Example sentences of "not [to-vb] the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 7.7.5 not to obstruct the access to any fire equipment or the means of escape from the Premises nor to lock any fire door while the Premises are occupied This is reasonable and advisable . |
| 2 | Getting a friend to feed the fish seems like a good idea , but after you have learned the discipline to only feed that tiny amount it may be better not to trust the job to an inexperienced person . |
| 3 | This is not to belittle the benefits to investors in book manufacturing and bookselling of operational efficiency , strong financial disciplines and commercial alertness . |
| 4 | This is a sad opportunity missed not to discuss the background to the production of the books listed in Mr Jentsch 's catalogue : the tradition of printing in Italy from the earliest printed books through to Bodoni and on to Mardersteig in the present century , and the vital role played by the publisher in the production of any limited edition artist 's book . |
| 5 | The police came within half an hour and the officer was sympathetic although he advised me not to expect the thieves to be caught . |
| 6 | A meeting had been called at one of the local schools , another in a series of as yet fruitless attempts to persuade businesses not to abandon the area to inner-city rot . |
| 7 | Facing considerable opposition , the Bush adminstration decided not to submit the convention to the Senate for ratification . |
| 8 | As Duncan had already decided not to leave the policeman to his own devices , he had no alternative but to join him on the next available flight to Tobolsk . |
| 9 | While he was careful not to give the impression to the Beavis family that his work was anything out of the ordinary , he nevertheless made sure it was not open to even the most casual glance . |
| 10 | He even preferred not to put the question to the vote in 1952 after Stalin 's offer of unification in exchange for neutrality for fear that the Germans might well be tempted by that option . |
| 11 | • Does the machine have an effective cool zone into which loose particles of food can fall so as not to expose the oil to carbonisation , which will reduce the life of the oil ? |
| 12 | At first he tried halfheartedly to appeal to me not to send the story to England for ‘ the sake of the side ’ . |
| 13 | In both cases it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which it has been implemented . |
| 14 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 15 | Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection . |
| 16 | He reached this conclusion notwithstanding the fact that the defendants had received this information as agents for Mr. Brant and that they owed accordingly a duty to Mr. Brant not to disclose the information to others . |
| 17 | These have been described as a fraud upon the public because , even if a data user has solemnly undertaken in his registration statement not to disclose the data to any third party , he will under the Act be deemed not to have contravened the terms of his registration if he access to requests from police or tax officers pleading prejudice to their enquiries . |
| 18 | The Prime Minister said : ‘ His decision not to refer the matter to the then-Prime Minister ( Mrs Thatcher ) was entirely consistent with the guidance . ’ |
| 19 | BA was given the green light for the move yesterday when President of the Board of Trade Michael Heseltine decided not to refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission . |
| 20 | The report concluded that the Fayed brothers , Mohamed and Ali , had ( i ) dishonestly misrepresented their background and wealth to the DTI for the purpose of persuading the Department in 1985 not to refer the acquisition to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission ( MMC ) ; ( ii ) used their connection with the Sultan of Brunei to enable them to acquire the funds used in the acquisition ; ( iii ) repeated their lies to their advisers , who had accepted at face value what they were told and failed to check its accuracy ; and ( iv ) misrepresented the extent of their business assets to both the DTI and to the Office of Fair Trading . |
| 21 | Alternatively the Director General may confirm he has decided not to refer the agreement to the Court where : ( a ) any directly applicable provision of EC law applies to the agreement ; ( b ) the agreement has expired or has been terminated ; ( c ) all the relevant restrictions have been removed ; ( d ) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has discharged the Director General from his duty to take proceedings where he is satisfied that the restrictions are not of such significance as to call for investigation by the Court . |
| 22 | The inspector makes a report and recommends whether or not to add the building to the statutory list . |
| 23 | Although it may be argued that the effectiveness of local social pressures not to take the crime to court declined as a consequence of colonial rule , this change was gradual , and therefore does not explain why the rate of criminal litigation was highest in the first half of the nineteenth century . |
| 24 | We simply asked the ANL not to block the entrances to the park , and only to hand its placards to their own members . |
| 25 | He was asked politely not to bring the rifle to lectures in future — or at least to leave it with the umbrellas in a corner of the room . |
| 26 | Allen said he agreed not to bring the children to his house and abided by her rules , including only visiting the children in the hallway of Farrow 's flat . |
| 27 | Its analysis was straightforwardly Keynesian and in that sense was revolutionary , but its actual proposals were weak , reflecting the government 's desire on the one hand to pre-empt Beveridge and on the other not to commit the coalition to detailed policies . |
| 28 | On leaving the voting station , electors are requested not to reveal the result to those who have yet to vote . |
| 29 | Graham asked him not to summon the porter to his office . |
| 30 | But she 'd given her promise , albeit with great reluctance , not to confide the truth to her friend . |