Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pn reflx] [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A road haulage business seeking to expand need not restrict itself entirely to the road transport industry . |
| 2 | Notice that Paul does not tie himself legalistically to the details of Jesus 's words . |
| 3 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 4 | Naisbitt is a shrewd observer and in practice he does not limit himself strictly to the confines of content analysis . |
| 5 | And we do not take ourselves seriously like the French : we can demolish everything with our humour . |
| 6 | Tom himself said it was because he had to work hard at school at subjects other than music , he could not devote himself wholeheartedly to the flute . |
| 7 | ( We shall not concern ourselves here with the exact formulation of the regularity : we shall merely note the evidence of its presence . ) |