Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [noun sg] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Evolved for hunting in Africa , the quiet nature of this breed was essential so as not to alert game to the presence of dogs and hunters nearby . |
| 2 | The entry clearance officer ( ECO ) said he was not satisfied that the primary purpose of Mr Hussain 's intended marriage was not to obtain admittance to the UK . |
| 3 | Her duty is like the duty not to set fire to the forest which entails the duty to put out any fire one started . |
| 4 | She had stared down at him , feeling the hard disdain radiating from his muscular body and trying not to give way to the sheer physical power of the man . |
| 5 | The purpose , he says , ‘ was not to give succour to the victims of harassment , but to polarise the ethnic minorities and the police . ’ |
| 6 | It would be wrong not to draw attention to the grave problem which is being created for the future by the production of large numbers of council houses at such rents that , if a fall occurs in building cost , difficulty will be experienced in letting them , despite the subsidy . |
| 7 | The execution … of the Saviour 's plan required the prudent application of wise and well-judged measures so as not to injure private property , not to disturb civil order , not to expose Christianity to the scandal of sedition , not to obscure the glory of a Kingdom not of this world . |
| 8 | The Bishop of Oxford has appealed to the Government not to cut aid to the Third World . |