not by itself reach . |
| 9 | The adjective beautiful , for example , denotes a quality which can be found in many different objects and therefore does not by itself indicate the nature of that about which it is said . |
| 10 | Furthermore , pointing to inflexibility in some prices does not by itself show that the assumption of general price flexibility is unreasonable . |
| 11 | As to the escape of water from reservoirs , even express statutory authority for their construction will not by itself exonerate their undertakers since the Reservoirs ( Safety Provisions ) Act 1930 , now replaced by the Reservoirs Act 1975 . |
| 12 | On the whole changing behaviour patterns by blocking off existing patterns is the least effective method because blocking one pattern does not by itself create a new one . |
| 13 | A lease , because of the involvement of the landlord ( who is not or who at any rate in his capacity as landlord is not a member of the firm ) , needs not only an appropriate declaration that the named partners joined as lessees hold the term on trust but also : ( a ) a declaration that possession of the demised premises by partners who are not trustees of the lease shall not by itself constitute a breach of the usual covenants against parting with or sharing possession ; ( b ) a provision which dispenses with the landlord 's consent ( or makes it automatic ) to an assignment of the demised premises to partners other than the original lessees or to the vesting of the premises in new trustees for the firm . |
| 14 | Admittedly , providing these essential conditions for the students ' growth will not by itself ensure that the sought-for maturation takes place . |
| 15 | But something is still needed to explain Nietzsche 's willingness to commit himself so totally at this particular time ; and the November meeting , usually taken to be the cause , can not by itself have been sufficient . |
| 16 | The existence of the occasional bad law enacted by a just government does not by itself establish much . |
| 17 | This might well be the case but does not by itself establish a logical necessity for legislative omnicompetence for Parliament . |
| 18 | A Duxbury calculation could not by itself provide the answer as to the sum to which the wife was entitled , though it produced a figure to which the judge was entitled to have regard in deciding what was the right answer . |
| 19 | Identifying divisions of interest does not by itself provide an adequate rejection of the claim that elites are very powerful in Japan . |
| 20 | A further reason for caution with regard to RE through story is that knowing a story does not by itself provide sufficient safeguard against serious misunderstandings which can have far-reaching effects on people . |
| 21 | The Code itself imposes no legal obligations and failure to observe it does not by itself render anyone liable to proceedings . |
| 22 | The mere fact , for example , that the investor had sold on the shares would not by itself render the statutory remedy of rescission inapplicable . |
| 23 | This level , however , has been achieved by many of the developing countries today and expansion of their secondary and further education sectors will not by itself solve their economic problems . |
| 24 | Yet the economic situation will not by itself defeat the present regime . |
| 25 | It follows that fear of impending death felt by the victim of a fatal injury before that injury is inflicted can not by itself give rise to a cause of action which survives for the benefit of the victim 's estate . |