Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It was relaxing for each not to have to strain for approval in the parade of love . |
| 2 | She was very careful after that not to take him for granted , even occasionally making excuses to refuse his sporadic invitations , although it tore her to shreds not to be with him at every opportunity . |
| 3 | Knocking the arrow seemed after all not to have been the ultimate disaster . |
| 4 | But with all due respect is some of that not to do with the guidance their receiving from us as teachers ? |
| 5 | It acts to foster rather than hinder the material and non-material interests of most groups involved in the planning process , although it may be to the short term tactical advantage of some not to recognise the fact . |
| 6 | Clearly mindful of the likelihood of a US military intervention against Castro ( on 10 April 1959 Izvestiia published an article entitled ‘ Those who dream of a repetition of Guaternala ’ ) , the Soviet Union took care throughout 1959 not to take any step which might jeopardise its negotiations with the United States . |
| 7 | Daisy , seeking above all not to betray Aunt Millie , had stood her ground , trembling , white-faced . |
| 8 | Thus far , however , the Rome government is concerned above all not to evoke memories of 1986 , when Italy found itself unable to support the US bombing of Tripoli and Benghazi , and the EC appeared hopelessly at odds with itself . |
| 9 | In 1945 , the Miles Aircraft Company was developing a supersonic experimental aircraft , the M 52 , but lack of basic data on supersonic conditions led to the decision in 1948 not to risk a pilot 's life flying it until more was known about the compressibility of air , or the sound barrier . |
| 10 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 11 | Jordan 's hope of containing the PLO challenge lay in Washington 's decision in 1975 not to recognize the PLO unless it accepted the legitimacy of Israel and Security Council Resolution 242 . |
| 12 | The ASEAN states decided in 1976 not to form a multilateral security relationship but to confine security cooperation within ASEAN to the bilateral level . |
| 13 | The shipwrights of Exeter , for example , bound themselves in 1766 not to work for masters who were seeking to employ them at " less wages than have been from time immemorially paid to journeymen shipwrights " , to " deprive " them of " several of their ancient rights and privileges " and to impose longer hours than had been " usual and customary " . |
| 14 | Sikh ones have learned to live with the reality of this on their own terms , while Gujerati Hindu male egos appear in general not to suffer from this particular weakness at all . |
| 15 | On balance , it is probably better not to define such obligations in the partnership agreement itself except in general terms ( Clause 13.01 ) ; ( c ) the obligation on a partner not to involve himself in other professional activity save for the benefit of the firm ( and in particular not to compete with the firm ) and to account to the firm for any profits made . |
| 16 | The following day , the Great Hural voted by 186 votes to 129 not to accept Byambasuren 's resignation . |
| 17 | IT IS no surprise that workers at the main Leyland plant voted by four to one not to strike . |
| 18 | Smokebusters encourages youngsters aged eight to 14 not to smoke and to spread the ‘ do n't smoke , have fun ’ message . |
| 19 | On Nov. 18 , the Supreme Court voted by seven to two not to overturn the restraining order , and CNN then turned over the tapes so that they could be examined by Hoeveler . |
| 20 | Although the Court upheld almost all of the provisions of the Pennsylvanian legislation , it decided by five votes to four not to overturn Roe v. Wade in its entirety . |