Example sentences of "do [not/n't] [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not give the money to charity . |
| 2 | The majority of the Soviet population , particularly in Russia and the Central Asian republics , certainly did not want the Union to be eliminated — they wanted its democratic transformation . |
| 3 | The accused has not appropriated a thing in action , because the bank did not owe the money to anyone . |
| 4 | I did not expect the greeting to be quite so enthusiastic . |
| 5 | They are not dissatisfied with the job content because they did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding . |
| 6 | He was a rejected favourite who did not relish the advance to power of his rival . |
| 7 | Two other methods , which did not involve a return to the original pasture , were strip grazing , in which sheep were confined to a narrow strip across the field by fences which were moved every few days , and creep grazing , in which a single fence confined the ewes , but since it possessed a " creep " or hole , allowed the lambs to graze forward . |
| 8 | The vote in the 20-member body was tied , however , and senior political leaders from several parties expressed the view that the preliminary decision did not present a bar to further negotiations . |
| 9 | When Pat Arrowsmith gave out similar anti-war material to British troops , this time related to Northern Ireland , the justices before whom she appeared acquitted her because they did not think the publication to be ‘ insulting ’ . |
| 10 | The rest , he said , " did not represent a necessity to us " and were unlikely to be " helpful to our security " . |
| 11 | This thorough ventilation of the issue of chemical weapons did not bring the subject to a halt . |
| 12 | But it did not bring an end to the speculation and confusion which was rending the civilized world . |
| 13 | After a meeting with the US secretary of state , Warren Christopher , in Washington , Britain 's Foreign Secretary , Douglas Hurd , warned that all non-humanitarian goods would be blocked from going into Serbia and Montenegro if the talks did not bring an end to the conflict . |
| 14 | But he said the machine did not mean a return to the days of the mid-1980s when his company made huge profits from new computer equipment . |
| 15 | If the parties did not intend the interest to be forgiven , might not the contract have been rectified ( if the argument based on consideration had failed ) ? |
| 16 | Ford told leaders of production workers last week hourly-paid staff would not be made compulsorily redundant , but it did not extend the assurance to white-collar employees . |
| 17 | He obtained her signature but did not explain the document to her and she signed it without understanding it . |
| 18 | And she was furious that Mr Clarke did not break the news to her before holding a Press conference . |
| 19 | Typically , he did not break the news to Arrese himself , but instructed Carrero to do it . |
| 20 | This did not reflect a desire to be impartial , but recognition that Spain 's objective economic and military weakness precluded any other option at this stage . |
| 21 | In July 1988 , the Minister sent a copy of the report to the Serious Fraud Office but decided against immediate publication , and , following advice from the Director of Fair Trading , did not refer the takeover to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 22 | Obviously , I did not receive an answer to my question from the Scottish Office and , even under the priority written procedure , I have not yet received an answer from the Secretary of State for Transport . |
| 23 | It did not declare the Treaty to be null and void , for the United States was not within the Court 's jurisdiction . |
| 24 | I did not obtain the answer to this until several years later when , meeting Willie on holiday , I tackled him on it . |
| 25 | The publicity given to the award-winning designs must have helped to establish the popularity of the Second Empire style for certain buildings in Britain and the United States in the 1860s and 1870s , but it did not introduce the style to Britain . |
| 26 | He said when Mr Jones was taken to hospital to have his injuries looked at and photographed , he did not take the opportunity to be taken straight out of the Roberts ' home . |
| 27 | But that did not put a stop to the myths that have always surrounded Earth 's nearest neighbour |
| 28 | The eight-year Iran-Iraq war , which ended in 1988 , did not put an end to the hostility between the two countries . |
| 29 | However , this legislation did not put an end to complaints about military obligation . |
| 30 | The Commonwealth did not put an end to the masque . |