Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] not [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | President Roosevelt wired Churchill on 21 November that both sides had compromised , but the UK insisted on restricting the number of aircraft irrespective of the amount of traffic : ‘ This seems to me a form of strangulation , ’ he wrote , and he asked Churchill not to let the conference collapse . |
| 2 | These could presumably include methods not involving the use of letters rogatory at all , though given the legal traditions of the region such radicalism seems unlikely . |
| 3 | Leopold 's response was to urge Mozart not to dismiss the idea so lightly given that the appointment , though not the grandest in itself , might ultimately lead to one of the posts of Kapellmeister there . |
| 4 | He advised consumers not to eat the product , but stressed : ‘ This warning is specifically limited to Macrae Lumpfish Caviare and no other product is implicated . ’ |
| 5 | Elucidating Point Three was probably going to have the effect of encouraging the tsar to continue the war , for if Point Three meant promoting British interests , it was probably also going to have the effect of inclining Austria not to enter the lists . |
| 6 | Only that change in attitude and culture will convince others not to make the bomb . |
| 7 | A short report in the Financial Times for 19/20 December 1992 states that women who were sacked from a mushroom farm after refusing new contracts that they alleged had made cuts in their pay , had been given permission by the Court of Appeal on 18 December 1992 to carry out a leaflet campaign to persuade shoppers not to buy the farm 's produce . |
| 8 | A meeting had been called at one of the local schools , another in a series of as yet fruitless attempts to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner-city rot . |
| 9 | Mr Montagu and Mr Brown believe getting staff not to fear the agency process as a bringer of cuts or worse conditions , but as a way of improving both and service to the customer , is the crucial task facing ministers and senior officials between now and spring 1991 . |
| 10 | Sometimes the union was successful in persuading newcomers not to take the work , but employers " inducements often proved too strong . |
| 11 | Fiona Gately , marketing manager with Food from Britain , urged producers not to ignore the catering market , which is worth £7 billion a year in food purchases . |
| 12 | He once confronted three baiters but after an ugly scene with them he advises people not to do the same . |
| 13 | He urged people not to let the short-term problems of recession blind them to the long-term truth . |
| 14 | Only hours before polls closed late yesterday afternoon , Mr Rafsanjani urged voters not to boycott the election . |
| 15 | The horses should learn to accept the contact and the rider teaches the horse to accept the rein aid by adjusting the feel in the rein with the forward riding of his seat and leg aids , the hands control the impulsion created by the seat and leg aids but must also take care not to restrict the forward movement . |
| 16 | Notice by the way , that you should take care not to touch the knitting , cast-on comb or weights while you are taking the lace carriage across , to avoid dropping stitches . |
| 17 | We must take care not to harm the one that Pool wants . ’ |
| 18 | While the portrayal of disability issues in the arts arena should be viewed with the same critical eye as the presentation of issues in the political arena , we should also take care not to underestimate the role of the arts in assisting the processes of change . |
| 19 | In the Single European Act of 1986 there is a proviso that ‘ the institutions of the Community shall take care not to prejudice the internal or external financial stability of the member states ’ . |
| 20 | We shall , however , take care not to prejudice the great asset that native speakers have a tendency to focus more on message and less on medium than non-native foreign-language teachers do . |
| 21 | Does n't it make sense not to repeat the mistakes of others ? |
| 22 | Nevertheless , I considered most carefully what might be the most opportune occasion to bring the matter up with him ; for although I would not for one moment , as I say , suspect Mr Farraday of inconsistency , it nevertheless made sense not to broach the topic when he was preoccupied or distracted . |
| 23 | The family persuaded Ken not to attend the inquest at Hammersmith Coroner 's Court , in the hope that the name Charlie Williams would n't mean anything to the Press . |
| 24 | Who tells Nestle not to promote the bottle feeding that may give a slum child fatal diarrhoea ? |
| 25 | For the same reason they understand why Gandalf tells Frodo not to use the Ring ( use always causes addiction ) ; why Sam , Bilbo and Frodo nevertheless survive their use of it ( addiction in early stages is curable ) ; why Boromir succumbs to the Ring without handling it ( use has to be preceded by desire ) ; and why Faramir can shrug it off ( a wise person is capable of stifling the desire to become addicted , though no wisdom will stifle addiction once contracted ) . |
| 26 | Taking care not to swing the basket , she got off outside the gate of St Michael-in-the-Moor and walked across the green . |
| 27 | Vic shakes the last drops from his penis , taking care not to sprinkle the shaggy pink nylon fitted carpet , and flushes the toilet . |
| 28 | Carve out a larger , shallower , window at the front for the driver , taking care not to weaken the cake too much or to make the edges too thin . |
| 29 | Scrape out all the membrane and pith with a small spoon taking care not to penetrate the skin and put the orange shells on a baking sheet . |
| 30 | Melt 5 oz chocolate on top of double boiler , taking care not to let the water boil , so it does n't get too warm . |