Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [prep] [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 | The Board is entitled to require you not to attend at any place of work and they may otherwise suspend you from the performance of your duties under this appointment where that course is a necessary precaution in the public interest or otherwise in the interests of the Board pending the outcome of criminal , disciplinary or other investigations or proceedings and where no alternative course is reasonably appropriate . |
| 4 | The psychologist and the healer must be under rigorous discipline if they are not to fall into this trap . |
| 5 | ‘ We decided not to go down this road last September , as we had considerable doubts about the financial arrangements . |
| 6 | Bernard , appreciative that Laura in New York would be treated as a queen of design , an extraordinary superwoman who had singlehandedly achieved it all , accordingly decided not to go on this trip . |
| 7 | Either she did n't want to publish it this year , or not at all but wanted her not to go to another publisher all the same . |
| 8 | They were stationed at a poli number two police station , which was the custom house at the Ipswich docks , and they spent most of their time when they were off duty just lying on stretchers lying about , then of course evening time , when there was er more activity , course they came out and my word , if they told strikers they were not to go to this part of the town or road . |
| 9 | The movies of the depression were not to go after that kind of realism . |
| 10 | ‘ Harry you are not to go near that cottage not even of going near it — and I can read your thoughts by now . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | That is not correct in as much as every individual officer was tasked to an individual action and therefore there was no need to come into that bedroom the area er if they 'd have heard shouting or whatever in that bedroom they would have known not to come into that area because there was obviously a threat in there . |
| 13 | Erm they can then feel that their family 's being looked after as well , so it helps them not to worry about that side of it . |
| 14 | 1.1 Duty not to compete within the duration of the employment contract This aspect of the duty of fidelity requires the employee not to work for any person who is or who might be in competition with his employer during the working day . |
| 15 | Members tend not to listen to each other . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is also clear that though the accident may have slightly lowered her I Q , she remains an intelligent young lady who is fully aware of everything that she has lost , but determined not to dwell on that loss . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ ) , |
| 20 | So the manager or ‘ customer ’ may choose not to buy on this occasion . |
| 21 | ‘ Promise me , Jane , not to look for another job . |
| 22 | Sideways moves for ministers such as John MacGregor apart , one of the few appointments not to smack of some form of pay-off is that of John Patten as Secretary of State for Education . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is important not to conclude from this analysis that the statutory audit of a PLC is only concerned with financial statements . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | She started hiding food away instead of eating it so as not to put on any weight , but hunger forced her to have a good meal at least once a week . |
| 28 | oh Richard be careful not to bump into each other |
| 29 | Not to encroach upon this paper 's wonderful racing pages but rather to hymn the beauty of the noble steeds . |
| 30 | ‘ This is not to deny in any way that informational processing leads to decisions that have ‘ downward ’ psychosomatic effects . |