Example sentences of "[noun] not [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Army Commander , Gen. Vimol Wongwanich , promised to unify the Army and on Aug. 7 ordered commanders of all army units not to intervene in politics or do anything to help or hinder any political party . |
| 2 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 3 | On June 17 Roman announced his intention not to stand for President . |
| 4 | Driver not to blame for accident |
| 5 | ‘ Minister Warns EEC Not To Prosecute on Water ’ , declared the headline . |
| 6 | For these students , this was manifested by a decision not to continue with physics at postgraduate level . |
| 7 | Female science students may make the girls think again about their decision not to continue with science . |
| 8 | The unrest , which was connected with further proposed petrol price and bus fare increases and also involved student protests , was believed to have been caused by a Supreme Court decision not to proceed with corruption charges against various former ministers . |
| 9 | They notified the applicant of their decision not to appeal by letter dated 23 November 1990 . |
| 10 | Reluctantly , Johnson accepted their advice , and on 31 March 1968 he made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative , the reduction of bombing raids on North Vietnam , and his decision not to stand for re-election in November . |
| 11 | Sonia Gandhi 's decision not to stand in by-election |
| 12 | Brain op not to blame for man 's death |
| 13 | But then the other faction , the shattered remains of the erstwhile " confident " party , had argued rather differently … far from being a sign of collapse it was , in fact , a sign of the Collector 's resolve , his determination not to submit to oppression , to fight back , in other words . |
| 14 | MR CLINTON is set to give his Secret Service agents fits in his determination not to live in fear of the assassin 's bullet . |
| 15 | His journals in particular constitute a moving memorial to a young man of integrity and moral courage , whose determination not to succumb to pain and humiliation was at times heroic . |
| 16 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 17 | ( 4 ) The SIB and appropriate SROs have incorporated into their rulebooks so-called " cold-shouldering " rules which require their members conducting investment business not to act in connection with transactions regulated by the Code for persons whom they have reason to believe would not comply with UK practice and standards in takeovers . |
| 18 | This is the one where Paul recalls his parents telling him during the war not to worry during air raids , ‘ because it 's unlikely the bomb will ever have your name written on it , son ’ . |
| 19 | Macmillan eventually realised that only Australia and New Zealand would resist the pressure and advised South Africa not to press for readmission as a republic . |
| 20 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT HALLOWE'EN |
| 21 | JOKES NOT TO TELL AT SCHOOL |
| 22 | It suited Adam not to reply in German and he gesticulated wildly as he tried to make her understand . |
| 23 | He said that he did not wish to block the legal process , however , and asked the government to find " a legal solution in which the need of the good functioning of parliamentary democracy can be reconciled with the right of the King not to act in violation of his conscience " . |
| 24 | The outcome of these cases is that the Chinese wall has not been seen as providing satisfactory protection for the interests of the former client and , despite the existence of a Chinese wall , the courts have required the law firms not to act on behalf of the new client . |
| 25 | It is wrong for any local authority not to take into account people 's ability to pay . |
| 26 | I had orders not to take in tea until half past ten . ’ |
| 27 | Scientists monitoring the level of solar radiation have warned people not to sunbathe without protection for more than forty minutes . |
| 28 | The Society of Telecom Executives , representing 29,000 managerial and professional staff in British Telecom , yesterday instructed its staff not to cut off phone lines to ambulance stations if called to do so by BT . |
| 29 | , writes : MY MOTHER , many years ago , used to sing a song about a miner , warned by his daughter not to go to work because she dreamed of a disaster . |
| 30 | The return of William Purser to England released me from my obligation not to preach in English , and shortly after his departure I was invited to preach in Rangoon cathedral , then very much a chaplaincy parish church , and only rarely having great services in Burmese . |