Example sentences of "[noun] [not/n't] [to-vb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The judge concluded that there was thus a direct financial inducement for the agent not to enter into such activities but to restrict his post-termination employment to non-competing activities .
2 In the absence of powers of compulsion , the evident determination of the proposed witness not to cooperate in any way may well dissuade the court from making an order .
3 1.1 Duty not to compete within the duration of the employment contract This aspect of the duty of fidelity requires the employee not to work for any person who is or who might be in competition with his employer during the working day .
4 Failure to act in a particular way will not be an abuse of power unless the decision not to act in that way is beyond the limits of the discretion given to the power-holder .
5 He continued by saying that ‘ the decision of the chief constable not to intervene in this case was a policy decision with which … the courts should not interfere ’ .
6 Sideways moves for ministers such as John MacGregor apart , one of the few appointments not to smack of some form of pay-off is that of John Patten as Secretary of State for Education .
7 Australian Cricket Board manager Graham Halbish said doctors had ordered Waugh not to bowl for several months after diagnosing a stress fracture of his lower back — a legacy of the recent Ashes tour of England .
8 ‘ I must confess ’ , Stamfordham wrote to St Loe Strachey , editor of the Spectator , ' … at the present moment I feel that His Majesty should do his utmost not to hamper in any way Ramsay MacDonald in , what we must all admit will be , a task of almost incalculable magnitude .
9 An example of such a clause which may amount to a restriction is the obligation not to enter into any contract for the acquisition or the sale of goods outside the normal course of business .
10 CATHOLIC BISHOPS stepped into the Spanish political arena at the weekend by warning Basques not to vote in this month 's elections for Herri Batasuna , the legal arm of ETA , the Basque terrorist group .
11 7.1 Each of the Parties agrees during the term of this Agreement not to participate in any project which competes with the Project or which is designed to fulfil the same or similar objects .
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