Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The difficulty is in deciding whether or not to start with the public culture ( pro third world , bicycles , a minimum wage , higher taxes , more women comedians , legal justice for black and Irish people ) and tackling popular fears about Labour ; or whether to assume that public culture is sanctimonious and self-deceiving and Labour 's interest lies in an honest public culture . |
| 2 | So much of the power of the ‘ male gaze ’ depends on the impulse towards self-gratification that not to draw on the erotic is to limit the effect of the image . |
| 3 | I think it boils down to the fact that it 's fairly economic to transport vast quantities of people but not to transport from the outer edges and the odd bits in the middle and there 's no way that they 're going to get a full and comprehensive service come what may . |
| 4 | Today 's newcomers are as likely as not to arrive from the opposite direction : businessmen seeking to escape the pollution , water shortages , high taxes and labour costs of southern California . |
| 5 | The National Council annually met in a variety of cities in March , so as not to clash with the customary ‘ May Meetings ’ of the various denominations . |
| 6 | Not until much later were these immense spaces lined with buildings , and even then the houses and shops were kept well back so as not to interfere with the immemorial rights of the stall-holders . |