Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ withdrawal ’ — which can be explained as a collective , dignified attempt not to have any truck with the enterprise except on one 's own terms — which an outsider can describe as apathy or schizoid withdrawal — has far-reaching political consequences . |
| 2 | Secondly , it must also be appreciated that there was substantial unity within trade union ranks and that , despite the suspension of the strike on 12 May , the unions had signalled their intention not to accept further wage reductions without some resistance . |
| 3 | Mr Trimble told the Speaker he appreciated that it was the normal practice not to have immediate statements on specific terrorist incidents ‘ because that amplifies the terror ’ . |
| 4 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 5 | We 'd taken a small local boat — built for four people but with 15 on board not to mention some pigs and chickens — out to an island . |
| 6 | ‘ Your constable in Burford was looking for an excuse not to take any action . |
| 7 | It also had to solve the problem of ‘ hidden lines ’ : how do you tell the computer not to draw those lines that the eye would not be able to see ? |
| 8 | It is certainly a surprising omission on Banfield 's part not to take full account of the importance of patronage and clientelism in their own right as determinants of political action . |
| 9 | It saw its function not to produce curricular prescriptions but rather ‘ to extend the range of possibilities open to teachers , and to provide them with the most detailed research evidence on which their judgement can be exercised ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ It has been my decision not to do any training so far this season . |
| 11 | ‘ We agree with the decision not to define sexual assault specifically . |
| 12 | Yet the decision not to spend that day at Sandringham is hers and hers alone . |
| 13 | When he publicly questioned Truman 's decision not to use Chinese Nationalist troops in Korea , Truman decided the pretensions of his Caesar had gone far enough . |
| 14 | The minister also defended the decision not to use secondary teachers . |
| 15 | She claimed the decision not to use secondary teachers was because that would take longer than the Scottish Office was prepared to wait . |
| 16 | ‘ The consequence of the combined decision not to recruit expert staff or to invest in extensive training could be considerable . |
| 17 | ‘ The decision not to reveal this information was part of a deliberate policy to allow the Jockey Club security department and the police to follow up leads , and carry out inquiries without publicity . |
| 18 | Israel 's decision to sign the MTCR together with an undertaking to implement a 1987 decision not to renew military contacts with South Africa was also thought to have affected Bush 's decision . |
| 19 | We welcome the decision not to impose another increase in 1993 . |
| 20 | Magistrates are under a constraint not to send young people to prison . |
| 21 | Western strategists maintained that the proposal not to deploy nuclear weapons in the Persian Gulf would leave it under the umbrella of Soviet nuclear weapons deployed in the Soviet Union . |
| 22 | I was told by the team management not to make any statements to the media about the relay incident at the training track , and I stuck by that . |
| 23 | ‘ Garry 's married , and his brother-in-law thinks I know where he is , ’ Claudia said , breaking her determination not to mention Roman Wyatt . |
| 24 | The root of so-called ‘ democratic theory ’ is not the rationalist optimism about the perfectibility of human society , but scepticism about the possibility of such perfection and the determination not to allow human life to be perverted by the tyranny of a person or fixed by the tyranny of an idea . |
| 25 | At the end of the first week Allaf was particularly critical of the Israeli delegation 's tactics , saying that the Israeli delegation had arrived at the talks with a " premeditated determination not to allow any progress " . |
| 26 | But such appeals run into the one constant of American policy : Mr Clinton 's determination not to put American ground troops in Bosnia unless to enforce a peace treaty . |
| 27 | Agnes absorbed that and found that she believed it : Mo had been thirty years in intelligence work which trains up a determination not to know some things quite as strong as the desire to know others . |
| 28 | Joint officer reports coming from County and District and that is another reason why I I actually urge this County Council not to accept that resolution . |
| 29 | And it approved the recommendation by Darlington Council not to have special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 30 | Councillors agreed with the recommendation by Darlington Borough Council not to have special exemptions for disabled drivers . |