Example sentences of "would not seek [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On June 28 she announced that she would not seek re-election in the forthcoming general election . |
| 2 | The inclusion of this clause , Rodríguez stated , had besmirched the honour of his family as well that of the armed forces , since it implied a lack of confidence in his " word of a soldier " , given on previous occasions , that he would not seek re-election in the August 1993 elections . |
| 3 | Many of those institutions would not seek incorporation for the obvious reasons . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Esko Aho announced on Sept. 16 after talks in Brussels at the European Commission that Finland would not seek entry into the European Communities ( EC ) before the beginning of 1992 . |
| 5 | Consequently the bear-feast — ubiquitous in Siberia — was on the one hand a communal enjoyment of the cooked flesh of the animal , but on the other hand a sacred ritual intended to placate the bear-spirit and ensure that , while the dead animal would live again , its spirit would not seek vengeance on those who had killed it . |