Example sentences of "[not/n't] wish [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And at once they had to acknowledge what probably they had known but not wished to push before the other — that physical flutter had been their bond , certainly at first , though by now there were other more convenient linkages ; for they found each other very beautiful , very desirable . |
| 2 | They stood about deferentially at the back of the little chapel , not wishing to intrude on the privacy of the family 's mourning . |
| 3 | There are entrances to the National Park in Zakopane and Koscielisko where horse drawn carriages wait to carry visitors not wishing to walk along the parks beautiful valleys . |
| 4 | While not wishing to comment on the economic arguments for communism in terms of its capacity to create more wealth more equally distributed , an aim Freud thought to be very important for the future , he thought that communism contained an ‘ illusion ’ about man 's nature . |
| 5 | Oil producers found themselves with large dollar surpluses which they did not wish to deposit in the USA , partly as we have seen because of the prevailing regulations but also for political reasons . |
| 6 | But Feathers was to split when Hermione Farthingale decided she did not wish to continue with the group . |
| 7 | Within a few days of seeing me for the first time , he summoned me once again to tell me that the Labour Party did not wish to continue with the action . |
| 8 | If I do not wish to continue after the three monthly issues I will write and let you know within 10 days of receiving my third issue and will not owe you a penny . |
| 9 | A very much richer reading is obtained , by way of alternative , by stressing how a perception of the arbitrary nature of social divisions and of socio-cultural class stereotypes underlies Chaucer 's composition here , and that he invites his readers — those who do not wish to conform to the naive stereotype of the " " gentil wight " " — to share this insight . |
| 10 | D proceeded to scratch the police — officer 's arm , having previously made it clear — in colourful language — that she did not wish to talk to the police — officer . |
| 11 | WHILE Michael Foot makes it plain he does not wish to go to the House of Lords after the election , at least one senior Tory leaving the Lower House may also remain a commoner . |
| 12 | You can either raise the pH level using a buffer or , if you do not wish to go to the expense and trouble involved in this , why not choose fish which prefer acidic water . |
| 13 | ‘ I do not wish to go to the Jonquil with you , ’ he said . |
| 14 | Clearly we do not wish to go through the same debate that we had at the greenbelt inquiry , erm but it is very relevant erm you 'll see from our submissions to the panel that er quite clearly the City Council did not agree entirely with the proposed boundary of the greenbelt , the City Council did take the view that there were certain areas of land proposed to be included in the greenbelt er which did not fulfil a greenbelt function in the Council 's view , and that was clearly was discussed at the greenbelt inquiry , it was not just one site , er we clearly were not not in our er responsibility to identify a specific site outside our district , but there were a number of areas er subject to those objections , not just from ourselves , but as Mr erm Donson has said er from various objectors . |
| 15 | But the fact that dominant classes can throw off liberal democracy when they do not wish to abide by the rules does not prove that those rules are themselves capitalist instruments . |
| 16 | A night in a good hotel with many nationalities around you may bring you to your senses and perhaps you will not wish to return to the Hacienda de Nieve . ’ |
| 17 | By and large people who are healthy and alive do not wish to think of the possibility that they are going to die cardiac or cancer deaths . |
| 18 | The institute clearly does not wish to interfere with the er , council 's rights er , to decide what it should call er people . |
| 19 | One does not wish to appear in the role of kill-joy or pedant , but it really is true that these things lose their value enormously when they are used too much . |
| 20 | Whilst we would not wish to comment on the suitability or otherwise of the particular applicants , we do however appreciate the value of such establishments to rural communities . |
| 21 | Belvoir Park Hospital 's spokesman said the Ladies Committee did not wish to comment on the controversy . |
| 22 | Ring if for some reason you do not wish to register with the 150 different organisations banks , building societies , stockbrokers and others acting as share shops . |
| 23 | I do not wish to enter into the rights and wrongs of meat consumption versus vegetarianism or alcohol consumption versus abstention . |
| 24 | Will he instruct his Ministers to stop trying to bribe and blackmail the United Kingdom Immigrants Advisory Service , which does not wish to collude in the Government 's plans to pander to Essex man by restricting the longstanding traditional rights of people fleeing violence and persecution to seek refuge in this country ? |
| 25 | People especially did not wish to know about the administration 's private efforts to prop up the contras . |
| 26 | In areas , such as particle physics , there are a large number of scientists who do not wish to work for the military . |
| 27 | I do not wish to gloat about the sad decline this season of Darlington , but I have written several letters pointing out the probable outcome relegation . |
| 28 | However , Mr Janman countered that ethnic minority groups did not wish to integrate with the indigenous population . |
| 29 | Indeed , Irish people have sought survival elsewhere , and people often left this country because they did not wish to stay in the slums of London , Birmingham or Liverpool but sought a better life in Australia or elsewhere . |
| 30 | I do n't wish to go to the hospital . |