Example sentences of "not give a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Although ED 65 does not give detailed guidance on the circumstances in which it is considered that the measure of comprehensive income is incomplete , the discussion paper on ED 65 acknowledges that , under the modified historical cost system , the proposed SCFW may not give a complete reflection of the real change in financial wealth .
2 Although the functionaries of Soviet society merely earn salaries in return for the functions required by the state , this does not give a complete picture of their privileges ; others derive from their control over the system of distribution .
3 Inventories , therefore , do not give a complete picture of a person 's wealth .
4 Unless the registrar is instructed to the contrary , a transfer to the wife and new husband will result in the registration of a restriction to the effect that no disposition by a sole proprietor of the land ( not being a trust corporation ) under which capital money arises is to be registered except under an order of the Registrar or of the Court ( ie the survivor of the wife and new husband can not give a good receipt for capital monies ) ( Land Registration Act 1925 , s58(3) and Land Registration Rules 1925 ( SR & O 1925 No 1093 , r213 as amended by Land Registration Rules 1989 , SI No 801 ) ) .
5 The palace has almost disappeared and the church has been poorly restored and does not give a good impression of the original .
6 Although he did not give a new date for the elections , Traore stressed that the postponement would not affect the timetable for the transition period which had been extended in December [ see p. 38563 ] .
7 This is one subject on which we can not give a firm recommendation .
8 It is clear that one can not give a general rule .
9 The shares , priced at FFr72 ( 707p ) yesterday , represent a risky investment that even on the company 's own projections will not give a decent return for another 10 years .
10 This is a fairly mundane question , but the book does not give a mundane answer .
11 Although the House of Lords did not give a concluded opinion , the inclination of the judgments was that the court could not use the test to limit a plaintiff to a proportion of his losses .
12 Although Poulantzas does not give a direct answer to the question ‘ How are we to know a pertinent effect when we encounter one ? ’ , he does discuss an historical example which may throw light on the matter .
13 The overview of agreements does not give a direct picture of this process , but rather the framework within which such influence may take place .
14 We can not give a detailed proof of this important result here since it depends so crucially on the details of the denotational semantics , which have not been described in this paper .
15 The Home Office does not give a detailed breakdown of immigration from Hong Kong , but there was no significant increase in the ‘ remainder of Asia ’ category which includes the colony .
16 Further , both Conservative and Labour Governments have sought to restrict increases in MPs ' pay so that Parliament does not give a bad example to the country and encourage more inflation .
17 He also ignored the fact that the majority of other European Community members do not give a compensatory day off when a national holiday falls at a weekend , as is normal practice in the United Kingdom .
18 There is a strong moral argument within the labour movement , that rejoke rejects workfare and other half-baked schemes which do not give a fair day 's work for a real fair day 's pay .
19 I can not give a precise date , but that is the intention .
20 ( a ) an informal opinion can be obtained quickly , but the Panel executive will not give a definitive ruling until the views of both parties have been heard ;
21 The report is not complete ; it does not give a full specification nor costs .
22 If a student asks a question to which the tutor can not give a satisfactory answer on the spur of the moment , he/she should make no attempt to bluff but frankly admit ignorance , and , possibly with the help of the class , set to work to find out the answer , or else undertake to find the answer for the next class .
23 The form includes a declaration to be completed according to whether a survivor of the buyers can or can not give a valid receipt for purchase monies .
24 The Court of Appeal have however concluded that the notice was ineffective and that the landlord can not give a valid notice until the land is required ‘ for the purposes of the widening of Walworth Road ’ in conformity with clause 6 of the agreement .
25 This act does not give a clear entitlement to the services ; provision in any particular case depends on sufficient resources being available .
26 The Minister did not give a clear response to the question from my Hon. Friend the Member for Dundee , East .
27 We would argue that this does not give a clear explanation of the decision because the judgment is an after-the-event rationalization of the decision and does not necessarily give the real reasons for it .
28 They were joined by up to a dozen others by the end of the decade but , since the records do not give a clear indication of how far treatment was effective , there can be no precise figure for the number of serious cases at any one time .
29 But it can be argued that this will not give a quick cash flow fix at present due to the difficulty of disposing of a lease .
30 I can not give a reliable date as to when the Metropolitan police report in the case of the first matters will be available , but I have no reason to suppose that it is not being prosecuted with all celerity by the dedicated team that the Commissioner has made available .
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