Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The health authority does not exist to service nursing homes , so there must be a charge for these services . |
| 2 | Besides , advanced treatment — a process of extra filtration , biological decomposition and chemical treatment — squeezes out more phosphorus but is not proven to reduce large amounts of nitrogen . |
| 3 | NEWCASTLE did not rush to reinstate experienced Brian Kilcline recently — and no wonder with young Steve Howey blossoming at the back . |
| 4 | Under a similar provision in the Bankruptcy Act 1914 it had been held that a defect in a bankruptcy notice of a kind such as could reasonably mislead the debtor was not a mere formal defect or irregularity within the meaning of that provision , and therefore rendered the notice a nullity even though it was not calculated to cause substantial injustice . |
| 5 | He opposed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill on the grounds that ‘ repressive legislation of this kind is not calculated to improve public morals ’ . |
| 6 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 7 | At Westminster they disembarked at King 's Steps , Corbett pulling the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition by any of his colleagues in the Chancery or the Exchequer for he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter . |
| 8 | If we do not want to reset entire articles ( impossible in the rush of printing schedules ) , the only place we can make cuts or additions is at the end of paragraphs . |
| 9 | He wanted to succeed because he did not want to let poor old Bones down . |
| 10 | Despite his well known views on EC federalism , de Gaulle 's first concern was with Germany , although , unlike his successors , he did not want to employ supranational structures to contain Germany . |
| 11 | Those who choose to risk their lives earning a living at sea do not want to be forced to give up , but they are realists and they do not want to go bankrupt either . |
| 12 | I do not want to see disabled excluded from it , ’ he said . |
| 13 | One does not want to occasion unnecessary delay in exercising those controls , but they must be sufficiently firm and rigorous to ensure that criminals who try to get into the country are detected and that illegal immigrants are similarly detected and prevented from entering the country . |
| 14 | Scotland have hardly used any back-row moves in their games to date , maybe because they do not want to put extra pressure on Weir in his first season at No 8 , but also because they do not have the same penetration from the base of the scrum as they have done in previous seasons . |
| 15 | State if you do not want to receive other material linked to any of the offers . |
| 16 | State if you do not want to receive other material linked to the offer . |
| 17 | A dog register does nothing to help control dangerous dogs — we do not want to create unnecessary bureaucracy . |
| 18 | While Dublin does not want to upset present political co-operation with Britain , there is anxiety about Sir Patrick 's record while Attorney-General when he was closely involved in many aspects of Anglo-Irish relations . |
| 19 | Naturally , players and directors did not want to broadcast systematic evasion of FA rules . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank Heavens for William , ’ she has since said as it meant she could now quite properly forsake the pills she was proffered by arguing that she did not want to risk physical or mental deformity in the baby she was carrying . |
| 21 | The World Index Trust is designed for investors who want to be able to move between overseas markets but do not want to choose particular stocks to buy . |
| 22 | There was thus a legal obligation to ensure the packets did not fall below the required weight , but on the other hand the company did not want to give free biscuits to customers by making the packets heavier than necessary . |
| 23 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |
| 24 | He says he wants a compromise acceptable to Britain and its partners — which means he does not want to stop other countries moving towards EMU . |
| 25 | He says he does not want to privatise loss-making state industries , or change the labour laws that make it virtually impossible for an employer to fire any employee . |
| 26 | Lady Wilcox said it was not surprising that children did not want to eat good food . |
| 27 | No further steps were taken until 28th October , 1857 , when Wilson wrote to Hall , on behalf of the Lords of the Treasury , saying that as they did not want to incur additional expenditure on architects ' fees for further rejected plans for the Foreign Office , they had looked at Pennethorne 's plans and would use those . |
| 28 | We do not want to incur additional costs in putting this corridor display together . |
| 29 | Among other quincentenary revelries you may or may not want to get involved in are : jousting at Hever Castle , Tudor music at Kenwood and a pageant at Hedingham Castle . |
| 30 | But that time has not yet come and Orlan found that most of the surgeons she approached did not want to get involved with her ideas . |