Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [pron] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1977 the Headmistress of St Anselm 's School in Canterbury , one of Britain 's leading Roman Catholic Comprehensives , allowed a teacher who was a National Front candidate to continue in her post alter she had promised that her National Front views would not affect her treatment to black pupils . |
| 2 | Men blend their behaviour less than women , but their androgyny and blending do not affect their susceptibility to traditional gender schemas ( Heilbrun 1984 ) . |
| 3 | That does not affect our commitment to safety and it has nothing to do with privatisation . |
| 4 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 5 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 6 | Money from a redundancy payment should not affect your right to this benefit . |
| 7 | ‘ He would see no reason why we should not make our contribution to the royal coronation . ’ |
| 8 | Why not make your visit to the theatre extra special , and spend a night at one of Scarborough 's best hotels ? |
| 9 | In particular , the Scotch whisky industry , with such a splendid export record , does not want its business to be run by politicians , who should only consume the stuff and not organise and manage the businesses . |
| 10 | Similarly , parents of children who have been victims of sexual offences may not want their child to be interrogated and to go through the trauma of reliving the experience in court . |
| 11 | They did not want their gesture to be viewed as part of that historical movement but as a genuine protest with genuine grievances . |
| 12 | The parents have said they do not want their schools to be self-governing but they see the legislation as the only way to avoid closure . |
| 13 | These rights of control over one 's own possessions are valued rights — we would not want our shirt to be stolen , torn , or dyed by someone else — but this all-embracing idea of ‘ property rights ’ conceals a crucial difference between different forms of property . |
| 14 | We can not explain our hostility to internal compromise by appeal to principles of either fairness or justice as we have defined those virtues . |
| 15 | Customers in search of lounge furniture need not restrict their purchases to the conventional combination of settee and two armchairs . |
| 16 | Users looking for information on a particular subject did not restrict their consultation to the subject portion of the catalogue . |
| 17 | However , the label ’ semantic ’ will continue to be used , although it is intended that the reader should not restrict its denotation to the strict linguistic sense . |
| 18 | So long as he was solvent in law , he could not proportion his payments to creditors according to their respective debts . |
| 19 | Josiah Wedgwood may have boasted his intent of " making such machines of men as can not err " but he could not nail his potters to the floor and was left to fume when they absented themselves for the local " wakes " . |
| 20 | As the statement makes clear : ‘ Students who are involved in sexual/romantic relationships with staff and who do not consider their involvement to be truly consensual should have the right of complaint under a sexual harassment policy . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Mortimer does not confine his message to high politics . |
| 22 | Prince Florestan had a serious purpose however , and did not confine his activities to mixing with London society , even though he enjoyed a guaranteed entrée . |
| 23 | He did not confine his activities to Claudine , then ? |
| 24 | Lord did not confine his ventures to cricket . |
| 25 | ‘ While certain highly specialist services are only available at specific locations , this does not lessen their accessibility to those patients in need of them , ’ he said . |
| 26 | The spectator has come for blood , but did not buy his ticket to be reminded of his own mortality . |
| 27 | But in the evening , in her room , she could not finish her letter to him . |
| 28 | There are no disagreements , and it is normal at this time of year to look ahead , but I can not confirm my commitment to next season . |
| 29 | Councillor David Warner , while commenting that he could not bring his find to the council meeting , reported that he had spied a full sized bath with one tap which had been thrown in the hedge in Tunbridge Lane . |
| 30 | If I will not bring his bride to life , then he will rob my bride of her life . ’ |