Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'll promise not to go to the next race , on Monday , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | As soon as the result was announced , however , Heseltine and then Hurd conceded to Major , and despite some initial confusion as to the correct procedure it was decided not to proceed to a third ballot in which a preference system of voting would have obtained . |
| 3 | well , not to come in the next , but rather to you know , sort of leave it to a higher justice if you like . |
| 4 | Two days before the speech ( i.e. on Aug. 14 ) a petition signed by a group of 58 human rights activists , academics and retired armed forces officers had called on Suharto not to stand for a sixth term as President in 1993 . |
| 5 | Though the number of people over the age of 65 is predicted not to increase over the next 10 years and to rise slowly thereafter , the profile of this group will change considerably . |
| 6 | However , the purchaser should be aware that the effect of the decision by the House of Lords in the recent case of Walford v Miles [ 1992 ] 1 All ER 453 is that the purchaser can achieve exclusivity only in the sense that the vendor undertakes not to negotiate with a third party for a fixed period . |
| 7 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 8 | Davis , who won the world title for the sixth time in May , decided not to compete in the first two ranking events in Hong Hong and Bangkok . |
| 9 | Those lacking this knowledge tended not to succeed in the first graduation step and usually were to be seen a year or so later in either group D or E. |
| 10 | Comrades were unlucky not to score in the 11th minute , Colin Crawford picking out Eddie Patterson whose snap shot was turned for a corner by Mark Gillespie , in for the dropped Stephen Eachus . |
| 11 | The ‘ Golden Age ’ of English agriculture was over ; after the 1860s it entered a period of decline from which it was not to recover until the Second World War . |
| 12 | Pre-test the effect level , release the machines together and run the dub to the end , being careful not to overrun into the next section of the video tape . |