Example sentences of "[coord] we do not [vb infin] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The banks are businesses too and we do not want to see them closed down . ’
2 My point is a very short one , I I simply need to put it on the record that it is erm our position that the panel should distribute the er ove York overspill , if I can call it that , as well , that the panel should address the issue of distribution , because our fear is th is th is is is the Selby problem , that Selby are embarked upon a clear strategy of er substantial growth , and we do not want to see er the Greater York overspill being unduly er dir funnelled channelled in that direction .
3 It is an internal review , and we do not intend to publish it .
4 It has been the long-standing practice under Governments of both parties not to comment on operational matters , and we do not intend to depart from that precedent .
5 And we do not need to undergo years of psychoanalysis , or visit a hypnotist , or meditate for twelve hours a day , in order to seek self-knowledge .
6 Again , all the boys are circumcised according to tradition , and we do not need to flash the penis to prove us to be nice , Jewish boys .
7 and we do not dare to finish
8 Aquifers hold an enormous amount of water , and we do not have to raise the money to build them .
9 At this point we are seeking only to explain the social frameworks which render certain actions intelligible , and we do not wish to imply causal links between social frames and social action .
10 Asked if the Russians had provided the Afghans with the latest MiG-29s , he said : ‘ Anything we desire will be given to us but we do not want to escalate the war . ’
11 ‘ There is tight security at our homes but we do not want to have to put bars over the windows . ’
12 We have come to expect the premeditated dishonesty of Conservative Central Office to be reprinted in the Daily Mail , but we do not intend to allow it to go unchallenged in the columns of Hansard .
13 But we do not need to rely on actual mistakes in the past .
14 When we write to a bank manager asking for an overdraft , we will probably take all three into account if we wish to succeed ; but we do not need to know any other personal details .
15 But we do not need to solve this conundrum , for the picture painted is unreal .
16 My hon. Friend talked about the future , but we do not need to look into the crystal ball when we can read the book .
17 But we do not have to refer to the para-normal , our understanding of art and poetry and our experiences in mysticism are developments of new senses .
18 But we do not have to opt exclusively for one or the other of these forms .
19 But we do not have to go back to prehistoric times to witness the change in our diet .
20 But we do not have to follow him further , to the view that authentic Producers ' Co-operation is to be found in factories owned and ultimately controlled not by the men and women working in them , but by the members of the Consumers ' Co-operatives whose capital built and equipped the factories , and employed labour to work in them .
21 They are beyond the visible spectrum but we do not have to make our observations with the naked eye and there are ways in which y-rays can be detected to form an image pattern .
22 But we do not wish to appear personally involved in such unsavoury matters .
23 ‘ We certainly become more knowing , but we do not seem to become any more civilised , ’ he said in a celebration for the 300th anniversary of the college , one of the most prestigious in the US .
24 But we do not like to admit that we masturbate , because people might think that we can not get ourselves a man or a woman of our own .
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