Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] in [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult not to see in that agreement what has come to be called the ‘ cascade ’ model of curriculum development : materials are prepared centrally and passed down the line for the classroom functionaries to implement . |
| 2 | This is not to disparage in any way the commitment of health workers to physical rehabilitation which will sustain or restore people 's physical independence , especially following illness or accident . |
| 3 | to the Chancellor 's announcement referred to pay awards in the public sector in their totality , not to relate in any way to the regularity or amount of increments . |
| 4 | 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects . |
| 5 | Even though I did not draw even 15th in the ballot and can offer neither blackmail nor whitemail , I hope that there will be a firm commitment from my right hon. and learned Friend , endorsed by the Opposition parties , that the law needs to be amended , not to restrict in any way the freedom of those who are innocent until proved guilty but to prevent the vile calumny which we are discussing from being perpetrated again . |
| 6 | He did not know that Mme Bluot had asked me not to walk in that direction ( ‘ It is a street so disreputable , madame , it could lead a child astray . ’ ) , |
| 7 | You 've still got the problem of addressing praise , because quite often you 've only , if you 've given somebody a specific task then it 's easy to praise or not to praise in that situation , but if they 've just come in , done their job and gone home , you know , just sat on a checkout for four hours , right it 's my time to leave , then , if they 've done nothing out of the blue , extraordinary , so they do n't do anything wrong , or , you know . |
| 8 | CATHOLIC BISHOPS stepped into the Spanish political arena at the weekend by warning Basques not to vote in this month 's elections for Herri Batasuna , the legal arm of ETA , the Basque terrorist group . |
| 9 | He withdrew at once to a gracious distance , not to disturb in any way the privacy and composure of the next contender , and his two young squires , well trained to be equally unobtrusive in attendance , drew in silently at either shoulder . |
| 10 | ‘ This is not to deny in any way that informational processing leads to decisions that have ‘ downward ’ psychosomatic effects . |
| 11 | In the absence of powers of compulsion , the evident determination of the proposed witness not to cooperate in any way may well dissuade the court from making an order . |
| 12 | Members have been instructed not to intervene in any dispute at the Wolds . |
| 13 | He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I must confess ’ , Stamfordham wrote to St Loe Strachey , editor of the Spectator , ' … at the present moment I feel that His Majesty should do his utmost not to hamper in any way Ramsay MacDonald in , what we must all admit will be , a task of almost incalculable magnitude . |
| 15 | It would be wrong not to move in that direction . |
| 16 | Failure to act in a particular way will not be an abuse of power unless the decision not to act in that way is beyond the limits of the discretion given to the power-holder . |