Example sentences of "[verb] not [to-vb] [noun sg] [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 | The amount of lactose ( 2.4 g ) contained in 30 ml of Dulphalac has been shown not to affect breath hydrogen excretion . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 ! |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | Whatever the varying demands on her time , Laura was determined not to delegate print research . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | 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 . |
15 | Some firms have chosen not to seek audit registration , some were turned down , and a few have had registration withdrawn from them . |