Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [verb] [adv] [subord] " 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 | I would not want to change even if I were offered a British-sounding voice . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | They do not want to operate independently because they are unable to do so . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | IF you were looking for a local Pillar of Society , you did not need to seek further than Brian Courtenay . |
| 10 | And even the most optimistic TEC directors do not expect to raise more than 5% of their income from private sources . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I can not hope to think clearly when you are near me . |
| 14 | They did not have to wait long before Shildon emerged and told them . |
| 15 | Modern scientists tell us that Bartley could not have survived more than a few minutes in the whale 's belly , let alone the half-day or more it took the unwitting sailors on the mother ship to release this modern Jonah . |
| 16 | Peterborough manager Chris Turner said : ‘ We could not have played better than we did tonight . |
| 17 | Like Cadbury 's chocolate , the recipe and packaging of the Mills and Boon volume may not have altered much since its inception , but the methods of marketing and distribution have changed dramatically since the early days of the twopenny library . |
| 18 | Oblivious should not have tacked here since he loses out to Smart . |
| 19 | But at this moment Kate could not have cared less if he was a mass murderer . |
| 20 | The following fall into this category : ( i ) step-parents ; ( ii ) anyone with whom the child has lived for a period of three years within the last five ; the relevant period of three years need not be continuous but must not have ended more than three months before the application is made ; ( iii ) where the child is in care , anyone who has the consent of the local authority ; ( iv ) where the child is not in care , anyone who has the consent of each person with parental responsibility for the child . |
| 21 | I had had no intention of seeking to intervene in the strike and would not have done so but for the ubiquitous activity of George Wigg . |
| 22 | I knew Mum would not have done so because they did n't get on , although I never found out why . |
| 23 | They would not have done so if they had been loose on their mountings . |
| 24 | It is also important to ensure that the tenant should not have to redecorate more than once in any one year and that while there is no objection to paints and materials being of " good quality " they should not be of the " best " quality . |
| 25 | British Aerospace has been told it will not have to repay more than forty-four million pounds in sweeteners from the Government given as an incentive to clinch the Rover purchase deal . |
| 26 | And anyhow , Cara would probably not have lasted more than two minutes in her job in the journalistic field had she not grown a few hard edges . |
| 27 | The mile-deep canyon itself can not have started more than 10 million years ago , so here too there must have been some very rapid erosion at some time . |
| 28 | Anyone in late eighteenth-century London who was anxious to ‘ insure the removal of barrenness ’ or ‘ improve , exalt , and invigorate the body and through them the mental faculties of the human species ’ , need not have looked further than the Temple of Health where Dr James Graham had constructed what he modestly termed his ‘ medico-magnetico-musico-electrical bed ’ . |
| 29 | Her eyes could not have bulged further if Werewolf had told her he only wanted her for her mind . |
| 30 | Indeed , they would probably not wish to do so unless it was centrally heated . |