Example sentences of "choose not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To start from myself , I can not choose between reactions without having some control over them ; to choose not to be burned I must at least have the power to withdraw my finger from the flame . |
| 2 | But again , there is always a residuum of unpredictability ; we can always opt to choose not to be influenced in the predicted direction . |
| 3 | The main difference is in the language used to describe what is responsible for that residuum : for determinists it is the variability of constellations of causes in individual cases ; for indeterminists it is our ability to choose not to be predictable . |
| 4 | To those who point to Britain 's right , under the Maastricht Treaty on European Union , to choose not to be part of the Single Currency , I recommend a passing glance at a passage in a speech I made in the closing stages of the second reading of the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill on 21 May 1992 . |
| 5 | You may choose not to report this , but you should have the honesty to report Labour 's policy accurately . |
| 6 | Luckily I learnt early on that whereas I might see there are all sorts of emotional issues that the person grieving could work on , they may well choose not to . |
| 7 | You can choose not to . |
| 8 | For instance , when poor forms part of an identifying phrase with liar it is natural that its notion of DEFICIENT should most readily be understood to mean a deficiency in the matter of lying ; when a speaker chooses not to use poor attributively but in the predicative construction then a natural inference is that he or she intends the notion DEFICIENT to be taken in the way more typical of human beings in general , that is referring to their material resources . |
| 9 | I would like to salute Desiree Washington — the Heavyweight Champion of the World — for choosing not to be a faceless , nameless victim of the former Mighty Mike Tyson , now Indiana Prisoner 922335 . |
| 10 | I do n't mean art should be as clear as the instructions on a packet of seeds ; I 'm saying that you trust the mystifier more if you know he 's deliberately choosing not to be lucid . |
| 11 | When , in the autumn of 1939 , Chamberlain chose , after all , to go to war with Hitler , and Stalin chose not to , the Communists were , understandably , thrown into some confusion . |
| 12 | As a heterosexual role model , he could do so much that is positive towards an end to prejudice , but he chose not to . |
| 13 | ( For instance , Kamata [ 1982 ] , in his exposé of Toyota in the early 1970s , suggested that workers who chose not to ‘ empower ’ themselves in this way were punished for it through criticism and smaller bonuses ! ) |
| 14 | We made the journey in three days ; we could have done it in two but we chose not to . |
| 15 | Crying alone , when their partner was actually in the same house but chose not to be with them , was an exhausting and draining experience . |
| 16 | But you chose not to . |
| 17 | She had other questions but Stan chose not to be sidetracked from the serious business of telling Oliver he could not stay on the premises after all . |
| 18 | He did n't seem to hear , or rather he chose not to . |
| 19 | Stansted and they chose not to . |
| 20 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 21 | He chose not to , not because he was n't enjoying it , he loved it , but he chose not to because he knew he would lose and part of the reason knew he would lose was because he sacked Douglas MacArthur . |
| 22 | He chose not to , not because he was n't enjoying it , he loved it , but he chose not to because he knew he would lose and part of the reason knew he would lose was because he sacked Douglas MacArthur . |
| 23 | You chose not to . |
| 24 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 25 | With this particular letter I can not say why he chose not to , but he receives so many letters that he can not physically respond to all of them . ’ |
| 26 | Kelly chose not to be specific over the precise areas for concern other than to point to bad results . |
| 27 | Several of them have said that they now understand how children feel when adults do not want , or choose not to , believe them . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's not that we think it 's wrong to have girl-friends , we just choose not to at the moment . |
| 29 | The transmission of religious services , in addition to being a blessing to those who can not go to church and a substitute for those who choose not to , offers considerable potential for evangelism through worship . |
| 30 | Not just because it would ruin the trust that my relationship is built on and that I so much believe in , but because being unfaithful would require me to be the kind of woman I choose not to be . |