Example sentences of "not [to-vb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 2 | To Ruth , crouching by Gran , he seemed hugely tall ; but he gazed round like a helpless child , seeming not to see them at first . |
| 3 | As they became aware of cinema audiences the vast majority of these intellectuals tended not to see them in quite such a negative way as Chaplin . |
| 4 | In the 1930s , Mr Justice Stone declared that the United States Supreme Court ought not to see itself as the sole guardian of the constitution . |
| 5 | Once reconciliation has happened , it is important not to see it as the end of the process . |
| 6 | If they think of history , it may be hard not to see it in dressing-up terms from telly watching . |
| 7 | Marcus told himself that he had muddled up some bears , examined his own dream , concluded it told him nothing he did n't know , and decided not to report it to Mr Rose . |
| 8 | French superstar Zafonic was pulled out of the St James 's Palace Stakes when owner Prince Khalid Abdulla decided not to risk him on the rain-softened surface . |
| 9 | Franco 's immobility in 1942 – 43 , his smiles first to one side , then to the other , were not the sign of an astute politician , but of the conservative strategist , determined not to risk anything by an impulsive action . |
| 10 | Wilson 's Cabinet — jealous of a non-political and non-party intruder — had decided not to include me in the team . |
| 11 | It seems better not to include it as a criterion of value , once it is clearly distinguished from probability . |
| 12 | In a letter to Gilbert dated 16 November , 1840 he wrote : ‘ As I find the fauna of New Holland quite distinct and that of New Zealand to belong to an entirely different group of Islands I have determined not to include it in the present work ; you will therefore not go there … ’ |
| 13 | It was impossible not to compare him with her stepfather , so cold , reserved and cautious , and whose passions seemed solely aroused by his business and moneymaking skill . |
| 14 | I 'm sure some of you last year or least last week or even last month , read about the black sack that had all the wonderful jewels in it that came into a charity shop and I think it 's a lesson for us all is n't it , not not to miss anything in a black sack , Jacqui . |
| 15 | He applied for a post in the service of the archduke : but Ferdinand was advised by his mother not to burden himself with such ‘ useless creatures who travel around all over the place , like beggars ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ He 's promised not to drive it in the rain . ’ |
| 17 | But it was better not to anger it by sleeping on the bed . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh yes — but I 'm careful not to wear them on my sleeve ! ’ |
| 19 | For example , in 1983 it was said that ‘ even where the husband had been violent , it would be reasonable for the wife to continue to reside in the matrimonial home but to seek a court order restraining his violence or barring him from the home ’ and in these circumstances the authority 's duty would be ‘ to advise the applicant so to do , not to accommodate her as a homeless person ’ . |
| 20 | They were in a similar position to the person coming along on a standby basis for an airline seat as against the passenger paying a full fare , and without the full rights of a standby passenger , in the sense that the decision whether or not to accommodate them in the college was entirely discretionary . |
| 21 | Nestlé Co. could have obtained an injunction restraining the sale of those tins and they required the buyers not to resell them without first removing the labels . |
| 22 | One lesson Athens had learnt , not to overreach herself with warfare in two theatres . |
| 23 | To confront the anger of God , not to hurl it in others ' faces , but in humility to confront it ourselves , is to find a knife to cut through our pious cant , and a fire to burn up our sentimentality and our complacency . |
| 24 | In time , however , these ideas developed into a much more general critique , in which objects not only did not signify use value but were found not to signify anything outside of themselves . |
| 25 | If you are looking to buy a new computer in the near future it would be wise not to obtain one with less than 4 meg of RAM on board . |
| 26 | She said she ‘ hollered ’ at it three times not to pull her in the water . |
| 27 | I also advised him that if he were not to accept it on the spot he should defer any decision on it until after he had concluded his coincidental visit to the Province today . |
| 28 | Once again it is up to the pilot to insist that this wing is held and not to accept someone on the upwind wing-tip . |
| 29 | Free feed in this instance is not to attract them to our swim , for if we have chosen wisely we will already be fishing on the patrol route which they follow regardless of groundbait being present or not . |
| 30 | If charges are intended to raise money , it seems odd not to impose them for staying in hospital or visiting a GP . |