Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Words were n't his natural medium , but these days , when I went to help out in the shop , he inevitably took me aside — blackmailing me with samosas , sherbet fountains and the opportunity not to work — for an extended ear-bashing . |
| 2 | The conclusion seems to be that where one wishes the UCTA not to apply , one should , where possible , by observing the relevant conflict of law rules , create a contract genuinely governed by a foreign proper law , so that there is no need for an express choice of law clause which can be attacked or negated under s 27(2) . |
| 3 | In addition he accepted an undertaking by the defendent not to reveal other than to his legal advisers the fact that he had made communications to FIMBRA and the Inland Revenue . |
| 4 | Okay , let's swap over , what I want you to remember is it 's not a conversation it 's not the try not to get into a conversation what we 're trying to do is we 're trying to stick to one person 's trying to stick to their point the other person 's trying to take them off it , okay ? |
| 5 | It also had to solve the problem of ‘ hidden lines ’ : how do you tell the computer not to draw those lines that the eye would not be able to see ? |
| 6 | The feeling in the country was for the Queen , and Haymo the Bishop advised the Archbishop not to go into the city because of the high feeling towards the bishops and the danger to their persons . |
| 7 | For this reason alone , it is wise to advise the Chairman not to accept a motion " that the minutes be taken as read " . |
| 8 | Yet the decision not to spend that day at Sandringham is hers and hers alone . |
| 9 | The manoeuvring ability left to the Callaghan government was now slight , following the decision not to call an early election . |
| 10 | One example was the decision not to destroy the ruins of the German cathedral , where Kant is buried . |
| 11 | Thus the decision not to appoint Risk could be seen as an attempt by the Board to carry out its fiduciary duty to the shareholders ( ie to act in their best interests ) . |
| 12 | The fundholding debate : should practices reconsider the decision not to fundhold ? |
| 13 | The decision not to merge with the RSA Examinations Board , announced by the Trustees in October 1992 , heralds a new period for the Board as an independent examining body . |
| 14 | And it says the decision not to assign a psychiatric nurse was made on medical and not financial grounds . |
| 15 | Mr David Owen , Nupe 's area officer , said the decision not to use ambulance radios meant that crews would only answer emergency calls at stations . |
| 16 | The minister also defended the decision not to use secondary teachers . |
| 17 | She claimed the decision not to use secondary teachers was because that would take longer than the Scottish Office was prepared to wait . |
| 18 | We 're told it 's a very close thing , the decision not to participate erm and there were certain technical and theoretical reasons , I think , that led them to come down on the side of not . |
| 19 | Importantly , Skinner and Vincent have attempted to address difficult medical issues such as resistant arrhythmias and the ethical difficulty of the decision not to resuscitate . |
| 20 | Consultant anaesthetist Dr Gilbert Park said : ‘ The decision not to resuscitate will be made by doctors , patients and their relatives . |
| 21 | Failure to act in a particular way will not be an abuse of power unless the decision not to act in that way is beyond the limits of the discretion given to the power-holder . |
| 22 | He regrets the decision not to re-title the revision : ‘ It was completely rewritten , but keeping the title meant that a lot of people decided not to buy it . |
| 23 | Following completion of his second successful landing of the day at 15:00 hours , officials made the decision not to risk any further deliveries on April 7 . |
| 24 | In October 1966 , however , one year after the decision not to take up the option on the book , David V. Picker at UA bought the movie rights . |
| 25 | It said it could n't understand why the British Amateur Weight Lifter 's Association had reached the decision not to take action against the two weighlifters . |
| 26 | Only do-it-ourself and textiles showed a fall-off caused by a reduced textiles range and the decision not to take part in the DIY price war . |
| 27 | The City Take-over Panel , which has to give its blessing to the ending of the contract , could take a dim view of the decision not to proceed with a formal bid . |
| 28 | Organisers Editions Larivière says it made the decision not to proceed ‘ for its own reasons ’ . |
| 29 | The decision not to proceed with the plant follows a court ruling that the plans contravened an EC directive and that construction should not proceed without an environmental impact assessment . |
| 30 | Mr Jack Straw , Labour 's education spokesman , earlier failed to convince the committee that the decision not to include Mr John MacGregor , the Education Secretary , on the committee was treating parliamentary procedures with contempt . |