Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So did the amusing little sag of her incipient double chin , the veining on her cheeks ( which , unlike Alix , she does not think to cover with Liquid Foundation ) , the slight plump soft dimpling of her upper arm , the raised veins in the backs of her hands , the broadening of her hips , the decreasing flexibility of her joints . |
| 2 | possibly also they might not want to go on national television |
| 3 | Industrialists do not want to return to Labour party policies because they know full well that that would mean Front-Bench Labour Members taking decisions instead of them . |
| 4 | This meant that the troublemakers , including many who did not want to come to Great Engeham in the first place , were given a pretty free run . |
| 5 | The pallid , underpaid , underfed city clerk does not want to read about cheap boarding houses , suburban back gardens , and dingy offices . |
| 6 | But parents , children and young people do not regard coming into residential care as an admission of failure . |
| 7 | This will ensure that when the invoices are received they will be relatively easy to code and will not need splitting between different cost centres . |
| 8 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 9 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 10 | But for some time teachers have been aware that many pupils do not appear to benefit from private-study time nor do they acquire the associated study skills , and there is uncertainty as to what kind of study skills training should be given . |
| 11 | I read in the December issue of Credit Management that council , at its October meeting , decided the 1992 subscription rates and also to penalise those who did not choose to pay by direct debit . |
| 12 | Many teachers simply do not feel integrated into local child protection networks . |
| 13 | ‘ We would not mind paying for proper wash and water facilities . |
| 14 | The fat bodied pens are comfortable to hold and the hand does not become fatigued by prolonged use of them . |
| 15 | Catholic priests came to the Acadians from New France , and tried to make sure that the Acadians would not become reconciled to British rule . |
| 16 | Though the table does not differentiate according to social class , it is evident that a higher proportion of unemployed manual than non-manual workers are among those receiving unemployment benefit . |
| 17 | Indeed it may well be that the most powerful person is someone who does not have to resort to physical force at all . |
| 18 | ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out . |
| 19 | Yes , it was true he need not have wanted for female companionship over the past months . |
| 20 | YOU MAY not have heard of serial killer and cannibal Ed Gein , but you 've probably seen his movies . |
| 21 | However , I think that the evil would not have appeared through violent fighting and killing , but through spiteful arguments and petty fights . |
| 22 | A centre will not have to take on devolved responsibility at a level which it is unwilling to accept — and SCOTVEC will not offer devolved responsibility to a centre whose internal quality systems are not ready for that responsibility . |
| 23 | In this chapter , I have shown that we do not have to think of academic freedom in this way . |
| 24 | Unlike Poland and Hungary , East Germany will not have to coax in private capital : the stuff will flood in from West Germany . |
| 25 | For a start , making love does not have to consist of vaginal penetration ; and time spent reassuring , cuddling , caressing , fantasising and laughing together can be enjoyed for its own sake , or to reduce the tension so that you can relax sufficiently to enjoy intercourse . |
| 26 | Even so , the propaganda which set out to promote the aggrandizement of the figure of Franco , almost to the point of beatification , could not have succeeded without fertile ground in which to plant its seeds . |
| 27 | Fife also revealed that tax-payers would not have to pay for uncollected poll tax arrears , believed to stand at up to £35 million . |
| 28 | He had summoned all the county gentry to two consistories in the Cathedral in March 1577 , accusing those who did not wish to attend of Popish disloyalty . |
| 29 | MacDonald 's reply , that he did not share that belief , is , again , an indication that he did not wish to remain as Prime Minister if his government collapsed . |
| 30 | Often people who share your compartment wish to relax and do not wish to indulge in polite conversation , they may just want to read a newspaper or magazine so we must respect their wishes . |