Example sentences of "decide not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now we 've decided not to do that little built up wall affair at the front |
| 2 | The National Coal Board having decided not to do this , control of the protest fell more and more to the police and to the criminal courts . |
| 3 | When Papillon prepares for his final escape and Louis says he 's not going , he sounds as if he had decided not to shave that day . ’ |
| 4 | If the authority has decided not to perform some duty the applicant will often be satisfied with an order requiring it to act . |
| 5 | The CO wisely decided not to notice this particular instance of it . |
| 6 | It read : ‘ I have decided not to make any further comment concerning the change of ball during the lunch interval at Lord 's on Sunday . |
| 7 | This Tory government , in its infinite wisdom , has decided not to introduce this ruling until at the earliest two thousand and three . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've decided not to come any more . |
| 9 | The government subsequently decided not to accept any of the bids for Land Rover during April 1986 amid considerable political embarrassment . |
| 10 | He and his wife , Polly , have decided not to have any children of their own . |
| 11 | It was reported on May 13 that a grand jury had decided not to indict any of the 17 officers who stood by and watched whilst their colleagues repeatedly punched and kicked the handcuffed man . |
| 12 | Where the official receiver receives a request for a meeting of creditors to be held in a case where he had decided not to summon such a meeting , he must withdraw any notices given by him that he did not intend to summon such a meeting and fix a date and venue for the meeting not more than three months from the date of the request and proceed as if he had decided to summon a meeting . |
| 13 | As is usual in such cases her body trudged on obstinately , knowing that one foot hurt rather more than the other , but deciding not to admit this until some sort of objective was reached , while her mind , rejecting the situation in time and space , became disjointed and childish . |
| 14 | This is very similar to a conditional sale agreement , the essential difference being that the hirer has the option to purchase the goods and is not obliged to do so , However , having paid all the instalments on the Volvo truck , it is hardly likely that the haulage company would decide not to exercise this option . |
| 15 | She decided not to finish that sentence . |
| 16 | A report on the shooting was sent to the Crown Prosecution Service , but it decided not to take any action against Miss Hobson . |
| 17 | The committee decided not to take any further action against four of the five senators . |
| 18 | Sir Dick was criticised for helping various spy authors with their books but the Government decided not to take any action . |
| 19 | if I can comment on that Chairman , the erm , the Authority asked for thirty for next month , along with all the other authorities I think in the country , asked for an improvement in the , in the policing the country , and I think people that live in , in Shropshire , and the people that live in other er , parts of the country as well , would have welcomed the increase in the police force this year , but the government decided not to do that . |
| 20 | Luckily for Chris , since we decided not to do this song at all on this tour , Otis disappears from the tour overnight . |
| 21 | Lord Bingham also decided not to recommend that international banks should only have one auditor . |
| 22 | Such an analysis is compelling if counsel for B had , in what he perceived as the interests of his client , decided not to pursue any grounds beyond the certified question provided that the House would have allowed him to address those grounds had he raised them . |
| 23 | She decided not to pursue this avenue of discussion , since , as she recalled the situation , it was not his morals but her own that had collapsed under the pressure of forced companionship with him . |
| 24 | He was aware that he was not managing to sound exactly like a senior officer making a recent arrival feel at home , but decided not to add any further riders to his invitation . |
| 25 | But when Ronald Reagan came to Washington a year later , another government department , the Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) , looked at the same evidence and decided not to limit most other , potentially higher human exposures to the chemical . |
| 26 | My mum and my stepdad decided not to have any children . |
| 27 | Today , the Bishop of Peterborough , who is privately very distressed about the goings on in and around St Mary 's , decided not to make any public statement . |
| 28 | She decided not to eat any more of the long squishy , chocolate-coated tube she had ordered . |
| 29 | She decided not to probe any more deeply for the moment . |
| 30 | By shutting this door to exclude fear , even if you have to do it a million times , you are making the statement that you decide not to let that thought feed on your life 's energy . |