Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lord Gardiner himself thought that political views ought not to affect judicial appointments at all , and he pursued this policy during his period of office as Lord Chancellor ( 1964 ) . |
| 2 | But , more importantly , I have learnt not to see any stage of my life as the final one . |
| 3 | In the interests of unity , Constantine deliberately blurred distinctions between Christianity , Mithraism and Sol Invictus — deliberately chose not to see any points of contention between them . |
| 4 | Later , at least for many years , she was not to see this time as part of her life , and perhaps therefore it need not now be told at length . |
| 5 | For the present it would be advisable not to report such allegations without giving the person defamed an opportunity to refute them in the same report . |
| 6 | With conditions virtually guaranteed to remain fast , trainer Arthur Moore decided not to risk Soft Day in the Arkle Chase . |
| 7 | ‘ I prefer not to risk further disorientation for you , Leonora . |
| 8 | Still , it would be churlish not to greet this release for the light it casts on an age long gone . |
| 9 | The Institution elected not to include this feature in the class . |
| 10 | How can it make sense not to promote two clubs from the Conference next season to bring the Fourth Division up to 24 clubs . |
| 11 | Although Almond and Verba drew attention to some of the inconsistencies and problems inherent in the civic culture , it was nonetheless difficult not to ascribe positive connotations to that culture . |
| 12 | Brooktree Corp , San Diego and Advanced Micro Devices Inc have settled all pending litigation and agreed not to sue each other on patents related to colour palette chips : the settlement provides for payment to Brooktree of $26.8m from an earlier award of cash damages for patent and mask work infringement and dismissal of all other litigation pending between them . |
| 13 | In the summer of 1640 , they pressured convocation into publishing a new set of conservative canons , which both confirmed the innovations of the previous decade and demanded that the clergy swear an oath not to support any alteration to the government of the church ‘ by archbishops , bishops , deans , archdeacons , etcetera ’ . |
| 14 | He makes a tortured film about European visions of America ; he wants to demonstrate the ‘ melting pot ’ in the film , plaster it with psychology and try not to miss any aspects of it . |
| 15 | Sometimes owners had to promise not to issue new shares for two more years . |
| 16 | ( 9 ) A listed company may have given or made a prior undertaking or statement not to issue further shares in certain circumstances without the approval of shareholders in general meeting ( see para 17.6 below ) . |
| 17 | I decided not to go straight back to the house . |
| 18 | These powers were invoked in 1988 for the purpose of direct political censorship when the BBC and the IBA were ordered not to transmit any interviews with representatives of Sinn Fein , the Ulster Defence Association , the IRA or certain other extremist groups , or to broadcast any statement which incited support for such groups . |
| 19 | Over ninety states have accepted the obligation not to acquire nuclear arms under the 1968 Non-Proliferation Treaty ; although this treaty has not prevented the detonation of a nuclear device by India and the covert acquisition of nuclear capacity also by Israel and South Africa , the total list of nuclear powers is relatively small , and perhaps less than may have been predicted a few years ago . |
| 20 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |
| 21 | The type of sampling used in the five community studies is quotasampling , and our main concern is not to claim absolute representativeness for the whole city , but to guard ourselves against the accusation that our informants might be hand-picked from amongst friends and neighbours — or , worse , from our students . |
| 22 | It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world . |
| 23 | He was told not to promise any date for attainment of Dominion status : ‘ There is no advantage in fixing paper dates ’ , and he was even told not to use the term Dominion status and on no account to make any reference to independence . |
| 24 | By and large , people still prefer not to acknowledge these issues for which there is no comfortable rule . |
| 25 | It has been known for a tough roadman-sprinter to control the race in these big hills , not to lose much time on the Ballon , then rejoin the leading group , dominate them on the long downhill run into Mulhouse and win the stage . |
| 26 | He raised his arm to see its motion in the flesh of his thumb , and clamped his other hand around the base of the digit in the hope of stopping its further advance , gasping as though doused with ice-water. the pain was out of all proportion to the mite 's size , but he held both thumb and sobs hard , determined not to lose all dignity in front of his executioners . |
| 27 | I 'm positively not the person to advise anyone on cut-price marine systems or to encourage the idea that it is possible not to compromise such principles by going down market . |
| 28 | Alison Taylor , the former Gwynedd social worker who says she was sacked for speaking out about the abuses in care , told Community Care last week that she was concerned both at the slow progress of the investigations and the decision of the Crown Prosecution Service not to prosecute certain individuals on grounds of insufficient evidence . |
| 29 | In particular , the European Court did not answer the second question posed for its consideration by this House , which was concerned with the criteria to be applied by the national court in deciding whether or not to grant interim protection of the rights claimed . |
| 30 | Moreover , they should be given guidance to the effect that the Government will support them if they decide , at the time of review , not to grant fresh permissions on environmental and social grounds . |