Example sentences of "[noun sg] not [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 2 | On June 17 Roman announced his intention not to stand for President . |
| 3 | Driver not to blame for accident |
| 4 | For these students , this was manifested by a decision not to continue with physics at postgraduate level . |
| 5 | Female science students may make the girls think again about their decision not to continue with science . |
| 6 | The unrest , which was connected with further proposed petrol price and bus fare increases and also involved student protests , was believed to have been caused by a Supreme Court decision not to proceed with corruption charges against various former ministers . |
| 7 | They notified the applicant of their decision not to appeal by letter dated 23 November 1990 . |
| 8 | Reluctantly , Johnson accepted their advice , and on 31 March 1968 he made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative , the reduction of bombing raids on North Vietnam , and his decision not to stand for re-election in November . |
| 9 | Sonia Gandhi 's decision not to stand in by-election |
| 10 | Brain op not to blame for man 's death |
| 11 | But then the other faction , the shattered remains of the erstwhile " confident " party , had argued rather differently … far from being a sign of collapse it was , in fact , a sign of the Collector 's resolve , his determination not to submit to oppression , to fight back , in other words . |
| 12 | MR CLINTON is set to give his Secret Service agents fits in his determination not to live in fear of the assassin 's bullet . |
| 13 | His journals in particular constitute a moving memorial to a young man of integrity and moral courage , whose determination not to succumb to pain and humiliation was at times heroic . |
| 14 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 15 | ( 4 ) The SIB and appropriate SROs have incorporated into their rulebooks so-called " cold-shouldering " rules which require their members conducting investment business not to act in connection with transactions regulated by the Code for persons whom they have reason to believe would not comply with UK practice and standards in takeovers . |
| 16 | This is the one where Paul recalls his parents telling him during the war not to worry during air raids , ‘ because it 's unlikely the bomb will ever have your name written on it , son ’ . |
| 17 | He said that he did not wish to block the legal process , however , and asked the government to find " a legal solution in which the need of the good functioning of parliamentary democracy can be reconciled with the right of the King not to act in violation of his conscience " . |
| 18 | It is wrong for any local authority not to take into account people 's ability to pay . |
| 19 | , writes : MY MOTHER , many years ago , used to sing a song about a miner , warned by his daughter not to go to work because she dreamed of a disaster . |
| 20 | The return of William Purser to England released me from my obligation not to preach in English , and shortly after his departure I was invited to preach in Rangoon cathedral , then very much a chaplaincy parish church , and only rarely having great services in Burmese . |
| 21 | Coun Long said there was no reason not to apply for planning permission for the platform even though work would probably not begin until 1993 at the earliest . |
| 22 | But as she left the room she had to make an effort not to hurry with excitement down the stairs . |
| 23 | Erm there 's a tendency not to bother with multiplication tables too much , because you do everything on your calculator . |
| 24 | To a farmer it 's anathema not to produce on land . |
| 25 | The postponement of the most painful tax increases — intended to raise £6.5 billion extra next year and a further £10.5 billion the year after — is in order not to knock off course the fragile economic recovery . |
| 26 | The petitioner asked for an order not to remove from care and control of petitioner . |
| 27 | A wife 's promise not to go to court to seek maintenance from her estranged husband was deemed to be void as being contrary to public policy and , consequently , the husband 's promise to pay her money in consideration of her agreeing not to go to court was made without consideration and also void : Gaisberg v. Storr [ 1950 ] 1 K.B.107 , but see now , Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 , S.34 , below , p. 220 . |
| 28 | A formal Iraqi undertaking not to interfere with helicopter inspections , issued to the UN Security Council on Sept. 24 , appeared subsequently to have been withdrawn after the government informed the Security Council on Sept. 26 that it would not endorse such inspections until further discussions with the UN-IAEA commission . |
| 29 | She had much enjoyed her work as classroom assistant in a school for handicapped children , but after an operation and slow recovery to full health , she was persuaded by her family not to return to work . |
| 30 | In that sense , our failure to measure up to that ideal can be seen , can be measured , can be understood , and the strength of the holy spirit can be sought as we all strive in his power not to fail in future . |