Example sentences of "not [verb] or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also make sure that cisterns are well insulated with a proper insulating jacket ( or one constructed from loft insulation blanket ) , but do not insulate or put loft insulation under the cistern , so that some heat can pass through the ceiling to the water inside . |
| 2 | My own opinion — for what it is worth in view of the two cases above referred to — is that trustees are the proper persons to be assessed in all cases in which the income of the trust estate received by them , or to which they are entitled , is not tax-deducted at source ; and that — in the case of income of the trust estate which is tax deducted at source — they could not be heard to ask repayment of the tax on the plea that the income did not arise or accrue to them but to others , whether such others were income-beneficiaries or capital-beneficiaries . |
| 3 | They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support . |
| 4 | They may not exist or access to them may be refused . |
| 5 | When the sentence has been passed , possibly ( as the sentencer indicated in this case ) with the benefit of some mitigation , it is discovered that the means to pay either did not exist or have in one way or another disappeared . |
| 6 | In most social research the researcher aims to be detached and not to affect or interfere with that which is being studied . |
| 7 | It said that the auditors knew that Union Discount was extending credit to Berg and it was foreseeable that it would be sent copies of the accounts and would rely on them when making decisions whether or not to continue or extend credit . |
| 8 | You are old , you are bed-ridden , the work falls to me , you do not think or care , lying here day after day , waited upon and given in to , without worries or anxiety . |
| 9 | Equipment can not think or solve problems ; humans can . |
| 10 | In the full face of the ridicule she went to the post office evening after evening , ridicule she willed not to see or notice . |
| 11 | So , as soon as the misbehaviour begins , turn away or walk away from your child ; pretend not to see or hear what is going on ; say nothing and try not to show any expression at all ; resist getting into any debate , argument or discussion with your child while he or she is misbehaving . |
| 12 | ‘ One does not compare or contrast that . |
| 13 | Faye could not paint or draw while lying in bed , but in the mornings Belinda usually read to her for an hour while she rested her eyes , then left her alone for the remainder of the morning to rest or scribble ideas for future painting projects . |
| 14 | Unlike babies , we do not eat or drink just because we are hungry or thirsty . |
| 15 | There is absolutely nothing you can not eat or drink if you want to . |
| 16 | Father said she 'd not eat or drink till she gave in ? |
| 17 | It can not eat or drink . |
| 18 | Preparation , do not eat or drink four hours before your appointment . |
| 19 | On admission he had an extremely sore throat and could not eat or speak . |
| 20 | This Article does not affirm or imply the converse : that actions which can be sufficiently achieved by Member States should be performed by them . |
| 21 | Here they are totally secure , for though the orcs can splash across the Nimrodel — ‘ curse their foul feet in its clean water ! ’ says Haldir — it seems they can not wade or swim the Silverlode . |
| 22 | Griffith could not prepare or test fibres thinner than about a ten thousandth of an inch ( 2.5 m ) and , if he had , it would have been difficult at that time to measure the thickness with any sort of accuracy . |
| 23 | This is not to say that the English can not absorb or debate French or other foreign ideas . |
| 24 | Although Labour accepted that a second chamber to replace the Lords could be elected by a method other than the present first-past-the-post system , that chamber did not make or break governments . |
| 25 | If coal was just another industry or a medium-sized company in the private sector whose product was not as much in demand as previously , or had been superseded by another product that it could not make or compete with it , that industry or company would slim down or might even close altogether — with the same tragic effect on families and communities as has been seen in the coal industry . |
| 26 | For instance , in the county of Northumberland , we have an assisted development area pattern that runs from east to west — to areas such as Ponteland and Darras Hall , a huge executive residential estate which does not want or require industry . |
| 27 | They did not want or need Rachaela any more . |
| 28 | On the other hand , do not dramatise or exaggerate it . |
| 29 | A few days before Christmas her husband will discover her adultery in a manner I will subsequently reveal to you , and in a fit of jealous rage he will push some sharp , thin instrument , a pen , perhaps , or a knitting needle , or a personalised automatic cocktail stirrer purchased from Global Inventions Inc. by mail order , up her left nostril , not to kill or maim , but merely to inflict some pain as a small , desperate expression of his own ; pushing too far , however , he will accidentally pierce the brain . |
| 30 | Not to fall or slip , not even to throw oneself , but to be thrown . |