Example sentences of "[vb base] not [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 We tend not to appreciate pleasures like that unless we have had to manage without them .
2 Other abuses such as assaults tend not to take place in front of independent witnesses and proof will always be difficult .
3 And , because they are designed to operate at a lower cost level they tend not to make demands for expensive peripherals such as PostScript devices or even simpler page printers such as Epsons and Okis that emulate the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet .
4 Yes but you tend not to get recycling of housing land of housing , you tend to get recycling of housing land , new housing land from outworn industries , nonconforming use , that type of erm recycling is just what I had in mind .
5 Modern peace-makings seem not to entail marriages between the disputants , as the historic ones sometimes did ; but in all other respects contemporary practice accords with the image .
6 Interestingly , many species of bat seem not to favour flight on moonlit nights , possibly because of the danger from owls and bat hawks .
7 Finally , we can reverse the terms of the argument , insisting that women 's difference from men is not the cause of sexism but an effect of sexism ; social practices like not hiring women in certain positions or allowing them to become leaders have the effect , over time , of producing the very differences which are then used to justify the original discrimination .
8 Remember not to confuse reliability with value .
9 Decision of UN Human Rights Commission not to consider resolution on Tibet
10 Should the Secretary of State decide not to give effect to any of the recommendations he has received from the Council , he is required to publish a statement explaining his reasons .
11 For these reasons alone many surveyors decide not to send letters in advance and rely on the interviewers ' skills in being able to explain to people on their doorsteps what the survey is about and why they should help with it .
12 Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue .
13 Try not to draw attention to yourself today — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue .
14 Try not to draw attention to yourself — you are not in the best of moods and arguments could ensue .
15 Try not to drink alcohol during the working day
16 Allow the patient to speak of what they notice to be wrong with themselves and try not to put words into the patient 's mouth .
17 Try not to use blame in saying what you need .
18 Carry over : Try not to carry part of a sentence over to the next page and if at all possible leave paragraphs intact as well .
19 Try not to track mud into the house , Ian , and do n't you think you should drop the term ‘ gyppos ’ from your vocabulary — it 's awfully common . ’
20 But if somebody , and they say to you , try , try not to tell people in advance because it inhibits them , I , I 'm not at all certain about that , but still , erm
21 The best way of doing this is perhaps to follow the advice of Ruth Rendell ( Read her books ) who once said , " I try not to make errors in my descriptions of police work : I accomplish that largely by leaving it out . "
22 Conservation techniques do not conserve soil in practice because of technical failures through inadequate or misapplied research .
23 It follows from that provision , and in particular from the passage which I have emphasised , that it is necessary to reject the United Kingdom 's argument that no infringement of article 52 has taken place because the nationality requirements do not prevent nationals of other member states from establishing themselves in the United Kingdom and operating fishing vessels there , but only from doing so under the British flag : British citizens are not subject to that restriction .
24 exist in nearly all AIDS patients but do not prevent progression of HIV disease .
25 We certainly do not smell things in the way they do .
26 If you want people to think well of you , do not speak well of yourself .
27 PARENTS face a £500 fine if their children do not wear seatbelts in the car .
28 Do not wear slippers without any backs in them .
29 The details of the story of this major theory change , a change that took place over one and a half centuries , do not lend support to the methodologies advocated by the inductivists and falsificationists , and indicate a need for a different , more complexly structured account of science and its growth .
30 However , UI RoadMaps do not commit members to using the reference technologies or interface specifications they include .
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