Example sentences of "[not/n't] to [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the downfall of military regimes in South America and elsewhere provide clear evidence that no political structure relying solely on coercion can hope to survive for long , we should not be surprised to find that the most effective form of social control involves attempts not to crush opposition but to stop it arising in the first place : that is , by the control of people 's ideas , rather than of their actions . |
| 2 | But we must not be misled by the atmosphere of religious exaltation : the pagans are , by implication , cattle for the slaughter ; the call is not to missionary work , nor even to humane conquest , if such a thing exists , but to slaughter . |
| 3 | Fitt 's decision not to back Labour at the moment of crisis received the full backing of his SDLP colleagues . |
| 4 | It is assumed that these are linked not to profit maximisation , but depend on the size of the enterprise . |
| 5 | A more measured response is not to abandon welfare but to shift the carrots : make welfare reward work . |
| 6 | The food is nouvelle , but not to starvation point , and of a consistently high quality . |
| 7 | The government was not to influence content , but the state and/or regulatory bodies and/or the law courts were to ensure that ‘ civilized values ’ , ‘ morality ’ and ‘ decency ’ were respected . |
| 8 | The changes which we hope to introduce relate not to subject content , or pedagogic style but to learned outcomes ; ie we wish to see pupils leaving school who have not simply assimilated and regurgitated ( with varying degrees of success ) packages of information , but have developed those skills and attitudes necessary for independent ‘ finding out ’ . |
| 9 | The government agreed not to station security forces on Bougainville on condition that the BRA disbanded itself and surrendered its weapons and prisoners to an international peace-keeping force . |
| 10 | For the autocracy the aim was not to spread general enlightenment but to improve the quality of the civil and military leadership , to train men capable of developing administrative , military , and technological skills . |
| 11 | But even the most socialist of them shared the view , articulated by Brailsford before the war , that the first task of the pacifist was not to overthrow capitalism but to ‘ check the worst consequences of a capitalistic foreign policy , and , if possible , turn it to some partial good . ’ |
| 12 | Th do n't want to extend the the d debate on this , just to point out that paragraphs thirty five and thirty seven , P P G three , both related to local plan policies and not to structure plan . |
| 13 | Both preferences reflect the power of domestic producer interests , whose aim is not to spur development abroad but to sell exports and block imports . |
| 14 | There is no reason not to abridge time . |
| 15 | As in London , the civil authorities were anxious not to court unpopularity by exacting vengeance on the twelve seamen ultimately arrested . |
| 16 | She was ever watchful , and careful not to court publicity . |
| 17 | THE BEACH BOYS : Never Learn Not To Love aka Cease To Exist |
| 18 | What we and Holyfield do know is that Bowe offers a safer route , if not to heavyweight immortality then to respectful acceptance by his peers for his efforts inside the ring , in line with the respect his quiet dignity commands outside it . |
| 19 | European monetary system ; Germany promises not to raise interest rates but refuses to lower them . |
| 20 | The idea is a relatively new one to engineering but certainly not to planet earth : collagen , keratin , chitin and cellulose are some of nature 's strong fibres and make possible everything from bones and lobster carapaces to giant sequoias . |
| 21 | Loose-laid cables have the advantage of quick installation and flexibility , not to mention price , but exposed cables are vulnerable . |
| 22 | Held , granting the declarations , that it was the moment of adjudication of bankruptcy that caused the property of a bankrupt to vest in his trustee thereby causing an involuntary alienation of his property which resulted in the severance of any joint tenancy he might then be beneficially entitled to ; that the combined effect of sections 37(1) and 38 ( a ) of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 was not to vest title in the trustee retrospectively but rather to vest in the trustee when adjudication occurred title to property which was identified by reference to the property which belonged to the bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy ; and that , accordingly , since the joint tenancy had not been severed before the wife 's death , on her death the husband , as survivor , became entitled to the whole beneficial interest in the properties , which on his adjudication as bankrupt vested in his trustee in bankruptcy ( post , pp. 206A , F–H , 207C ) . |
| 23 | In my view , however , the effect of section 38 ( a ) is not to vest title in the trustee retrospectively in the sense that under the Act he is deemed to have had title at the commencement of the bankruptcy ; the effect of section 38 ( a ) is to vest in the trustee , when adjudication occurs , title to property which is identified by reference to the property which belonged to the bankrupt at the commencement of the bankruptcy . |
| 24 | It was there my husband and I began to develop our theories , Darcian Monetarism as it came to be called : that the answer to our current economic ills is not to control inflation but to encourage it until we cease to be a money economy altogether . |
| 25 | In 1822 , when a new Portuguese constitution was promulgated , the people of the town refused to recognize it and so the Governor sent soldiers to Ribeira Brava , not to use force but with orders to eat all the cherries . |
| 26 | But sometimes politicians have to be seen to respond to public concerns , if they are not to hand ammunition to their opponents . |
| 27 | This is not to limit faith , but to recognise that it is increasingly difficult to maintain a high figure based on small numbers . |
| 28 | The capital receipts refer to bequests and gifts received , not to investment income ( which is taken into account in the discounting ) . |