Example sentences of "[verb] not [vb infin] [to-vb] all " in BNC.
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| 1 | Firstly , said the Government , it did not want to stifle all criticism of the way its policies were carried out . |
| 2 | I became a Member of the House in 1983 on a promise from various people that we would legislate less , that we did not want to legislate all the time , and that we would examine matters more carefully . |
| 3 | But it did not do to use all one 's pieces at once . |
| 4 | One was found — ‘ a pragmatic , civilized feminist who did not pretend to understand all that had happened to Laura but had the good sense to see that she was a great deal saner than her parents . |
| 5 | A person who drew on someone 's bank account was assuming the rights of the owner , and to be guilty the accused did not have to assume all rights of the owner . |
| 6 | I enjoyed Richard who was a casual , almost brutal lover , his desire rising and spending itself as impatiently as mine , so that I did not have to suffer all that tedious , preliminary business of fondling and stroking , and I enjoyed my baby , which surprised me as I had not expected to . |
| 7 | He did not attempt to remember all the features that together make up a face . |
| 8 | Highly career-motivated middle-class people fill silences with socially acceptable noises ; people at the base of a hierarchy do not appear to need all this noise . |
| 9 | The answer is that we do not intend to meet all that shortfall . |
| 10 | I do not intend to list all the normal things Excel can do — just take it for granted that you will be able to set up a spreadsheet to calculate whatever you want to — but I want to concentrate on some of the features that will certainly save time , effort , and head scratching . |
| 11 | If our concern is health , widely defined , not merely medical care , it is probably inevitable in our present society that resources do not exist to meet all the demands that the pursuit of health for all may make . |
| 12 | I do not mean to deny all that has happened — there are some beautiful modern buildings . |
| 13 | I do not want to die , James my son , but I do not want to live all my life in an English prison . |
| 14 | Do not try to get all the way back to the launch point unless you have ample height . |
| 15 | unc It follows that we do not need to compute all the unc elements of R ; n ( n + 1 ) /2 elements , comprised in the diagonal and below , are all that are required . |
| 16 | Although we do not need to reconsider all the issues relating to the corporatisation of local government during the 1970s , it is important to remind ourselves of the widespread adoption of policy and resources committees , consisting of the senior elected members ( with sub-committees specialising in land , finance , personnel and performance review ) . |
| 17 | We do not have to destroy all beliefs for some of them — even though false — sustain useful action . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) It is not exhaustive and does not purport to cover all the circumstances which can arise in takeover situations . |
| 19 | It does not purport to contain all the information that a prospective purchaser may require . |
| 20 | As is the case with the CAPM , the APT does not claim to explain all of the variance of a security 's return . |
| 21 | The model does not claim to include all the possible determinants of union growth , and because it is concerned with the rate of change ( rather than the level ) of union membership influences such as the structure of the labour force , which exhibit little annual variation , are excluded . |
| 22 | The discussion below does not attempt to outline all the arguments but merely to point to some of the issues involved . |
| 23 | A conclusion does not have to include all the available information : the conclusion may coalesce out of only part of it . |
| 24 | ( p93 ) It would appear that as long as the buyer communicates the purpose for which the goods are required , he does not have to specify all of the particular applications so long as they fall within the scope of normal purpose . |
| 25 | A map does not have to indicate all the features of the terrain in order to help people find their way about it . |
| 26 | In a book published in 1975 , he praises Montini for the courage he had displayed in supporting him twenty years earlier , but adds this comment : One does not have to accept all of that to recognize that the assessment is shrewd . |
| 27 | The law does not seek to prohibit all asymmetric trades ( trades where one party has more information than another ) ; nor should it . |
| 28 | But , it does not need to occur all at once . |