Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Queen had convenanted not to give licence to any others to search or dig etc. in the eight counties reserved , or in Wales , and that none would search without consent of the patentees , and that she would " deface and distroy all tools , instruments &c. save only of the Patentees . " |
| 2 | Despite a lengthy investigation into the affairs of 10 accountants connected with the Lloyd 's reinsurance scandal in 1982 , the Joint Disciplinary Scheme has decided not to apportion blame to any of them , prompting calls from some quarters for change to the regulatory regime . |
| 3 | Good type tends not to draw attention to itself , using subtleties of size , serifs , heaviness of stroke , and other characteristics to give ease of reading . |
| 4 | They have tended not to consider benefits to the gene itself . |
| 5 | Should the Secretary of State decide not to give effect to any of the recommendations he has received from the Council , he is required to publish a statement explaining his reasons . |
| 6 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 7 | Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 8 | Try not to draw attention to yourself — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue . |
| 9 | Madam Speaker , arising out of question time today , the leader of the house the leader of the house told the house that the Prime Minister has made a further statement on the back to basics policy , now since this has er we are told er permeated the whole of government policy since the prime minister 's speech to the party conference last October , is n't it time er that the Prime Minister was asked not to give statements to correspondents and at er press conferences , but made a statement to this house about the back to basics policy and at the very least , placed a copy of his speech and his thinkings on the back to basics policy in the library . |
| 10 | Lewis 's branch resolved not to remit funds to London Head Office until a full investigation of its financial affairs had been carried out and , when this proposal was accepted and undertaken on behalf of the Executive Committee and reforms proposed and instituted , refused to accept these and severed its connection with Wilson 's organisation . |
| 11 | She had stared down at him , feeling the hard disdain radiating from his muscular body and trying not to give way to the sheer physical power of the man . |
| 12 | Biting her lip with worry , and trying not to give way to her feelings of fear and trepidation , she looked up quickly as the door opened . |
| 13 | I eat carefully , my heartbeat quickens nervously when the portions offered are too big , and at the same time I 'm trying not to draw attention to my small plateful . |
| 14 | When justices are advised not to have regard to statements of evidence and to medical reports on that ground they are being deprived of potentially valuable material in these difficult cases and I wish to make it clear that hearsay evidence is available to assist the court in all these cases although its weight will always be a matter for the judgment of the court . |
| 15 | Signs that there had been loss of control appear at the very beginning of James 's reign when commissioners hearing private suits to the King were ordered not to give reversions to places of consequence . |