Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That does not affect our commitment to safety and it has nothing to do with privatisation . |
| 2 | So long as he was solvent in law , he could not proportion his payments to creditors according to their respective debts . |
| 3 | He did not confine his activities to Claudine , then ? |
| 4 | Lord did not confine his ventures to cricket . |
| 5 | If I will not bring his bride to life , then he will rob my bride of her life . ’ |
| 6 | Franco was quick to exploit the lack of unity in Allied attitudes to Spain , accusing the United States of intransigence and ingratitude and stating defiantly that Spain would not curtail its aid to Germany under Allied duress . |
| 7 | These ministers had mostly either left the west of Scotland because they could not reconcile their consciences to episcopacy when it was restored there , or had come to Ulster to evangelise and serve the Scots settlers . |
| 8 | However , Luxemburg did not limit her case to Poland . |
| 9 | It was not long , you will recall , since Ian Botham was remarking that he would not take his mother-in-law to Pakistan . |
| 10 | The two other functions of a king he shirked : he did not lead his armies to war , anyway in his later years , and he did not provide an heir . |
| 11 | And Allied Signal Corp chairman Lawrence Bossidy has initiated the UK ‘ manufacturing versus services ’ debate in the US , suggesting that for those that believe that IBM Corp should be making more , cheaper rather than shuttering factories all over the place , he might have been the right man for the job : US industry ‘ can not slash its way to prosperity , ’ he told the new Design & Manufacturing Institute of the Stevens Institute of Technology — adding that while design innovation is a US strength , ‘ we need to extend US technological excellence from the design laboratory to the manufacturing floor — American business needs to find ways to improve the speed with which we convert innovative design into high-quality , marketable product ; many of our factory floors are populated by high-school graduates or dropouts , with a few engineers serving as supervisors safely ensconced behind glass walls , ’ Bossidy said , where Japanese shop floors are staffed much more by graduate engineers who work directly with well-trained workers , to solve problems and improve manufacturing efficiency . |
| 12 | BSkyB can not split their transmissions to black out programmes in various parts of Britain , the same way as BBC or ITV . |
| 13 | And if species did not owe their origins to God , was there a Divine Creator at all ? |
| 14 | He seems to have had a good acquaintance with the theory and practice of shoeing , though we can not admit his claim to originality . |
| 15 | He did not raise his eyes to Melanie but stared at the backs of his hands . |
| 16 | court should not shut its eyes to fact that statistically one in three marriages end in divorce . |
| 17 | YUGOSLAVS determined to oppose CROATS and will not allow their surrender to BRIT troops . |
| 18 | The boy who puts unwanted chocolates , sweets , nuts and raisins and chewing gum into the trolley at the checkout can not put his hands to mischief if he is at the other end of the checkout using them to put his mother 's groceries in the box ( see page 111 ) . |
| 19 | ‘ I could not entrust my life to strangers , ’ he said . |
| 20 | The discretion was exercised by Booth J. She took into account various matters relating to the interests of the boys and concluded that she should not order their return to Australia . |
| 21 | The Kaszubes in Danzig and Germany found that they could not export their produce to Poland economically simply because Polish produce was cheaper , and in the Corridor they could not export their produce to Germany effectively because , as far as the Germans were concerned , the Kaszubes were Polish . |
| 22 | The Kaszubes in Danzig and Germany found that they could not export their produce to Poland economically simply because Polish produce was cheaper , and in the Corridor they could not export their produce to Germany effectively because , as far as the Germans were concerned , the Kaszubes were Polish . |
| 23 | He did not turn his head to right or left , but looked straight in front of him with wild determination . |
| 24 | There is an excellent library at HVA headquarters which can be utilised by post , and which does not close its doors to non-members as some other libraries do . |
| 25 | In March 1931 , Sir john Simon spoke of socialism as ‘ a poisonous doctrine ’ and declared that he would not close his mind to tariffs as a method of dealing with the economic crisis . |
| 26 | I judged our Swiss hosts to be sincere in saying that their latest equipment would be offered on a preferential basis to NATO and other friendly countries , and that it would not find its way to Argentina . |
| 27 | ‘ I do n't regard my engagement to Peter as any sort of mistake , ’ she managed to say . |
| 28 | I do n't really think it 's good enough for Nelly to say that he was socialist because I do n't think his attitudes to women |
| 29 | These men tend to be more confident that they can make their desires known to their partners , whereas those who did n't enjoy their introduction to sex are among the most likely to say that they ca n't express what they want . |
| 30 | ‘ Please do n't break your promise to Dana — I shall survive ; and now you must excuse me , I have a lot to do before I go to the NEC . ’ |