Example sentences of "not [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The whole point of this afternoon was to advertise my company , not to go for a jaunt along the river . ’ |
| 2 | If only … if only … if only there could be some way of reaching agreement , some way of reassuring each player that the other can be trusted not to go for the selfish jackpot , some way of policing the agreement . |
| 3 | One of Mr Gould 's followers , health spokesman David Blunkett , urges Labour not to go for the unity of the graveyard . |
| 4 | One of Jacob Rothschild 's first decisions as Chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund was not to acquire for the nation the most comprehensive collection in England of naive art shop signs , weather vanes , country furniture , marine samplers and quilts , made between 1750 and 1900 offered by dealer/collector Andras Kalman . |
| 5 | In other words not to provide for a continuing level of migration as it has been in the past . |
| 6 | Two days before the speech ( i.e. on Aug. 14 ) a petition signed by a group of 58 human rights activists , academics and retired armed forces officers had called on Suharto not to stand for a sixth term as President in 1993 . |
| 7 | John Taylor says he thought long and hard before deciding not to stand for the Conservatives in Cheltenham again . |
| 8 | But in Lyons v. Wilkins the Court of Appeal had decided against the officers of a trade union who , having ordered a strike against the plaintiffs and against S ( who made goods for the plaintiffs only ) , organized pickets to seek to persuade work-people not to work for the plaintiffs . |
| 9 | So I really , my , my , my advice is not to aim for a hundred percent efficiency but always to programme five percent optimistically . |
| 10 | When considering whether or not to apply for an Alexander teacher training course you should be aware of the following : |
| 11 | If it decides not to apply for an order it must inform the court in writing . |
| 12 | If it decides not to apply for an emergency protection , child assessment , care or supervision order it must consider whether it would be appropriate to review the case at a later date ( s47(7) ( a ) ) . |
| 13 | As it got dark 1 decided not to fish for the carp at night . |
| 14 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 15 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 16 | The Arab group at the UN decided yesterday not to press for a vote on upgrading the PLO 's UN status after the General Assembly President , Mr Joseph Garba of Nigeria , urged the sponsors to drop their resolution . |
| 17 | This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education . |
| 18 | Reports indicated that agreement on the final communiqué was reached only after France had decided not to press for a clearer recognition of a European defence identity distinct from NATO . |
| 19 | Even so , at the very least you ought to make sure that you understand fully what you are committing yourself to before deciding whether you can afford not to press for the document to be amended . |
| 20 | Even more interestingly , I understand that even some of Mrs Thatcher 's friends share this opinion and are proposing — some of them for the first time in their lives — not to vote for the Tories . |
| 21 | I decided not to vote for the first time in 37 years because of the EC . |
| 22 | Indeed , this union had a campaign of sending postcards out to MPs asking them not to vote for the abolition of Wage Councils . |
| 23 | At least have the honesty to admit it and not to vote for an a management initiative that says we 're gon na become an enabling authority and then it subsequently to deny every single measure that will allow that to happen . |
| 24 | He says to shower for at least 10 minutes and not to opt for a bath . |
| 25 | ‘ I swear , ’ Corbett said emphatically , ‘ that my intention is not to spy for the English King . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , here you are now , which is the main thing , ’ said Rupert a little awkwardly , yet determined not to apologise for the remoteness of his house when he remembered the hours he had spent waiting in the rush hour for a Green Line bus to their house at Warlingham or Woldingham or some such rustic name . |
| 27 | It would have been difficult not to qualify for the semi-final , as sixteen were to go through ! |
| 28 | She used a car phone … but not to send for an ambulance or police . |
| 29 | He chose not to read for a fellowship and once it became clear that he was no longer in the race for academic honours he was not required to take all the examinations . |
| 30 | Like Mr Rocard in 1988 , Mrs Cresson decided not to call for a vote of confidence on her new government 's programme , outlined to parliament on May 22nd . |