Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The health authority does not exist to service nursing homes , so there must be a charge for these services . |
| 2 | Besides , advanced treatment — a process of extra filtration , biological decomposition and chemical treatment — squeezes out more phosphorus but is not proven to reduce large amounts of nitrogen . |
| 3 | He opposed the Criminal Law Amendment Bill on the grounds that ‘ repressive legislation of this kind is not calculated to improve public morals ’ . |
| 4 | It is not scaremongering to raise these spectres . |
| 5 | As Institute president Ian Plaistowe said very wisely in his letter to the Financial Times , we should work towards recording similar events in similar ways ; my point was simply that we do not want to record different things in similar ways , and that is where judgment will come in : for example , some securitisations are valid , others not . |
| 6 | If we do not want to reset entire articles ( impossible in the rush of printing schedules ) , the only place we can make cuts or additions is at the end of paragraphs . |
| 7 | Despite his well known views on EC federalism , de Gaulle 's first concern was with Germany , although , unlike his successors , he did not want to employ supranational structures to contain Germany . |
| 8 | We do not want to see those jobs destroyed . |
| 9 | We do not want to lose any explorers of the quantum world on the way so I think I had better issue a survival kit before we start . |
| 10 | I did not want to reinforce these characteristics . |
| 11 | A staunch champion of the independence of the bank , Mr Ciampi will not want to hold both offices for long . |
| 12 | The World Index Trust is designed for investors who want to be able to move between overseas markets but do not want to choose particular stocks to buy . |
| 13 | Many people would not want to call these states democratic either . |
| 14 | There was thus a legal obligation to ensure the packets did not fall below the required weight , but on the other hand the company did not want to give free biscuits to customers by making the packets heavier than necessary . |
| 15 | You will not want to reprove any children for talking during your speech . |
| 16 | He says he wants a compromise acceptable to Britain and its partners — which means he does not want to stop other countries moving towards EMU . |
| 17 | If the industry does not want to have any exemptions from the levy , it should be able to undertake such a policy in partnership with Government and the TECs . |
| 18 | We do not want to incur additional costs in putting this corridor display together . |
| 19 | I have come across it on the American networks , where all script conferences are attended by a legal-looking chap whose only contribution is to say ’ We do not want to offend any groups ’ from time to time . |
| 20 | Mrs Donnelly said : ‘ I explained I did not want to buy any windows , but the salesman said he just wanted to show us what was on offer so I let him in . |
| 21 | I did not want to damage these walls by trying to climb over them . |
| 22 | After all , we all do want to live in ‘ safer cities ’ , we ( mostly ) all do want employment and material affluence , and do not want to discourage enterprising individuals . |
| 23 | He said he did not want to involve British troops and planes in action , but admitted for the first time that it was a possibility . |
| 24 | The places too — with the exception of certain points of interest in New York — are imaginary and not intended to represent specific places . |
| 25 | Who , after all , would not prefer to hear both sides of the argument rather than one ? |
| 26 | In terms , for instance , of the teaching of reading it was said that if children were not taught to read great books the result would be a wearing away of the national culture . |
| 27 | It allows you to check that you have not forgotten to do essential jobs and , if you have , it provides the chance to rectify the mistake . |
| 28 | Diplomatic throughout , Dr Greenspan insisted that he was no expert on the Soviet economy , and had not come to offer instant solutions . |
| 29 | The fundamental one in an investigation of this kind is that we do not need to accept any prior assumption about how society at large is organized or structured , and so in our interpretation we do not need to import any presuppositions from theories of social class and social structure or taxonomies of class or status , which may of course be controversial . |
| 30 | One does not need to draw exaggerated conclusions from the differences between the left and right hand sides of the brain in order to accept that humanists and scientists may be different kinds of people . |