Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under a similar provision in the Bankruptcy Act 1914 it had been held that a defect in a bankruptcy notice of a kind such as could reasonably mislead the debtor was not a mere formal defect or irregularity within the meaning of that provision , and therefore rendered the notice a nullity even though it was not calculated to cause substantial injustice . |
| 2 | At Westminster they disembarked at King 's Steps , Corbett pulling the hood of his cloak over his head to avoid recognition by any of his colleagues in the Chancery or the Exchequer for he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter . |
| 3 | Something similar to this can happen in discussion if a speaker does not want to let another interrupt . |
| 4 | Obviously one would not want to see that scene again . ’ |
| 5 | Redmond , Washington-based Microsoft Corp does not want to see any part of the digital automation process that is not touched by Windows , and the company has developed a specification for computer integrated telephony for the MS-DOS personal computer , with which , needless to say , it is aiming to set the industry-standard . |
| 6 | erm One of our buyers , Spain , er was not in favour of that solution because they were not a member of the tornado team and they did not want to see some kind of old boys club er running this project which was very important to them . |
| 7 | We do not want to see more knife carrying by people who are mentally ill , although that clearly affects a minority of community care cases . |
| 8 | Coun Philip Stamford Bewlay ( Con ) said he did not want to see another pub in the town centre but officers said that was not an issue the planning committee is entitled to discuss . |
| 9 | Migrants who said they did not want to do another course or were unsure , generally said that they wanted to finish the current course before considering anything else . |
| 10 | One does not want to occasion unnecessary delay in exercising those controls , but they must be sufficiently firm and rigorous to ensure that criminals who try to get into the country are detected and that illegal immigrants are similarly detected and prevented from entering the country . |
| 11 | Scotland have hardly used any back-row moves in their games to date , maybe because they do not want to put extra pressure on Weir in his first season at No 8 , but also because they do not have the same penetration from the base of the scrum as they have done in previous seasons . |
| 12 | He did not want to spend another night on his seat in Madison Square . |
| 13 | If the user does not want to generate another report of this type , he should leave the default of N ( No ) and press RETURN . |
| 14 | State if you do not want to receive other material linked to any of the offers . |
| 15 | State if you do not want to receive other material linked to the offer . |
| 16 | Please tick if you DO NOT want to receive further information linked to this competition |
| 17 | Firstly , said the Government , it did not want to stifle all criticism of the way its policies were carried out . |
| 18 | A dog register does nothing to help control dangerous dogs — we do not want to create unnecessary bureaucracy . |
| 19 | Naturally , players and directors did not want to broadcast systematic evasion of FA rules . |
| 20 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , the strategy is placing renewed pressure on LAG : ‘ Lignite Action 's position has always been that they do not want to allow any form of boreholing or test-drilling by the company because this will give them a foothold into the area and once in , it will prove more difficult for them to be ousted again ’ . |
| 22 | After the judgment , Neil Garrie , head of corporate affairs for London Underground , said : ‘ We did not want to cause additional stress to Mr Hale but the evidence we had would not have supported a settlement of the size of the eventual award . ’ |
| 23 | Staff are being kept informed ; we do not want to prolong any period of uncertainty . ’ |
| 24 | For a country the size of England , such a tiny league would be a waste of resources and Cooke , presumably , would not want to attend second division games , even to view players such as Nottingham 's Martin Pepper , a flanker of England quality . |
| 25 | He says he does not want to privatise loss-making state industries , or change the labour laws that make it virtually impossible for an employer to fire any employee . |
| 26 | I did not want to show any sign of life . ’ |
| 27 | I did not want to show any sign of life . ’ |
| 28 | Lady Wilcox said it was not surprising that children did not want to eat good food . |
| 29 | And I did not want to rush this hour , not with Machu Picchu behind me ; the rainforest ahead : two great wings that would beat in my memory . |
| 30 | No further steps were taken until 28th October , 1857 , when Wilson wrote to Hall , on behalf of the Lords of the Treasury , saying that as they did not want to incur additional expenditure on architects ' fees for further rejected plans for the Foreign Office , they had looked at Pennethorne 's plans and would use those . |