Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] so [subord] " in BNC.

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1 You may prefer not to do so because of the risk of breach of confidence or discrimination .
2 He dared not do so for he knew one thing for certain ā€” that he had never really fallen out of love with this stunningly beautiful girl .
3 The Government was tempted to seek alternative partners in the Commonwealth and Europe , but did not do so because the Americans had so much more to offer if the MacMahon restrictions could be circumvented or ameliorated .
4 Held , allowing the appeal and granting the applications , that since on an application for the grant of leave under section 8 no question with regard to a child 's upbringing was determined , and since section 10(9) stipulated particular matters , including parental wishes , to which the court was to have regard on such an application , section 1(1) did not apply so as to make the children 's welfare the paramount consideration on an application for leave to apply for a residence order made by a person other than the child concerned ; and that , accordingly , the judge had applied the wrong test ; that as a result of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the application the judge had been deprived of additional material necessary to the proper exercise of his discretion ; and that in the exercise of a fresh discretion , having regard to the new evidence and to the circumstances of the case , the foster mother 's application for leave would be refused ( post , pp. 428G ā€” 429F , 430F , 431Cā€“E ) .
5 Disappointingly strawberries do not freeze so if you do not eat them at once you need to use them up in some other way .
6 Had not done so since that first encounter .
7 The sixth company , which does not identify key environmental issues in its planning guidelines , does not do so because strategic issues are not discussed as part of the planning process but are considered on a continuous basis .
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