Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [noun sg] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 2 | We do not send information to your home . |
| 3 | I explained to the man that I could not carry cheese to my appointment but that I would be back another day . |
| 4 | Ferkhan also owned land near the village and complained that lack of electricity meant that he could not pump water to his field and , as a result , he had grown only twenty tons of melons compared to eighty before the war … |
| 5 | Suppose , on the other hand , that he is guided by law as integrity , which does not limit law to what convention finds in past decisions but directs him also to regard as law what morality would suggest to be the best justification of these past decisions . |
| 6 | The best kind of flat is one that is above ground floor level and has its own entrance , providing that you do not gain access to your entrance up an unlit staircase or a long , dark walkway . |
| 7 | ‘ And if he could n't make love to his wife because she was paralysed from the waist down … ’ |
| 8 | Er , but erm er nevertheless , the , the fact is that the TESSA is a good investment , providing that you do n't need access to your money , and you 're going to get a tax advantage from it . |
| 9 | Just because the distribution of this information may be restricted to your own staff or a close circle of customers does n't mean that you should n't pay attention to its style or presentation , far from it . |