Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On this construction , which I do not think does violence to paragraphs 17 and 18 , the judgment as a whole is completely consistent . |
| 2 | Theft would not cover obtaining ownership by deception . |
| 3 | just that issue was raised that we would not want to see demolition of Franklyns that block held up by this . |
| 4 | Company secretary James Anderson says he does not want to set foot in Teesside following the collapse of negotiations to open a prestige caravan storage site at Middlesbrough . |
| 5 | First , whereas positivism is concerned with the brute ‘ facts ’ of cultural life , critical theory does not want to separate fact from value or theory from practice . |
| 6 | The armchair traveller for whom you are shooting these pictures does not want to visualize paradise under cloud . |
| 7 | He did not want to appear flash in front of his workmates . |
| 8 | Institutions of higher education do not need to conduct research in order to justify the title ‘ institution of higher education ’ . |
| 9 | Because of the typical disparity in strength between men and women , a rapist frequently does not need to inflict injury in order to overpower his victim . |
| 10 | Differential ownership of mechanical aids , and differences in the possession of amenities , may affect the way housework is done , and they may have some influence on attitudes to work tasks , but they do not appear to affect satisfaction with work . |
| 11 | If the 1960s had shown that the armed struggle was not in itself sufficient , the most frequently drawn ‘ lesson of Chile ’ was that the Left could not afford to dispense with it entirely , since the bourgeoisie ultimately would not hesitate to use force in defence of their interests . |
| 12 | Mahmoud , Owen knew , did not like paying money for information . |
| 13 | Do not use jointing compound on plastic cisterns — it can soften and crack them . |
| 14 | Do not use breadmaking flour for pastry as it is far too coarse . |
| 15 | A condition in this arrangement whereby the plaintiff was to be replaced as architect for the scheme did not constitute inducing breach of contract . |
| 16 | Had it not been for Goleniewski 's information , which the court could not be told about , Blake would never have been caught and because Goleniewski could not have given evidence without Blake 's confession he could not have been brought to trial . |
| 17 | They could not have made change of land use profits . |
| 18 | You do not have to spend money on peppermints , either . |
| 19 | It lacked five days to Christmas , and it might be , with a good wind and a following swell , that they might not have to spend Christmas at Birsay . |
| 20 | He said that the FIA tribunal had no right to rule on the case until a hearing in Portugal and should not have heard representation from Mansell and Ferrari at a hearing in Paris last Thursday . |
| 21 | In other words , while the court would not have imposed liability in respect of the decision itself ( except if it had been perverse ) failure to go through the preliminary steps of obtaining essential information could have grounded liability . |
| 22 | a plaintiff sustaining an injury forcing retirement does not have to give credit for loss of earnings monies received under pension scheme to which tortfeasor as employer had contributed . |
| 23 | Had Lord Mountbatten lived , there is a good chance that Diana Spencer would not have become Princess of Wales . |
| 24 | Until we have older people formulating policy , producing documentaries , reading the news and fronting arts and cultural programmes , we will not have removed ageism from television . |
| 25 | I do not wish to see reconstruction through bankruptcies . |
| 26 | The Italian Foreign Minister Gianni De Michelis said that while the EC did not wish to exert pressure on Israel , political issues could not be separated from considerations about trade co-operation with that country . |
| 27 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
| 28 | If you are worried that it may be more difficult next year to ‘ sell ’ membership , why not try raising money in class to subsidise your members . |
| 29 | The episode was better forgotten , he thought ; he would not risk exposing Grégoire to Louise 's unkindness again . |
| 30 | Last year the Americans did not bother to renegotiate access to Berbera when their lease expired . |