Example sentences of "and not [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is obviously every bit as important to respect the wild flowers in a foreign country as it is in one 's own , and not to pick large quantities of anything as you will only need a few pieces to create a floral souvenir of your trip . |
| 2 | American industrialists , critical of the performance of the occupation , had urged a reversal of policy so as to increase Japan 's capacity to stand on her own feet and not to receive excessive subsidies from the United States . |
| 3 | My rules are to cut down drinking , control my temper if I am drinking , not to drink in a such a large group and not to waste much money . |
| 4 | The two most important items of Randi 's advice were not to allow the subjects to run the tests , and not to allow capricious distractions . |
| 5 | The purpose of this is to increase through rewards and punishments the number of times the child chooses to perform acceptable behaviour and not to perform unacceptable behaviour . |
| 6 | He told me that there are good people about and not to let this incident cloud my vision . |
| 7 | And we would therefore strongly urge them to consider that , and not to take that saving unless it was sort of necessary . |
| 8 | Rider was remanded on bail of £10,000 , a condition of residence at an address outside the area , not disclosed in court , not to go within five miles of Great Totham , not to drive any motor vehicle and not to contact any prosecution witnesses . |
| 9 | Surely the 18 people taking part are doing so through a love of their chosen sport , and not to become national heroes . |
| 10 | He said the way to cut the legal aid budget was to reduce crime , costs and legal fees and not to cut civil liberties . |
| 11 | A Pakistani Foreign Affairs Ministry spokesman described the Washington Post interview as " distorted " and added , as reported on Radio Pakistan on Feb. 9 , that Pakistan had " considerable capability in the nuclear field " but had decided to use that capability only for peaceful purposes and not to produce nuclear weapons . |
| 12 | Hydroelectric power will continue to make a substantial contribution , but any further development will serve primarily to store energy , and not to produce more electricity . |
| 13 | Iraqi media reports prior to the meeting were uncompromising and blunt ; the daily al-Jumhuriya reported on July 30 that Iraq was attending the Jeddah talks to " retain its rights and not to hear new talks about " fraternity and solidarity " which yield nothing " . |
| 14 | So perhaps we should be thinking more about political education and perhaps we should be thinking more about encouraging them to be non-conformist in the sense that they are prepared to ask questions , to challenge and not to accept glib answers that teachers give out willy nilly … |
| 15 | Such a hypothesis attempts to describe a whole person , and not to separate certain aspects of an individual 's life for special attention . |
| 16 | The Master of the Rolls in the Court of Appeal rejected these arguments and said that the purpose of the Directive was to co-ordinate the authorities ' discretion in member states and not to provide additional protection for investors . |
| 17 | ( 2 ) Before application is made for the grant of a licence under this Part of this Act , draft rules as to the persons entitled to use the canteen shall be prepared for submission with the application , and the licensing board shall refuse to grant the licence unless the body providing the canteen undertake to make rules for the canteen in the form of the draft , with the modifications , if any , required by the licensing board , and not to vary those rules without the consent of the licensing board . |
| 18 | Finally , the TUC consciously sought to confine course content to workplace issues , encouraging tutors to rely upon centrally produced materials and not to apply any specialist knowledge of their own . |
| 19 | Imagine an economy in which firms , for whatever reason , agree to fix prices at the end of period t to cover period t + 1 and t + 2 and not to alter these prices in either period t + 1 or t + 2 if circumstances differ from those expected at the close of period t . |
| 20 | is the aim , what , I mean somebody came up with the aim , in actual fact , despite whatever else you might be doing , whatever politics were behind it , the aim was to prevent AIDS no matter what you were doing , and not to have any kind of prejudice against what you were doing as long as the aim |
| 21 | It was impossible to get any indication since my instructions from the Foreign Office were to negotiate only with Mr Smith and his people and not to have any contact with the black population during the period of my negotiations . |
| 22 | So the idea is that the more difficult the the situation the mother finds herself is in the more likely she is to spontaneously abort and the more likely any retained er foetus is to be normal an and , and to , and not to have any defects . |