Example sentences of "[noun pl] and not [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After talks with police in Dundee , STUC general secretary Campbell Christie appealed for pickets to obey union guidelines and not to break the law or block the road . |
| 2 | The three main political parties were really only paying lip service to green matters and not tackling the underlying economic issues , said Dr. |
| 3 | the management of the target company must act in the interest of all the shareholders and not frustrate the bid , |
| 4 | Do you know she said she was n't coming to our wedding right up to the last moment , and when she did consent to come she behaved as if all the guests on my side were mud beneath her feet , though our family 's always been very well thought of around here , as I 'm sure you know , and my father could have bought her up a hundred times and not noticed the difference , and what was her father in New Zealand I wonder , some sheep dipper or other I would n't mind betting — you know the type that went to the colonies then — or perhaps he was a convict ! ’ |
| 5 | The argument is certainly persuasive for efficient farming areas , and , according to farm unions in Germany , some farmers there have decided to do just that by not completing the IACS forms and not seeking the subsidies or the controls which are the price of the subsidies . |
| 6 | The peer 's counsel , Mr Charles Gray QC , told Mr Justice Michael Davies in a statement in open court that the publishers had agreed to pay legal costs and not to repeat the allegations . |
| 7 | Making sure that the parents praise the child for dry beds and not punish the child for wet beds is also important , as the anxiety generated by punishment and anger from the parents may exacerbate the problem . |
| 8 | The decision has been made on financial conditions and not to meet the needs of the team . |
| 9 | But Europeans are increasingly keen ( 1992 and all that ) to see themselves as cultural pioneers and not to emulate the United States . |
| 10 | A government official noted that despite this framework , " not abiding by the laws , not strictly enforcing the laws and not punishing the lawbreakers " is still common . |
| 11 | I think this is why they ca n't sell cos they keep building on and people are going in the newer ones and not buying the ones that are lived in . |
| 12 | The plan was to go in relays and not to leave the Jonquil unattended , but there was a muddle . |
| 13 | It must obviously be too late to go to the bazaar now , he thought with relief as he came face to face with the group , but he found himself trotting out the excuse about correcting papers and not noticing the time before anyone had had the chance to comment on his non-attendance . |
| 14 | What is behind the bishops ' and archdeacons ' reluctance even to consider breaking up the boundaries seems to be a desire to maintain a mixture of middle , high and low churches and not upset the balance . |
| 15 | And at this stage it is expected that tagging will be confined to specified types and not involve the routine identification of all sheep — including hill ewes — as many farmers feared . |