Example sentences of "not [adv] [verb] to [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Who would not rather own to theft and deception within the Church 's writ , rather than put his neck into the sheriff 's noose for murder ? |
| 2 | Whichever way we look at these figures , whether we believe they represent a real increase in the rate of sexual violence or not , the decreasing conviction rate indicates that the state has not effectively responded to demands that sex crimes be treated more seriously . |
| 3 | Yet reluctance to use the word " God " does not mean that Buddhists deny the reality of Mystery with a capital M. For they believe in " Nirvana " as not literally referring to nothingness but to the enlightenment attendant upon the laying aside of barriers to it . |
| 4 | But Galbraith admits there will be more : ‘ Our results could seriously misrepresent the total number because sufferers do not necessarily go to venereologists or dermatologists . |
| 5 | While a failure to adhere to the provisions of this Code by an individual registrant may not necessarily amount to negligence or a breach of an implied contractual term by that registrant , such a failure may evidence an infringement of the Council 's Rules of Conduct which could lead to disciplinary proceedings . |
| 6 | Are we not perhaps condemned to periodical or non-periodical ‘ crises ’ on an inverted basis , on a different correlation between production and consumption ? |
| 7 | This ruling caste has come to rely on Italy 's huge public sector as a patronage machine for rewarding friends and supporters , a system that not only leads to corruption but also acts as a break on much needed free market reforms . |
| 8 | Women are not only attracted to ideas or a sense of humour . |
| 9 | His wit not only aimed to amuse but also to reform . |
| 10 | It appears to broaden the categories of non-consent so that , for example , fraud is not merely confined to fraud as to the nature of the act or husband impersonation , as it is at English common law . |
| 11 | As Philippe de Mézières wrote in the late fourteenth century , some may well have come from those members of the lower nobility who did not normally go to war except when summoned by the king , but who , in certain cases , were now being forced to take up arms as a business . |
| 12 | Researchers do not normally look to accountants when seeking support for the imaginative leaps which have characterised the most major advances in science . |
| 13 | Some of the elaboration given was not directly related to objects and events in the five seconds of film just viewed . |
| 14 | Unlike the NOT gate bistable , the Set and Reset inputs are not directly coupled to outputs so there is no chance of short-circuits occurring . |
| 15 | And , unlike the hippy or punk movements , the New Spirituality is not inherently opposed to authority and has more potential to really go mainstream . |
| 16 | This suggests that an antireflux operation will not inevitably lead to regression or resolution of Barrett 's epithelium , and may not reduce the risk of malignant degeneration . |
| 17 | I do not now allude to preference though of course that comes first . |
| 18 | It should be noted also that many sociologists would argue-particularly Goode , for example ( Goode , 1970 ) — that these changes are not simply confined to Britain and the United States but are taking place throughout the world , although at different paces and starting from different points . |
| 19 | He could not even mention to Dinah that he felt uncertain , unsteady , blind with pain ; he could imagine her brisk reply ‘ Take it to a doctor . ’ |
| 20 | Most , however , did not even refer to education as relevant to economic growth . |
| 21 | And the only way round that situation , that may not even amount to crime when they 're put in fear , it may amount to yobbos on the pavement , or people er , cycling on the pavement or just being their usual threatening loutish selves . |
| 22 | ‘ You 'll not even get to Reggane and that 's only a hundred and sixty kilometres into the desert . ’ |
| 23 | It had not previously occurred to Camille that he might . |
| 24 | It was sufficient for the king 's purpose to avoid excommunication , but Anselm could not yet return to England because ‘ not being willing [ as Eadmer reports ] in any way to violate his obedience to the pope ’ he could have no dealings with the king 's excommunicated ministers . |
| 25 | They have not yet spoken to Lonrho or the Al Fayeds . |
| 26 | Letters not specifically addressed to individuals or departments should also pass through this unit , and could be logged , if response monitoring were to be extended from the current obligation we have to log ‘ environmental ’ enquiries ( which we should also talk about ) . |