Example sentences of "and [not/n't] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We assume that graduates will do and say things in a considered way and not proffer the first thing that occurs to them . |
| 2 | He had chosen this woman specifically because she was the sort she was — a simple type , immediately responsive to the baby , no outside involvements , so she was free to give her entire time to him , willing to do without time off while the baby was still on the breast , and not expecting the massive salary most women would want for a job like this . |
| 3 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 4 | The BSO is not likely to support this function very successfully because it is a relatively broad and unspecific classification scheme , with only sufficient specification for the classification of organizations concerned with the control of information ( for example , libraries , clearing houses , abstracting and indexing agencies ) and not to support the indexing of , say , individual periodical articles . |
| 5 | When in doubt the jury tends to acquit and not convict the innocent , and plenty of lawyers can intercept and fly an ILS approach to CPL/IR standards . |
| 6 | This programme , which is still at the experimental stage and therefore subject to adjustment in the light of experience , is intended to supplement and not to replace the close personal supervision which graduate students are entitled to expect . |
| 7 | Often their request for help was for further insemination and not to treat the actual sexual problem . |
| 8 | The new religion had to be seen to meet existing needs , and not to overtax the courage its converts would need to break with the religion of their ancestors . |
| 9 | His own experience — always , except once , resisting and not provoking the attacks — had been so different . |
| 10 | From such a good start it was disappointing to reach only 286 and not avoid the follow on . |
| 11 | Let us pray that the leaders of the world will learn from history and not repeat the mistakes of the past . |
| 12 | Hoffman 's reading of the situation was shortly to be justified , for two Russian radio messages again , astonishingly , sent in clear — proclaimed to the German wireless station in Königsberg that Rennenkampf , soon belatedly to be on the move again , would drive west in leisurely fashion and not reach the Gerdauen-Allenburg-Wehlau line until 26 August . |
| 13 | Henry J. held that the intention of strikers was to put pressure on their employers to improve their conditions of service and not to disrupt the plaintiffs ' contracts , even though that was an unavoidable by-product of the strike . |
| 14 | ‘ Teach us , Good Lord , to give and not to count the cost , to fight and not to heed the wounds , to toil and not to seek for rest , to labour and to ask for no reward , save that of knowing that we do Thy will . ’ |
| 15 | He sought to save the lives of More and Fisher by suggesting that they be required to subscribe only to an oath to respect the succession , and not to repudiate the authority of Rome . |
| 16 | He ought , whether he remains technically an employee or is treated as a partner or is classified as somewhere between the two ( eg taxed under Sched D on his " salary " ) , to be in a position to know enough about his firm to judge what amounts to a reasonable restriction and not to need the court 's protection if he should have agreed to covenants in stringent terms . |
| 17 | A majority believed that UNTCOK should supervise elections in the south but Australia , Canada and India were against doing so on the grounds that it would perpetuate and not eliminate the division in Korea . |
| 18 | And not betraying the past , either , not rewriting our private history to suit herself . |
| 19 | On returning from Court some days later , Lady Elizabeth enquired the whereabouts of her son , William , having completely forgotten locking the child in before she left , and not telling the servants she had done so . |
| 20 | He breathed through his mouth to try and not smell the fungus smell from his crutch . |
| 21 | This produces the stress of tiring ambulance journeys , the long wait in the clinic and not seeing the same staff at each visit . |
| 22 | If the sessions are done in the home , family or friends will be asked to be reasonably quiet , and not to turn the radio or television up , or have noisy conversations . |
| 23 | The seif dune differs from the barchan , therefore , in that the slip faces are on the side away from the strong wind and not facing the direction of advance as in the barchan . |
| 24 | The peer 's counsel , Mr Charles Gray QC , told Mr Justice Michael Davies in a statement in open court that the publishers had agreed to pay legal costs and not to repeat the allegations . |
| 25 | The solution was to operate independently , to abide by the unwritten rules of royal management and not let the Prince and Princess get into a position where they were competing for the limelight except when the occasion was pure entertainment . |
| 26 | So sure enough we let the tyres down sufficiently for it to be roadworthy and not to destroy the tyres on the way there , but soft enough just so that it would go down , and we edged it through and Roy got it through the middle and off we went . |
| 27 | It should be noted that there are circumstances , set out in s673(3) , where the settlor can retain an interest in the trust and not contravene the alienation of income provision . |
| 28 | Who has not been cheered by the song of a robin or thrush , the sight of a kingfisher or the flickering patterns made by a rising flock of lapwings against a dark winter sky , and not felt the better for the experience ? |
| 29 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 30 | As a matter of common law , if the purchaser receives information relating to the vendor 's business which he knows or ought to know is confidential , the purchaser is under a duty to maintain the confidence and not to use the information . |