Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have ignored signs telling them not to swim in the lake in the hot weather . |
| 2 | A SIGN taped to the wall above the lavatories in the Ministry of Constitutional Development in Kampala politely asks visitors not to expectorate in the sinks . |
| 3 | Mozart wrote often to his wife , admonishing her not to fall in the baths , not to go out walking alone , and not to gamble in the casino . |
| 4 | All of the grooms , except one who was asleep on some hay bales , had chosen not to sit in the car with their charges , and I imagined it was because of Leslie Brown 's daunting presence : racing lads on the whole felt a companionable devotion to their horses , and I would have expected more of them to be sitting on the hay bales during the day . |
| 5 | But I 'd beg you not to go in the rides south o ’ here , ‘ tween here and Cole Green . ’ |
| 6 | Yet the choreography is by a Russian who studied among the Spanish peasants and worked out his design with the help of a particular peasant , a natural dancer , whose passion for dance was such that his life ended tragically when he found he was not to perform in the ballet . |
| 7 | The majority of farmers were probably sceptical and decided not to invest in the system , because the Scientific Farming Machinery Co appears to have ceased trading a year or so after announcing their new gas injection equipment . |
| 8 | But he wants all the facts to be presented to the committee before a corporate decision is made not to invest in the UK . ’ |
| 9 | The purpose is not to is not to train in the sense of imparting knowledge to people who do n't have it , but rather to put whatever experience they have into context , on which we can have something to contribute . |
| 10 | An example of the first type is found in Morris ( Herbert ) Ltd v Saxelby [ 1916 ] 1 AC 688 where the defendant was bound for seven years after employment not to work in the UK or Ireland in the sale or manufacture of pulley blocks , hand overhead runways , electric overhead runways or hand overhead travelling cranes . |
| 11 | Basinger testified in the civil suit that no contract existed with Main Line Pictures Inc. and that she chose not to appear in the film , Boxing Helena , because she would have had to perform in graphic sex scenes . |
| 12 | LEAs are under a duty not to discriminate in the carrying out of any other of their functions . |
| 13 | The duty not to discriminate in the provision of services to the public , either on the basis of a person 's race or sex — s.20 Race Relations Act 1974 , s.29 Sex Discrimination Act 1975 . |
| 14 | All the 11 Antarctic Treaty signatories , who were UN members decided not to participate in the vote . |
| 15 | In the light of the OAS decision , Fujimori stated on Aug. 30 that there was no remaining excuse for political parties not to participate in the elections . |
| 16 | Another interesting , although minority , opinion was expressed by staff of an LEA which had decided not to participate in the SCDC Arts in Schools Project . |
| 17 | ‘ It is better not to drink in the daytime , ’ said Lili . |
| 18 | Professional clubs formed themselves into limited liability companies not to speculate in the entertainment business but to make legally secure the cost of providing facilities . |
| 19 | Treading carefully so as not to walk in the flower beds that were almost directly beneath the window , Patrick pressed two fingers against the glass , just over the lock and pushed … and the window opened . |
| 20 | Garbage was piled high in corners , and Maggie watched Sarah stepping carefully so as not to tread in the filth . |
| 21 | And , since he took as starting points the avoidance of waste and of idleness , he argued : let care be taken not to leave in the instance of any individual whatever the smallest fragment of ability unemployed . " |
| 22 | You work lightly so as not to draw in the knitting or make it lumpy and you could also undo lightly worked stitches more easily . |
| 23 | The professor who recently returned from an extended visit to Australia and New Zealand said he found very good examples in Australia of what not to do in the field of child welfare . |
| 24 | It is certainly tempting to say both to ‘ no meaning ’ atheists and to ‘ no meaning ’ theists that such perplexity represents the real life situation of most human beings as they choose to believe or not to believe in the existence of God . |
| 25 | It is the Commission , for example , which quite overtly decided not to intervene in the decision to build a road through Twyford Down in Hampshire , but which apparently will continue to challenge the plans for an East London river crossing at Oxleas Wood , as well as proposals by British Petroleum for a gas terminal at Falkirk . |
| 26 | I know that my hon. Friend realises that many north-west and north-east Members have been careful not to intervene in the debate because we understand the strength of feeling in my hon. Friend 's constituency . |
| 27 | While he advised them to refrain from indulging in personal abuse of Jews … he exhorted them not to retreat in the face of Police persecution and declared that , if necessary , all Fascist speakers should be prepared to face imprisonment rather than comply with the dictum of the authorities that they were not to attack Jewry . |
| 28 | As they spoke , US planes dropped leaflets warning Iraq not to fly in the south or seek allied jets by radar . |
| 29 | This column , however , would be less than human were it not to exult in the humiliation of the pollsters in last week 's election . |
| 30 | He had crashed in the earlier 250cc race and although he appeared to be unhurt the doctors advised him not to ride in the superbike . |