Example sentences of "not [vb pp] [pn reflx] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The friends of David Cunningham , such as Colonel Blackadder , had to be put off with a clear refusal , and a request to persuade Cunningham to withdraw , while at the same time every effort had to be made to engage all those gentlemen who had not committed themselves to a candidate to rally to Kirkton . |
| 2 | He will only say : ‘ Toyota have not committed themselves to the Circuit of Ireland or any other rally this year . ’ |
| 3 | Despite the fact that he had not committed himself to the rising until the last moment , he was quickly consolidating the initiative he had taken in Morocco and was emerging as its sole leader . |
| 4 | The government has , however , not committed itself to publishing the review and , Courtney added , it is unlikely to be published in its entirety as it may contain sharp judgements about the usefulness or effectiveness of some research activities . |
| 5 | I hope that he now applies himself to them , because he has not applied himself to the rest of his portfolio . |
| 6 | Satisfied with attending to the symptoms of the economy 's problems , the government has not applied itself to tackling some of their causes . |
| 7 | The questions posed by Feminist , Marxist , Structuralist and Post-Structuralist criticism have not lent themselves to computer-based responses . ’ |
| 8 | In any case they were sitting upstairs in Willi 's little loggia ( the gallery of the Spa Rooms had not lent itself to conversion into boxes , but parts of the curved balcony had been sectioned off with wrought-iron grills into small loggias for distinguished guests ) . |
| 9 | No wonder the C of E had not endeared itself to the working classes , Spruce reflected . |
| 10 | The school is the type that has not adapted itself to alternative , non-academic needs and which , in general , is not sensitive to the fact that pupils are people with as much right as anyone else to be respected . |
| 11 | Tenacious and long-memoried , they had not allowed themselves to be uprooted or changed a second time . |
| 12 | During their years in London together Ianthe and her mother had not attached themselves to one church , Mrs Broome liking to hear a good preacher and fine music . |