Example sentences of "not [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include sincerity , honesty ( not to indulge in plagiarism or cheating ) , truthfulness , the avoidance of self-contradiction , a determination to be comprehensible , the intellectual courage to develop and hold a position of one 's own , a willingness to be subject to the demands of reason and evidence , an openness to other viewpoints or ways of going on , and according due ( but not undue ) respect to teaching and other staff . |
| 2 | Its task is to point beyond itself and not to indulge in self-glorification . |
| 3 | For , just as the individual has the moral right not to kill in violation of his own moral principles , a right recognised by law in this country since 1916 , so also it can be argued that he has the right not to be required to contribute through his taxes towards the maintenance of a professional army equipped with weapons of mass destruction to kill on his behalf . |
| 4 | However , the party was very careful not to support in principle ministerial contact with the PLO , a stance which clearly angered Weizmann . |
| 5 | She had tried hard not to fall in love with him , preferring to play the field and maybe trap a man whose heart was fancy free . |
| 6 | ‘ Try not to fall in love with anybody else before tonight . ’ |
| 7 | On stage a man and a woman try not to fall in love . |
| 8 | The return of William Purser to England released me from my obligation not to preach in English , and shortly after his departure I was invited to preach in Rangoon cathedral , then very much a chaplaincy parish church , and only rarely having great services in Burmese . |
| 9 | He decided not to appeal in order to highlight what he regards as the absurdity of the law in light of the increasing acceptability of direct and indirect contacts between Israelis and the PLO . |
| 10 | Even so the decision whether or not to invest in technology is an important one , and there are significant resource implications involved in planning , purchase , training and support . |
| 11 | He must have wondered what the outcome of it all would be , though he was not to remain in doubt for much longer . |
| 12 | In spite of the fact that Leese 's charges were much more blatant than in the original offence the authorities decided not to prosecute in case an acquittal might be misunderstood by the general public . |
| 13 | For instance , when a teacher is speaking or demonstrating it is better not to stand in front of windows . |
| 14 | Sonia Gandhi 's decision not to stand in by-election |
| 15 | Why do you think Rover has chosen not to appear in person ? |
| 16 | The rule had been amended so that nominations for the Committee were restricted to full male or female members of five years standing , and where ladies are concerned , were not to exceed in number the direct ratio to the numerical strength of their respective section . |
| 17 | Dot fingered her victory badge and tried not to listen in case it seemed like prying . |
| 18 | pregnant women are , therefore , advised not to participate in exercise that involves Valsalva 's manoeuvre by both the ACOG and the British College of Obstetricians . |
| 19 | for the supply of goods or services and the supplier 's main business is not to engage in investment business |
| 20 | In January 1978 , the Lord Chancellor announced that Judge Neil McKinnon had said that he wished not to preside in future over cases involving racial questions ; and that this wish would be given effect to . |
| 21 | Well I , yeah , can I , I 'll have to ask you not to record in school because so much is very |
| 22 | The new Army Commander , Gen. Vimol Wongwanich , promised to unify the Army and on Aug. 7 ordered commanders of all army units not to intervene in politics or do anything to help or hinder any political party . |
| 23 | It is open to the obvious objection that it focuses on an outcome which may be a matter of pure chance : if such driving happens not to result in death , the charge will merely be drunken driving . |
| 24 | The Guidelines issued by SCOTVEC to panel members explained that the main purpose of a validation event was not to scrutinise in detail the documentation but rather to use the information provided to enable an informed discussion about the proposal to take place . |
| 25 | We are not even likely to put up with our politicians ' abdication of monetary responsibility for long , though it is another subject they try not to mention in front of us . |
| 26 | God promises his people comfort and invites us not to live in sorrow . |
| 27 | MR CLINTON is set to give his Secret Service agents fits in his determination not to live in fear of the assassin 's bullet . |
| 28 | To accept Nozick 's criticism is not to judge in favour of Nozick 's conception of justice against Rawls , any more than acceptance of Gilligan 's argument involves rejection of Kohlberg 's abstract principles of justice . |
| 29 | If Microsoft is found to have a case to answer , the minimum possibility is that the company is forced to sign a consent decree under which it has to unbundle , and agree not to bundle in future — for instance it might have to dismantle Windows for Workgroups and sell the networking elements as a separate product ( similar networking code will be an integral part of standard Windows NT ) ; at worst , the company could be forced to split itself into two completely different companies , one for operating systems and languages , the other for applications . |
| 30 | Rabbits would dash out of their losing darkness , and the village boys would chase them with sticks and yells , careful not to get in front of the two who had the guns . |