Example sentences of "[adj] not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take care when doing this not to put any strain on the valve itself . |
| 2 | However , as with any grammatical category , a translator working from a language with a category of number into one without such a category must be careful not to overspecify this type of information in the target text . |
| 3 | He paused outside the doors , taking stock of his men , careful not to give any sign of his thoughts . |
| 4 | If you feel you have a gift for humour and have decided to combine it with crime , which is an excellent thing to do if you have the skill , then be careful not to let that humour run away with you . |
| 5 | I was now doubly careful not to let any more brother/sister matings take place , and when the female had attained a mighty 2.5″ I cautiously introduced her to the big male . |
| 6 | Then let the solution cool down , being careful not to let any dust drop in . |
| 7 | I 'll be careful not to repeat that mistake in the future . ’ |
| 8 | Be careful not to overlook any of these ( there are six of them ) . |
| 9 | At home , while Ministers are careful not to use such words as ‘ green shoots ’ in public , they use them off the record all the time to political journalists , who dutifully pass the message on to the reading public . |
| 10 | Yet we must be careful not to use these observations as an excuse to disregard those features of the story which do not immediately appeal , or which immediately appal . |
| 11 | One should be careful not to misinterpret this point . |
| 12 | Be careful not to overdo this and accidentally bend the notes sharp ! |
| 13 | You must be careful not to borrow more money that you can afford to repay . |
| 14 | I lay my tackle down , being careful not to cause any vibrations , and creep down to the water 's edge some fifteen yards upstream of the tree . |
| 15 | When grating , take off the thin outer layer of zest , being careful not to remove any white pith , which can be bitter . |
| 16 | Be very careful not to spill any water into the flour or it will soon become mouldy . |
| 17 | Stefan was very careful not to rehearse any numbers that she and Gesner had to perform together , but she still felt afraid . |
| 18 | This adds further interest in the picture , but you should be careful not to have any more than a corner of sky in the final print . |
| 19 | In the first three years of trading , the haulier should be careful not to make any chargeable gains for tax purposes . |
| 20 | I have been careful not to make any assumptions about you . |
| 21 | I let him see I was being very careful not to make any mistake with the .38 . |
| 22 | Because of the conditions , I tried to keep it simple and was extra careful not to make any mistakes . |
| 23 | He must be careful not to follow any ‘ red herrings ’ that will result in him classifying his fossil on the basis of ambiguous similarities . |
| 24 | When he arrived he was doing much the same thing since he was n't as naïve about the values of the secret world as she assumed : assuring himself there was nothing to suspect and being careful not to find any signs of it . |
| 25 | I would like if possible not to do that any more , cos clearly that is just a duplication of material already elsewhere available . |
| 26 | I 'm positively not the person to advise anyone on cut-price marine systems or to encourage the idea that it is possible not to compromise such principles by going down market . |
| 27 | His new civility did not last , but , as Daisy Yates remarked one day in the following week , it had been pleasant not to have such a right little God Almighty in Cas. , if only for a short time . |
| 28 | It is impossible not to connect this finding both with the introduction of machines and with the increasing alarm among the men . |
| 29 | Undoubtedly that is a great defect : it is impossible not to wish that , musically speaking , the piece could be played an octave higher . |
| 30 | 1.6.1 not to incur any liability on behalf of or in any way pledge or purport to pledge 's credit or purport to make any contract binding upon ; |