Example sentences of "[vb pp] not [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Northumbrians were instructed not to establish as king anyone who was illegitimate ( a slighting reference perhaps to Aldfrith and his descendants , or , for all that we know to the contrary , to other rulers — Aethelwald or Alhred ) nor to conspire to kill a king who was the Lord 's anointed , and any bishop or priest who was involved in such a crime was to be expelled from the Church and any layman excommunicated . |
| 2 | The Doctor remembered why , long ago , he had decided not to go into politics . |
| 3 | They had already decided not to go for Display PostScript — the on-screen imaging model that matches the printer language — but to concentrate on enhancing QuickDraw . |
| 4 | I understand this has been given some serious consideration , but it has been decided not to proceed at present . |
| 5 | A Design Change state indicating that it has been decided not to proceed with work on the Design Change . |
| 6 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 7 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 8 | She 'd heard stories about people being attacked and their handbags stolen and so decided not to walk across town alone . |
| 9 | When the use of the term ‘ reading readiness ’ in education is examined , it will be seen not to refer to readiness to read , nor even to readiness to learn to read , but to quite a different state of affairs , namely readiness to cope with reading instruction . |
| 10 | We had agreed not to talk about fitting-out problems and we lay in the sun drinking from the bottle Iain had humped up in his backpack . |
| 11 | He was told not to smoke on set because it spoiled the image : he smoked . |
| 12 | Officers are now told not to go onto festival sites to pay benefits . |
| 13 | Officers are now told not to go onto festival sites to pay benefits . |
| 14 | Concentrations of sulphur dioxide from burning of low-grade coal at the region 's power stations led to a heavy smog in mid-February ; children were told not to go to school and some pregnant women were evacuated . |
| 15 | Those on the left who have dared not to act in moderation — the Hattons , Grants and Livingstones — have been violently pilloried , whilst their counterparts on the right — the Tebbits , the Brittans — have usually been seen as pioneers of reform . |
| 16 | Thus , even though the cloud tops were known not to consist of water it was possible to believe that lower down they were of water and that deeper still lay a warm ocean-covered surface . |
| 17 | Any SPR identifiers allocated by LIFESPAN are guaranteed not to clash with LIFESPAN identifiers reserved for paper SPRs . |
| 18 | Why do you think Rover has chosen not to appear in person ? |
| 19 | Similarly in Newell v. Hicks ( 1983 D.C. ) a false statement offering to supply a free gift with a purchase of goods ( when in fact it was not free ) was held not to fall within section 14 because it was a statement relating to the supply of goods and therefore did not relate to the provision of services or facilities . |
| 20 | You should , you , you 're advised not to jog on tarmac because the surface is hard and jars and so if you do a lot of it can you see and if , particularly if your joints are not equal to it , then you set up a lot of trouble . |