Example sentences of "not [v-ing] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I believe the Army should be building on the team they have here , not relocating to Glasgow . ’ |
| 2 | They took a farrier with them , not trusting to strangers en route . |
| 3 | Gwendoline shook herself violently not daring to scream again but |
| 4 | ‘ I sort of pride myself on being a normal human being and not a rock caricature , not pandering to people 's expectations of being psychopaths or cray-ZEE ! people … ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Hmm , not driving to Seville ? ’ |
| 6 | Mark , I AM DEFFINATELY NOT DRIVING TO LEEDS ON SATURDAY ! ! ! |
| 7 | Section 5(4) should be read as not applying to mistakes induced by the accused 's deception . |
| 8 | But she was guiltily aware that at least part of his reason for staying on the island so long and not returning to England was his hope of one day furthering their relationship . |
| 9 | Social workers and the courts are facing a problem which has defeated the best efforts of families and professionals ; whatever the wording , few courts will be willing to gamble on children whom they refuse to commit to security not returning to prostitution , burning down a house , or injuring themselves . |
| 10 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 11 | The implication of these types of ratio is that the population may be divided into two groups ; assets , i.e. those who are gainfully employed or assumed to be so , and liabilities , those who are not contributing to society . |
| 12 | Now I 'm not looking to people to be totally bloody minded , erm , but I 'm gon na for people to sort of totally cave in , erm , with these newly acquired influencing skills , because as we 've said all along , they will work on some occasions , but they 're not gon na work all the time . |
| 13 | Though not looking to Christmas to make up lost sales , Amberstone found itself about 15% up , said Sandy Bennet . |
| 14 | On not listening to patients |
| 15 | Alcohol taken in moderation is enjoyable and not damaging to health but the key word is MODERATION . |
| 16 | At the point of a gun , says one author but not according to Bao Dai himself . |
| 17 | Not according to Fortnums . |
| 18 | A queue is a sequence of individuals , arranged according to time of arrival , and not according to size or strength , such that the first in the queue has prior access to some resource . |
| 19 | ‘ Not according to Paul Lexington . ’ |
| 20 | Therefore the Japanese switched tactics and attacked together with fighters and dive bombers which was not according to Genda 's careful plan . |
| 21 | Not according to John Palmer , Richard Udry and Naomi Morris at the Population Center of the University of Carolina ( Human Biology , vol 54 , p111 ) . |
| 22 | Not according to Downes and Young ( 1987 ) , who found that in the post-war period , the rate of increase of crime under the Conservatives was , on average , twice that under Labour . |
| 23 | For the wealthy there were gold bracelets weighed by the market gold merchants and purchased according to weight and the going price of gold , not according to design . |
| 24 | Not according to 60% of the men . |
| 25 | Not according to Phil Silvia , Rob McGee and Sheila Williams of the University of Otago Medical School in New Zealand ( British Journal of Disorders of Communication , vol 17 , p 133 ) . |
| 26 | Do you react well to stress , remaining fairly calm and not succumbing to anxiety or tenseness ? |
| 27 | I 'm not rushing to La Borg anymore . |
| 28 | Checking their activities to see that they were confining themselves to local products , and were not turning to smuggling was very difficult until improvements in transport and in the structure of government meant that the vast majority of imports paid duty . |
| 29 | The first sign that the jump was not going to plan came when the parachutists seemed to have trouble forming up . |
| 30 | I 'm not going to Nettos today I 'll make do just go down the bottom . |