Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] enable " in BNC.
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| 1 | Silk Slippers may not enable Sangster to challenge the Arab supremacy , but an English Classic success after a five-year gap would come like manna from heaven . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll give you your letter back , miss — unread , ’ the police-sergeant told Rosalind , with a grin , ‘ but I 'd like to keep the envelope , please , because it 's got a nice glossy surface and the man your sister saw stealing bulbs has left two lovely big fingerprints on it , which may or may not enable us to find out who he is , but will certainly prove whether the gardener who was sacked as the thief is innocent . |
| 3 | The law of God had demanded holiness , but could not enable it . |
| 4 | One might expect , a priori , that no empirical ( that is perception-based ) observations could provide evidence in support of a metaphysical theory of perception ; that perceptions would not enable us to get to the root of perception . |
| 5 | They would not enable the courts to interfere where there clearly has been a breach of procedural fairness ; and they would permit the inferior tribunals to exceed the limited powers which Parliament has conferred upon them . |
| 6 | Again these changes would not enable a requesting State to impose its own views on a requested State . |
| 7 | Should such a test be used in the course of teaching , low scores would not enable the teacher to decide what tasks can reasonably be given to the pupils who obtain them nor to decide what experiences may be suitable to forward their development . |
| 8 | The mere fact that the comment was directed to the actions of a local government authority would not enable the defendant to rely upon qualified privilege ; and the fact that he had published without malice in good faith and in the belief that the facts stated were true would afford no defence if the facts were not true . |
| 9 | There is a theoretical distinction between ( 1 ) a misspelling and ( 2 ) a mis-recognition , but the results from recognition will not enable us to distinguish between them , and indeed they can be treated similarly for attempted correction . |
| 10 | Analysis will not enable Larry to access the causes of the emotions and fears he ‘ reads ’ in the maps of people 's minds any more than physicists will be able to ‘ discover ’ the origin of the universe . |
| 11 | The new provision differs from the old in one significant way , by altering the terminology in which the Act is couched from the senior police officer 's ‘ opinion ’ that he is unable to prevent the serious public disorder to ‘ reasonably believes ’ that the imposition of conditions will not enable him to preserve order . |
| 12 | If they fiddle around with the short-term situation that will not enable them to win ; it will not enable them to get a better general election performance . |
| 13 | If they fiddle around with the short-term situation that will not enable them to win ; it will not enable them to get a better general election performance . |
| 14 | An old domestic cabinet will not enable you to meet your legal obligations under current legislation . |
| 15 | In particular they may need to be assured that the data will not enable the identification of individuals to take place . |
| 16 | Impact ‘ The long-ball game is no good to me and it wo n't enable England to succeed in the 1994 World Cup in America . ’ |
| 17 | A single instance of B , and of B on its own , can not enable us to associate it with A. The universe as a whole , however , is just such a single instance : we have no direct experience either of other worlds or of world-designers . |