Example sentences of "[to-vb] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I was having to struggle not to be nice to him . |
| 2 | The best policy is to try not to be placed in a position where you risk serious criticism on account of your behaviour . |
| 3 | Any backlash problem which there might be seemed to relate not to the nature of our oppression , but to problems of management and presentation by these left-wing councils . |
| 4 | And it is significant that the stories she refers to relate not to her unhappy marriage but directly to the Queen . |
| 5 | For this it was necessary for the premiership to pass not to Heseltine but to a leading member of the Cabinet . |
| 6 | They were watching Alison with interest , and trying to appear not to . |
| 7 | it is sim because of the big difference between the Sales Of Goods Act and buying privately , for that reason it is an offence for a trader erm to pretend not to be a trader . |
| 8 | They evolved in order to appeal not to him but to insects . |
| 9 | ‘ We used to have to promise to do things to get elected , and now we have to promise not to . ’ |
| 10 | To start from myself , I can not choose between reactions without having some control over them ; to choose not to be burned I must at least have the power to withdraw my finger from the flame . |
| 11 | But again , there is always a residuum of unpredictability ; we can always opt to choose not to be influenced in the predicted direction . |
| 12 | The main difference is in the language used to describe what is responsible for that residuum : for determinists it is the variability of constellations of causes in individual cases ; for indeterminists it is our ability to choose not to be predictable . |
| 13 | To those who point to Britain 's right , under the Maastricht Treaty on European Union , to choose not to be part of the Single Currency , I recommend a passing glance at a passage in a speech I made in the closing stages of the second reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 . |
| 14 | It enabled Eliot to look not to the detested Unitarianism of his family , but towards a deeper , wider , yet also more personal ‘ rhythm ’ present , though scarcely recognized at the time . |
| 15 | Booksellers also tend to prefer not to be associated exclusively with a few authorities or institutions , so that they themselves are less vulnerable to any changes in those libraries ' policies . |
| 16 | There seemed to be no reason why you should n't , and to decide not to , after having had the thought , seemed to indicate a lack of real caritas . |
| 17 | In practice the student endeavoured to respond not to the aggression but to the idea that this big , angry and intimidating young man was probably the more frightened of the two of them . |
| 18 | In the case of Hinduism , we are led to ask whether all the gods are really ‘ God ’ , if by ‘ God ’ we intend to refer not to spiritual forces at work in the world but the absolute being who lies behind the gods themselves . |
| 19 | On the further consideration of the action , Macnaghten J. held that , as the plaintiff , under the agreement , was to pay not to the creditors but to the credit of their solicitors there was a sufficient consideration . |
| 20 | Over the following days , however , I came to learn not to be surprised by such remarks from my employer , and would smile in the correct manner whenever I detected the bantering tone in his voice . |
| 21 | He 'll have to learn not to be so selfish , ’ replied Mary coldly . |
| 22 | I had assumed up to this point that you really wished to speak not to me but to my husband ( who is of course E J Maitland , a philosopher whose reputation is rather more likely than mine to attract telephone calls from the great officers of state ) and that I was being summoned to the phone merely because he was not there . |