Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] justice " in BNC.

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1 Such a brief summary does not do justice to the detail and complexity of Kemp 's argument .
2 If you suggest that he has done anything for a base motive such as money , he replies , ‘ That does not do justice to you , or to me . ’
3 A brief summary of the arthropods can not do justice to all the fascinating specialized groups — sea spiders and mites for example — that have an incomplete fossil record .
4 The image of a body simply can not do justice , we are saying , to the reality of — and our complex emotional reaction to — overpowering physical realities like the sea or the night-sky ( however much we may be told that the stars are a twinkle in God 's eye ! ) .
5 Neither effect is large , but the result is sufficiently different for us to feel uncomfortable about averaging the two effects ; it would not do justice to the situation to say that on average there was no effect of education once age was controlled .
6 At times , pressure on space meant we could not do justice to the work she did for us , but nevertheless she continued to keep up the high standards she set herself .
7 ‘ But the guys here must remember I still love to stir things up and England do not do justice to people like Will and Jeremy Guscott .
8 It will be apparent from the earlier discussion that a simple assertion about helping old people maintain their independence does not do justice to the subtleties of achieving a balance between independence and dependence which is acceptable or tolerable to the old people concerned .
9 Indeed , so diverse are the pleasures awaiting you at Craigendarroch , I feel a letter alone can not do justice to them …
10 Although this brief outline can not do justice to the complexity and detail of Poulantzas ' work , it does convey enough of its character and aspirations to form the basis of a critical discussion , and in this part of the chapter I shall focus on three connected questions , all concerned with the explanatory power of the theory .
11 For the person with these projects the forwarding of them has an importance to which utilitarianism can not do justice , for it must regard them as simply among the many preferences of which as many as possible are to be satisfied .
12 This schematic characterization , however , does not do justice either to the manner in which they attempted to keep both poles in play at once , nor to the way in which they came to concede the impossibility of the theoretical projects which they undertook .
13 Editor , — J K Aronson and M Hardman do not do justice to the range of antimiocrobial drugs for which monitoring of serum concentrations is necessary , and Aronson and D J M Reynolds include several statements that we find unacceptable in their review of monitoring of aminoglycoside antibiotics .
14 Expressed in this way the hypothesis does not do justice to the variety and complexity of literate practices , undervalues the character of oral practices , and sets up a ‘ great divide ’ that they themselves reject when it is made explicit .
15 Mr Vernon admitted that he could not do justice to all the fund raising efforts of the year , but would nonetheless like to congratulate the organisers of the four local appeals in Lincolnshire , Filey , the Mersey area and Derbyshire who all reached and surpassed their targets in 1990 .
16 It did not do justice to the biblical doctrine of atonement .
17 Kerna is represented as valorous : This was no ordinary name , and it was familiar to almost all Javanese for the Bharata Yuda was famous as performed in the wayang kulit , the so-called shadow play , though that description does not do justice to the whirling world beyond the lighted screen ; a world of magic .
18 These fundamental rights are variously described and vindicated by a variety of philosophical arguments to which we can not do justice here .
19 I can not do justice to the disagreeable impression that this man , one Broadhurst , had upon me …
20 In abstract areas like these , statistical calculations , however sophisticated they may be , do not do justice to the complex web of inter-relationships .
21 This may be true , but is it any reason why the courts should not do justice as best they can , leaving it to Parliament to intervene again if the decision does not meet with Parliament 's approval ?
22 First of all , I do not need to publicise a successful venture in order to attract more applicants , and secondly , it would not do justice to the conference theme which aims to discuss aspects of untapped linguistic resources and teacher training .
23 The fact that this has occurred indicates that Marx 's and Engels 's original formulation probably does not do justice to the nature of power in a modern capitalist society .
24 ‘ She may be articulate but feel upset that she can not do justice to herself .
25 These few pages can not do justice to the array of benefits which a partnership with AEA could bring .
26 He is known to have favoured that , but it is rejected by the report as a ’ a crude device which can not do justice to the different abilities a pupil may show in different subjects and contexts ’ .
27 The past three months have seen almost daily developments , and a 15-minute speech and 15-minute reply can not do justice to the huge amount of information that must be shared and analysed .
28 The hon. Gentleman 's attitude does not do justice to the seriousness of this debate .
29 If we consider only the superficial elements of these changes in society , and deal with the problem purely at the level at which the Bill deals with it , we shall not do justice to the House or to the people of this country .
30 This brief note can not do justice to all the facts and arguments involved .
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