Example sentences of "not [verb] [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We should not want to go slower than 1/200th second because of camera movement and , for a bright day , f8 at 1/200th with ASA 200 rated film will give a result . |
| 2 | The sufferer has to want to seek help and will not want to do so if other people cover up the consequences of addictive disease . |
| 3 | It was then , though , that she realised that , having wanted to come to London , having made the break from Hazelbury — as lovely as Hazelbury was — she did not want to return there unless it was absolutely necessary . |
| 4 | He and she were similar but he had a natural goodness which she lacked , and she did not want to claim aloud that she understood him because that , in itself , would lead to misunderstanding . |
| 5 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 6 | Bradshaw and Millar found that about two-thirds ( 62 per cent ) of lone mothers on income support said that they did not want to work immediately although they would want to work in the future . |
| 7 | Mr Knight , who was a county councillor for Harwich for 12 years , said he was very upset at the latest snub but did not want to comment further until he had considered his next move . |
| 8 | They do not want to operate independently because they are unable to do so . ’ |
| 9 | She stared , hypnotised , not daring to move again as he resumed his task , and she fought her physical responses , rigidly blocking out the sensual touch of each curling finger as it hooked up the criss-crossing lace . |
| 10 | They would wait five miles ahead , not daring to go further because of my leg . |
| 11 | We may tend to assume that other companies and cultures operate with the same sorts of motivations and criteria of success as we do , despite the fact that Japanese companies , for instance , turn in a very low rate of profit compared to those in the United Kingdom , and indeed do not need to do so because of the low interest charges and ready availability of capital in their country . |
| 12 | Baroness Hooper 's letter states on the first page with regard to student loans : ‘ Students are not obliged to take up a loan if they do not need to do so and indeed Jeffrey has not availed himself of the facility . ’ |
| 13 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 14 | Mr O'Hara Labour MP for Knowsley South was unhappy over the ‘ insensitive ’ wording which made it clear the payments were for people not expected to live longer than six months . |
| 15 | By taking into account and weighing these and any other relevant circumstances , the court will ensure that it does not seek to exercise oppressively or unreasonably the very wide jurisdiction conferred by the sections . |
| 16 | Tears starting into her own eyes , Julia waited , not wanting to walk away while they were both silent . |
| 17 | And even the most optimistic TEC directors do not expect to raise more than 5% of their income from private sources . |
| 18 | ‘ This is one of the biggest road construction contracts ever undertaken in Northern Ireland and we have not had to go overseas because we have the local skills to do it . ’ |
| 19 | Maxton led the opposition to this view , claiming not that the Party should disaffiliate immediately , but that it should not hesitate to do so if its freedom to advocate the Socialism in Our Time policy were limited . |
| 20 | These areas provided havens for gambling schools , and the police did not dare to venture there except in strength — when attempts to break up street-gambling , or to douse the high spirits of Bonfire Night could lead to violent eruptions . |
| 21 | The Transport ( formerly Energy ) Secretary Cecil Parkinson took the view that cars were not going to go away and discouraging ownership would be ‘ very , very unpopular ’ . |
| 22 | The recognition by IBM Corp that Microsoft Corp products are not going to go away and that it ca n't build its own personal computer world solely on OS/2 — which has led the company to decide to put NT up on the PowerPC and to do a DB2/NT version of its personal computer database is to culminate in a meeting between new IBM chief executive Louis Gerstner and Microsoft chief Bill Gates later this month to discuss areas of mutual interest , the Wall Street Journal says . |
| 23 | ‘ No , it seems evident that it 's not going to happen tonight unless your mood undergoes a drastic change . ’ |
| 24 | As I say I 'm not going to respond immediately cos I think other people ought to . |
| 25 | Now , if you did n't feel healthy to start with , and if you feel lethargic and bloated most of the time , your body is not going to notice easily when you overeat . |
| 26 | However , I think the practicalities in the situation are that we have to face the fact that they are not going to behave impartially and you see we have a classic example in er the circumstances of our own situation as described by John . |
| 27 | This was unusual , as she generally preferred the lounging chair on the veranda , ‘ so that I do n't feel completely bedridden , ’ and Belinda hoped she was not going to lie there and brood about the issue of the amniocentesis . |
| 28 | I mean I honestly think she 's not going to pass even though she 's going to have another go . |
| 29 | But we are not going to condemn merely because we do n't understand . |
| 30 | It 's not going to end there if I say yes either . |