Example sentences of "[vb pp] not [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only those who were regarded as ‘ fit ’ could be trusted not to trade on the despair of people , at their wits end , reduced for the first time in their lives to seeking a loan . |
| 2 | Staff at the Abingdon branch of the TSB in Stert Street , where Mr Reenan used to work , have been instructed not to comment on the affair , but with speculation that further revelations are likely to be published tomorrow there 'll be more pressure on Mr Reenan to speak . |
| 3 | Last week , parliament finally decided not to vote on the bill , effectively putting off the decision until after parliamentary elections in the autumn — and perhaps forever . |
| 4 | The Foreign Office says he 's decided not to appeal against the sentence in the hope that he 'll get home more quickly . |
| 5 | She could have decided not to go to the bus-stop , because she foresaw that it would all end in her death . |
| 6 | Her family doctor has decided not to take in the part Government 's health reforms , and become a fund-holder . |
| 7 | It was extraordinary , he said , given the bill 's political sensitivity , ‘ that Mr MacGregor has decided not to serve on the committee . |
| 8 | It is the Commission , for example , which quite overtly decided not to intervene in the decision to build a road through Twyford Down in Hampshire , but which apparently will continue to challenge the plans for an East London river crossing at Oxleas Wood , as well as proposals by British Petroleum for a gas terminal at Falkirk . |
| 9 | As the remaining congregation of St. Mary Magdalene had joined St. Nicholas Church , it was decided not to rebuild as a church but as a new Hall and premises for the congregation of St. Nicholas parish . |
| 10 | He felt an overwhelming desire for a cigarette , but Ivy was a non-smoker and he had agreed not to smoke in the car . |
| 11 | The RPF had agreed not to interfere with the centre 's work but in February it was ransacked by soldiers wearing Ugandan uniforms . |
| 12 | The team did not issue a statement and staff were told not to talk about the operation . |
| 13 | It proposes setting up a sort of Federal Reserve system of central banks in which all 15 republics would be represented — and which would be told not to lend to the government . |
| 14 | The damage was reported to the management and the captain was told not to worry as the item in question was in a damaged state before our visit . |
| 15 | Hamilton , presumably to fool the Abwehr if they had wind of it , was told not to reply to the suggestion of a meeting outside England until the day after Hess had flown . |
| 16 | The MS line is horizontal because the money supply is assumed not to depend on the rate of interest . |
| 17 | And , since he took as starting points the avoidance of waste and of idleness , he argued : let care be taken not to leave in the instance of any individual whatever the smallest fragment of ability unemployed . " |
| 18 | Care must be taken not to over-commit on the information which will be provided . |
| 19 | Care must be taken not to over-commit on the information which will be provided . |
| 20 | The exposed areas of the plate could then be etched in a weak acid solution , care being taken not to bite through the wax-ground . |
| 21 | She rushed out of the room and into the garden , determined not to return to the house until her mother had apologised . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , here you are now , which is the main thing , ’ said Rupert a little awkwardly , yet determined not to apologise for the remoteness of his house when he remembered the hours he had spent waiting in the rush hour for a Green Line bus to their house at Warlingham or Woldingham or some such rustic name . |
| 23 | Determined not to look at the brute of a man opposite , Fabia was in the act of deciding that she would ask him nothing in future — not even for a ride back to Mariánské Láznë , she 'd take a taxi sooner — when she was suddenly brought to an abrupt halt . |
| 24 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 25 | If the door is shut and the door knob is too hot you are advised not to go into the room since it will be too late to save your child and you risk causing a fireball . |
| 26 | ‘ Edinburgh citizens , ’ Mr Thin complained , ‘ were advised not to come into the centre of town , and they took this advice very literally . ’ |
| 27 | The degradation of many soils such as those in East Anglia , England , to the extent that they are scarcely more than a physical retention medium for chemical fertiliser and moisture ( Kirkby 1980 ) , does not have the same social and economic impact as degradation of soils where the land users do not have , and may be predicted not to have in the future , the resources to make good the degradation by the application of massive doses of fertiliser ( see also Heathcote 1980 , Rennie 1982 ) . |
| 28 | This morning the staff were ordered not to talk about the closure , but they were clearly shocked . |
| 29 | I also suggested that Britons should be urged not to ask for a chance to look at the remains until the situation improves . |
| 30 | Drivers have been urged not to head for the area where there will be road closures and diversions from 8pm . |