Example sentences of "[adj] not [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The scheme had been widely approved : now as always Edward was careful not to proceed without consent , and had the scheme worked it would have proved highly lucrative . |
| 2 | However , the party was very careful not to support in principle ministerial contact with the PLO , a stance which clearly angered Weizmann . |
| 3 | We must be careful not to speak of oil and cereal needs which may be very different from consumption . |
| 4 | Rabbits would dash out of their losing darkness , and the village boys would chase them with sticks and yells , careful not to get in front of the two who had the guns . |
| 5 | I wanted to come home when we finished playing , but it would have seemed rude not to stay to tea when the granny had made it . |
| 6 | It was hard not to think of life as it had been back in 1986 , or in Terry 's and Tom 's case , 1985 . |
| 7 | If he thought instant bankruptcy would result from such disclosures , he must be no less earnest to become a bankrupt for the just advantage of his creditors than he would have been resolute not to fail by collusion for the purpose of defrauding them . |
| 8 | In an evening which belongs to Michael Crawford , it would be ungracious not to notice with gratitude Bryan Pringle 's blaspheming father , Gay Soper 's virginal fiancée , and Diana Quick 's electrifying Liz . |
| 9 | It is important not to respond to rumour before company policies or procedures are drawn up . |
| 10 | While it is important not to fixate on animosity it is wise to take it into account . |
| 11 | It is difficult not to agree with Nossal that such wastefulness is inherent in any system where consumer pressures predominate and is one of the less happy faces of market economics . |