Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In order for them not to happen the law would have to be changed and , with the time it would take to change the law , we would n't be able to do so before the elections are due to happen . |
| 2 | There 's no excuse for them not to go into the medical practice booklet because they 've got fifteen thousand patients or thereabouts . |
| 3 | She came to see him once , was shy and vague and noncommittal , later wrote to say it was best for them not to see each other again . |
| 4 | Er our distribution system has got great press recently and it 's regarded as one of the three best distribution systems in the U K. One of the things we 're trying to do is to pay less for our books , it 's very easy to pay very very fancy prices for , for er mid-range authors and for them not to earn out , so we 're looking for much cheaper books . |
| 5 | For the normal continuation of the museums ' collecting and activities , it is better for them not to collect pictures by European masters for kopeks in Russia , but to buy equipment and restoration materials with serious money in the West . |
| 6 | Erm it would be extremely difficult t for them not to occupy our thoughts , I 'm not sure whether your question is is inviting me to consider what the European Community should be doing in the context of Bosnia . |
| 7 | So they reverted to their original position : that as neither of them missed sex , it was OK for them not to have it . |
| 8 | Gives her income and it 's balanced by her allowances and if you move not sufficient to , for the income to exceed that then at the same time it goes into a bank or building society you apply for them not to deduct income . |
| 9 | He thought it was reasonable for them not to provide night care even now and essential for them to have a night sleeper for seven nights a week from this time on . |
| 10 | Either they operated some kind of taboo against such things , or else the technological relics of past civilisations were commonplace enough for them not to attach importance to a vessel which they must at least suspect to be in operable condition . |
| 11 | While members were asked not to behave in a representative manner , the source of their nomination ( councils , fellow doctors , nurses and trade unionists ) made it very difficult for them not to consider ramifications on their constituencies . |
| 12 | It is hard for them not to believe , for they slip in and out of belief caressed by the changing breezes of cultural fashion . |
| 13 | In general , it is often unnecessary for exporters to cover every currency risk but imprudent for them not to cover any risk . |
| 14 | The third is sexual love and enough illustrative material is on show in cinemas for me not to need to labour this point . |
| 15 | On the few occasions I have met him it has been very difficult for me not to let slip something about you . |
| 16 | ‘ But he has kept goal exceptionally well , not only this season but for two or three years and it would be unwise for me not to look at him . ’ |
| 17 | Chris was a learner driver at this time , and he used to drive me to hospital ; driving practice for him , but a great relief for me not to have to drive myself . |
| 18 | ‘ Then you 'd have had another reason for me not to stay on board . ’ |
| 19 | but , she prefers for me not to stay on the phone for very long she does |
| 20 | But it is impossible for me not to feel that my body is other than I , that I inhabit it like a house , and that my face is a mask which , with or without my consent , conceals my real nature from others . ’ |
| 21 | Gettier argued that they show the tripartite account to be insufficient ; it is possible for someone not to know even when all the three clauses are satisfied . |
| 22 | It would be churlish of me not to say how much I welcome that statement , and how much I rejoice in the fact that to add to the four climbdowns that I announced at 4 o'clock , there is a fifth — the abandonment of the proposal announced by the Home Secretary in column 167 of Hansard on 2 July . |
| 23 | Stupid of me not to realise that here , also … |
| 24 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 25 | The funeral directors ' lobby is very strong ; I suppose it was naïve of me not to have realized before that they would clamp down hard on any wholesaler who dared to step out of line and supply the public direct . |
| 26 | He will agree that it will be only wise of me not to attempt to comment on or in any way to qualify the words that the Prime Minister used this afternoon — and I have no intention of doing so . |
| 27 | It was n't polite of them not to answer the door , knowing that he was standing there , but it did n't really matter . |
| 28 | ‘ Lovely bit of weather , ’ said her father , and her mother remarked that she always thought it so silly of them not to go out in the country more when they lived so near to it . |
| 29 | They also eat about 3,000 midges a night each , a contribution to Scottish life which it is churlish of you not to acknowledge ! |
| 30 | It was tactful of you not to say so . |