Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] not [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having gathered the data and not working to any specific time limit for analysis of the results or need to report , I found my self-discipline waning . |
| 2 | Dr Hobbs said both parties were caught by the need to appear tough on crime while not wanting to further drain resources by jailing more people . |
| 3 | Of course , belonging may be gone by the board , historically speaking , she advises herself , wiping her face with this American paper dinner napkin and not wishing to be personal , to use a bygone phrase . |
| 4 | Lord Lyon King of Arms , ultimate authority in these matters , declared that the arms were part of the fabric of the building and not relating to the occupants . |
| 5 | God is not ‘ up there ’ — not on a cloud , not in an upstairs heaven and not waiting to be glimpsed through the end of Laplace 's powerful telescope . |
| 6 | Answering phones and taking messages but not responding to queries |
| 7 | At the point of a gun , says one author but not according to Bao Dai himself . |
| 8 | Against this background and his assessment of the shallowness of Miss T. 's acceptance of the beliefs of the Jehovah 's Witnesses , he construed Miss T. 's refusal of treatment by blood transfusion as not extending to the question of whether or not she should receive transfusions in the extreme situation which had arisen . |
| 9 | He was fined £100 and given a conditional discharge after he admitted theft , possession of a knife and not surrendering to court on an outstanding warrant . |
| 10 | In Europe terrorist groups were bombing capitalist targets ; in London psychologists were saying you had to live your own life in your own way and not according to your family , or you 'd go mad . |
| 11 | I started out that way and not listening to the people you 've been doing it for years and say this is the way you do it . |
| 12 | On the contrary , all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe . |
| 13 | We may construct defences for our sensibility by being deliberately offensive , diminishing others and not listening to them . |
| 14 | Legislation has largely restricted the right to distrain goods found upon the premises but not belonging to the tenant . |
| 15 | The hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull , West ( Mr. Randall ) assumes that I have been sitting drinking cups of coffee and not talking to people about the issues . |