Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is easy to see why Mr Smith has decided not to target investment income . |
| 2 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 3 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 4 | Despite this , evidence shows that appeal committees have tended not to question LEA admission limits . |
| 5 | The amount of lactose ( 2.4 g ) contained in 30 ml of Dulphalac has been shown not to affect breath hydrogen excretion . |
| 6 | Remember not to contact Sunday newspaper journalists on Monday — they will be having their weekend break ! |
| 7 | I should have known not to pick Wimbledon fortnight but , up until Ladies ' Singles finals , I thought the rain gods had been caught napping . |
| 8 | Apart from certain matters which are specifically declared not to constitute development ( for example , internal alterations to buildings , works of road maintenance , or improvement carried out by a local highway authority within the boundaries of a road ) and others which , though possibly constituting development , are declared not to require planning permission , there is provision for the secretary of state to make a General Development Order ( GDO ) specifying classes of ‘ permitted ’ development , and a Use Classes Order specifying groups of uses within which interchange is permissible . |
| 9 | Anomalously , proposals for Private Member 's bills are emanating increasingly from governments ; a government wishes to see a particular measure enacted but either wishes not to devote government time to it , or wishes to avoid too close an association with its controversial subject-matter , or both . |
| 10 | It must have very clear , fresh water and therefore the water should be changed very frequently , and great care should be taken not to allow algae growth . |
| 11 | Trying not to let excitement show in my voice I said , ‘ Hold on while I check my diary ’ knowing fine that whatever was committed would have to be re-arranged ! |
| 12 | If I was walking past a building site , I 'd put my head down , trying not to have eye contact with anyone , but I 'd be expecting it anyway — not because I 'm pretty , but because if it 's summer and you 're a girl and , say wearing shorts , it 's inevitable . |
| 13 | If for any reason you prefer not to discuss birth control with your own GP , you are entitled to go to another GP for this service . |
| 14 | If for any reason you prefer not to discuss birth control with your own family doctor , you are entitled to go to another family doctor for this service . |
| 15 | If for any reason you prefer not to discuss birth control with your own GP , you are entitled to go to another GP for this service . |
| 16 | Whatever the varying demands on her time , Laura was determined not to delegate print research . |
| 17 | Until ATBC is known to be not only " microwave friendly " but also " user-friendly " , consumers are warned not to use cling film for wrapping food or lining dishes when cooking in a microwave oven . |
| 18 | SHOPPERS have been warned not to buy rabbit meat in Latvian markets after 42 animals infected with lethal bugs were stolen from a research centre . |
| 19 | Some firms have chosen not to seek audit registration , some were turned down , and a few have had registration withdrawn from them . |