Example sentences of "this [verb] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently , this refers not to the Lower East Side survey , but to Labov 's preparatory department store survey ( Labov , 1966 ; 1972b ) . |
| 2 | Now this happens not to be the style of other people , but it 's mine . |
| 3 | This tends not to be so , since people do n't feel the need to keep reintroducing the point that no one listened to the first time , or the next , or the next … . |
| 4 | This tends not to be the case . |
| 5 | From observing the conduct of others on their beat , this appears not to be the majority view . |
| 6 | Initially this appears not to be so , since while the Freudian model posits a repression within the subject , the materialist model posits a repression outside the subject in the form of its other . |
| 7 | Instances can be cited where this appears not to be the case : where prominence is due to other than literary considerations . |
| 8 | However , this proved not to be the case . |
| 9 | This proved not to be the case , partly because the relationship between the two countries underwent a transformation in the period 1966–70 . |
| 10 | However , this proved not to be the case , since even from such a large corpus , it was possible to extract only 560 utterance tokens — an average of less than 11.7 per speaker . |
| 11 | I thought there was a strong chance that some of the lads might join in , but this proved not to be the case . |
| 12 | If this proves not to be the case and if , faced with a major unemployment crisis , Britain finds itself with no recourse , then it should not hesitate in seceding before it is too late . |
| 13 | It is surprising how often this proves not to be the case . |