Example sentences of "[not/n't] confine [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must again remember to search for the constitution amongst the realities , and not confine ourselves to pretty normative structures . |
| 2 | However , ‘ players ’ do not confine themselves to releasing into the public domain ‘ required ’ publications . |
| 3 | They did not confine themselves to church attendance nor to their concern for church buildings , but endeavoured to follow Christian principles in their everyday lives . |
| 4 | This circle of writers and intellectuals did not confine themselves to their own particular pursuits , for the West Indies was going through a period of great political change in the aftermath of the First World War . |
| 5 | He does not confine himself to ‘ organs of extreme perfection ’ , but also describes , as he believes , maladaptive overdevelopments ( Irish elk ) , nonadaptive organs , useless incipient stages . |
| 6 | Baldwin did not confine himself to Rothermere : |
| 7 | Owen also does not confine himself to writing only one type of poem but uses many different kinds so to appeal to more people . |
| 8 | The Labour Party document did not confine itself to proposing Newton Institutes . |
| 9 | Two other oddities are worth noting : first , the list does not confine itself to words of ‘ request ’ , but includes imperative words such as impero ( evidently a doubtful case ) as well as mando , which is placed in the ‘ normal ’ category , and does in fact turn up in several other texts ; second , relinquo and commendo are excluded : why ? |
| 10 | In accordance , however , with the normal practice , the court considered the whole case and did not confine itself to the objections in point of form to the surrejoinder . |
| 11 | The importance of the concession theory is that it establishes a theoretical framework sympathetic to state intervention ; the company is a creature of the state , existing to promote the public welfare , and as such the state has the right to interfere in its internal affairs and need not confine itself to external , general-law regulation . |
| 12 | Greta Burkill did not confine herself to looking after his education , but fought for him to spend a summer with his parents in Venezuela — a country not keen to grant visitors ' visas to Jews at that time . |
| 13 | This definition suggests that public law in a broad sense ( not confining ourselves to the law of judicial review ) concerns the activities of governmental bodies , by which we mean the legislature , the departments of central government and the very large number of bodies and agencies which can be described as offshoots of these departments ( these are often called ‘ fringe bodies ’ ) , courts and tribunals , local government , and , perhaps , the police . |
| 14 | We are not confining ourselves to small-animal work . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , we do n't confine ourselves to the town . |