Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] the [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With respect to strategy Japanese enterprise groups tend not to adopt the conglomerate model which is more common to large firms in the United States or Britain as the locus of their strategic initiative , preferring instead the keiretsu form . |
| 2 | His three children have all made their own way in the world , preferring not to join the family firm . |
| 3 | Washington has also threatened not to recognise the poll result if Congressional observers are barred from joining those of the UN , the OAS , and the Jimmy Carter foundation . |
| 4 | Washington has also threatened not to recognise the poll result if Congressional observers are barred from joining those of the UN , the OAS , and the Jimmy Carter foundation . |
| 5 | Mr. Downham also presented the financial account , saying that it had been decided not to increase the parish council 's share from the community charge , by more than five percent . |
| 6 | Mr Hyam can choose not to pay the service charge or pay it under duress , stating so , but to complain like this in a magazine read by thousands is unfair and childish . |
| 7 | He was told not to promise any date for attainment of Dominion status : ‘ There is no advantage in fixing paper dates ’ , and he was even told not to use the term Dominion status and on no account to make any reference to independence . |
| 8 | Currently it is not possible to give 100% reassurance that an at risk individual has not inherited the faulty APC gene , unless they are shown not to have the family mutation . |
| 9 | Stopping cars and thrusting leaflets through the drivers ‘ windows , turning back lorries , waving banners for the benefit of local TV news cameras , cheering when a truck driver decided not to cross the picket line , thawing one 's fingers round a mug of thermos-flask coffee , sharing the warm glow of camaraderie with colleagues one had never met before . |
| 10 | Try to use the wo , try not to use the word position . |
| 11 | Enterprise Computer Holdings Plc fears it has been misunderstood : the company is keen to stress that Finance Director Les Kemp has the unhappy confusion over last year 's accounting figures under control ( CI No 2,162 ) but wants to know how accountants KPMG Peat Marwick managed not to sign the audit report for subsidiary Enterprise Computer Services ; apparently there was confusion at the time over the verification of certain bank loans ; all should be clear in the next report and the company says it expects to show a return to profit . |
| 12 | ClubCall are making it easy for People readers to vote by telephone if they choose not to use the voting form on Page 41 . |
| 13 | It was no use waiting for Bella to answer her door : if it was one of her favourite programmes she would pretend not to hear the door bell . |
| 14 | Venables who has attempted to keep a low profile , hoping not to give the book credence , will point out that he invested £3½ million , and many hours of his day to seize control of the club , when his successful takeover bid helped solve Tottenham 's financial problems , and oust Scholar as a consequence . |
| 15 | If a relative applies for a residence order to discharge the child from care the court can make a s34 contact order if it decides not to grant the residence order . |
| 16 | Most of them have chosen not to follow the unit structure common to TEC courses but have preferred a ‘ grouped ’ one as it is regarded as more appropriate in the art and design field . |
| 17 | I 've managed not to ruin the beef casserole and defrosted what I think is a plum crumble — circa January 1986 . |
| 18 | Labour Councillors charge community charge payers an extra seventeen pound each for those members of the public that they have urged not to pay the community charge . |