Example sentences of "not [to-vb] to a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even my wife , enlightened , but energetically gregarious , upon my expressing my desire not to go to a certain gathering would say , ‘ Normal people like parties , they want to go . ’ |
| 2 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 3 | For these reasons I have considered anxiously whether , if the law should be held not to provide to a local government authority the right to sue for libel , the need for adequate protection of the reputation of such an authority would be sufficiently met by other remedies . |
| 4 | The power to direct that the prohibition is not to apply to a refused application enables an applicant , whose application has been refused on grounds which are remediable or because of circumstances which are liable to change , tore-apply within a shorter period . |
| 5 | Their hunch was held not to amount to a reasonable suspicion . |
| 6 | In that situation , a person may choose not to contribute to a public facility on the grounds that others will pay enough to cover its finance ( and he can have a ‘ free ride ’ ) . |
| 7 | In the towns a rich and influential group of merchants , retailers , professional men and the like led their chapels in all the important decisions such as whether or not to move to a Unitarian position . |