Example sentences of "[conj] not [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the towns a rich and influential group of merchants , retailers , professional men and the like led their chapels in all the important decisions such as whether or not to move to a Unitarian position . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | As it was American atomic attitudes in this period hardened British resolution not to be bullied out of the business and not to acquiesce in an American monopoly ; it encouraged her determination to be a nuclear power for the sake of the influence this was expected to give her in Washington ! |
| 5 | The golden rule is to begin gently and not to plunge into a sudden regime of vigorous exercise . |
| 6 | It enables everyone involved to understand the Process that is going on , it makes it possible for grieving people to be looked after for a while , but not to sink into a chronic mourning state , because everyone knows when it is meant to be finished , and when the bereaved people are meant to pick up their responsibilities again . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |