Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] in [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , to take some position as to whether the renewal of a licence is a ‘ higher ’ interest than an initial application is not to indulge in rigid conceptualism , but is rather a necessary step in reaching any decision at all . |
| 2 | ‘ With house costs running to thousands of pounds , it 's crazy not to invest in proper care and expect value for money . |
| 3 | At Rothschild , for instance , they defend a decision not to invest in British biotechnology by saying that there are no good commercial ideas in Britain . |
| 4 | If ‘ community care ’ is not to result in increased impoverishment and dependency for women care-givers ( with all the possible long-term adverse consequences for their own old age ) , then employment and social security policies and the provision of ‘ community care ’ services have to be integrated to a far greater extent than they are at present . |
| 5 | With middle to top-quality carpets retailing at anything from £15 to over £40 per square metre , it can be a false economy not to call in professional carpet fitters for some jobs . |
| 6 | I thought when I first came here that I hated what she was trying to do to me and then I came to see that the clothes , the manners , the society , all those things were part of a process , a process to give me enough confidence to do what I liked , not to live in eternal dread of insignificance and error . |
| 7 | He was quite determined not to stay in residential care . |