Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] not [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In its ruling , however , the IWT also drew attention to the issue of energy use per se : " ( Environmental ) procedures and the generation of ever more information on impacts do not help avoid the essential issue that industrialized countries should reduce their wasteful energy consumption , rather than enlarging the capacity to create energy " . |
| 2 | Soon their palms became sticky , but the boy did not dare let go of the hand he had so daringly grasped , for that would have meant admitting that he was perspiring and ashamed of it . |
| 3 | But however welcome , such generosity did not help solve the central problem which was to find suitable homes for the children . |
| 4 | Jenny was heartily relieved that the recent bad weather had made the track so muddy that even the passionate and rather drunk Ted had not dared go any further . |
| 5 | It was the first time in American history that serving officers did not dare say what their commander-in-chief had told them to do . |
| 6 | The policeman had not let go of the stranger . |
| 7 | Vasilissa did not dare disobey . |
| 8 | Doyle did not let go of the girl 's plait , but he jerked at it , to make her sit down . |
| 9 | Heavy sarcasm which Charles determined not to let disturb him . |
| 10 | The enduring point is that close links did not make finance the slave of industry . |
| 11 | All over Europe homosexuals are on the retreat from public activity : it is important that homosexual women and men do not let go of their responsibility for their own lives , as is now the case in England . |
| 12 | Genuine elections followed , but the democratic rulers did not dare put their military predecessors on trial . |
| 13 | One would not think that that was Labour 's intention from reading the document ’ London United ’ issued by the Labour party , but one would know it from reading the draft of that document which the Labour party did not dare publish . |
| 14 | No wonder the party did not dare publish that document . |
| 15 | The truth is that the Labour party does not dare come out in favour of a programme of competition of this nature because it is in hock to the very public sector unions that have sought to oppose it over the years . |