Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] out [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Companies cluster together anxious not to miss out on the latest developments and the growing pool of scientifically-skilled labour . |
| 2 | It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) . |
| 3 | This scheme will be used in future for it provides an opportunity for the genuine fan who attends games against less glamorous opposition not to lose out in the real crowd pullers . |
| 4 | Then she knew that she needed not to sneak out by the convenient back exit , but to leave through the front entrance , trusting its outrageous , ostentatious vulgarity to reassure and comfort her . |
| 5 | A message needs to be sent loud and clear to the Church of England Synod that a complete change in thinking is vital if the new wine is not to burst out of the old wineskins and be lost . |