Example sentences of "order not [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to , in order not to notice the faint scent of his cologne , the feel of wool against her cheek when she turned to follow his pointing finger , the deep timbre of his voice as he spoke of the Rome he loved , spoke of it tenderly , as he would of a woman … |
| 2 | However , as the project came to a close the total budget provided in the grant for support workers began to dwindle and the development officers were instructed to make careful calculations of their expenditure in order not to exceed the total available . |
| 3 | In order not to miss the fair , he would work the night shift and so have the day tree . |
| 4 | The door closed behind them and they crept quietly up to the top floor in order not to wake the sleeping boys downstairs . |
| 5 | The supporting piers were massive , few in number in order not to obscure the interior vista but great in diameter and made into important features of the design . |
| 6 | But any radical changes to the relief on mortgage interest payments is expected to be left until December in order not to hamper the fragile recovery in the housing market . |
| 7 | Anyone resident in a house could be held liable for the support of other household members , which meant that a wage-earning son or daughter often moved out of the home in order not to diminish the unemployed parents ' entitlement to benefit . |
| 8 | The British courts have , however , chosen to distinguish the special facts of Webb , in order not to follow the ECJ rulings . |