Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [adv] with the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Then the buyer lost money because of the Gulf crisis , and the price of land was falling so he chose not to go through with the contract .
2 But Teesside Crown Court was told both brothers changed their minds and tried to persuade McEvoy not to go through with the burglary .
3 Their parents spent three years contemplating whether or not to go through with the separation , which was at first thought impossible because of the degree to which the girls were joined .
4 I did not like the prospect of playing in front of all these people who were all older than me and would see my violin playing from a critical view , but I had come this far , and it would be stupid not to go through with the audition .
5 However , she finally decided not to go ahead with the lawsuit .
6 Further , the defendant does not have the option of minimising the cost by deciding not to go ahead with the case !
7 Prosecutors agreed not to go ahead with the case , in return for Chieke pleading guilty to separate , less serious matters , for which he is now serving 12 years in prison .
8 Now supporters are trying to persuade the council not to go ahead with the plans .
9 ‘ I said you were crazy not to go along with the Corporation 's proposals , did n't I ?
10 There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April .
11 There had been hopes that the workforce would agree not to press ahead with the step if management agreed to reprieve 70 jobs until next April .
12 Mr Hanson said the Executive Council , Hong Kong 's colonial cabinet , decided yesterday not to push ahead with the bill to cover local elections in 1994 and legislative elections a year later .
13 ‘ although in the Act of 1990 Parliament introduced a new statutory machinery for supervising and regulating the rules for education and conduct for those who are to have rights of audience in the courts it decided not to interfere expressly with the jurisdiction of the Inns , under the supervision of the judges , to decide who were fit and proper persons to be admitted to the Inns for training or their liberty to decide the criteria which should dictate their admissions policy .
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