Example sentences of "not [vb infin] their [noun] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , parents of children who have been victims of sexual offences may not want their child to be interrogated and to go through the trauma of reliving the experience in court . |
| 2 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 3 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 4 | As the statement makes clear : ‘ Students who are involved in sexual/romantic relationships with staff and who do not consider their involvement to be truly consensual should have the right of complaint under a sexual harassment policy . ’ |
| 5 | Most MPs who voted against Lloyd George in 1922 did not envisage a Unionist government as the final outcome , and the defeated ministers did not expect their discomfiture to be permanent . |
| 6 | In our day many women are being called by the Holy Spirit to this hard vocation of priesthood — but at present the Church of England does not allow their vocations to be tested , as it does in the case of men . |
| 7 | Henceforth , the Treasury and the Bank did not allow their minds to be troubled by questions about the proper role for sterling . |
| 8 | In conversation with the boys they learnt of Minton 's homosexuality and though this ruled him out as a potential husband it did not diminish their desire to be in his company . |
| 9 | They do n't want their children to be underspread everytime they walk out . |
| 10 | Both of the men were quite badly shaken by the incident and understandably do n't want their names to be released . ’ |
| 11 | But Atari do n't like their machine to be seen as a fashion accessory . |