Example sentences of "order [not/n't] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most successful animals may avoid dangerous fights in order not to be injured by a stronger , or excessively carefree , opponent . |
| 2 | A similar decision was reached in re B — Court of Appeal , 10 June 1988 when the court found that the mother was not unreasonable in withholding her consent to adoption in order not to be deprived of contact with the child in spite of the fact that the twelve year old wanted to be adopted . |
| 3 | He adored Perdita , but Ricky was his great love , and gradually as the ugly little dog limped after him , barking encouragement during practice chukkas , and even hitching a lift on the back of a pony in order not to be separated , Ricky succumbed totally to his charms . |
| 4 | In order to keep the boys separate from the girls he used to draw a chalk line down the middle of our meeting room , and when we got carried away and crossed the line he would burst into a ferocious rage , pick up anything that was to hand — usually a book — and throw it at the offender , who had to duck fast in order not to be hit . |
| 5 | She spoke softly in order not to be overheard , but her anger was evident . |
| 6 | It is varied , later in the sonnet , with the traditional image of the adder , which is believed to be able to block its hearing ( ‘ my adder 's sense/To critic and to flatterer stoppéd are ’ ) , but does so in order not to be deflected by charm or blandishments from destroying its prey . |
| 7 | When he became a father , he unwittingly undermined and displaced his wife in order not to be undermined and displaced himself . |
| 8 | The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility . |
| 9 | But , in order to survive , in order not to be engulfed by it , she must deny it . |
| 10 | I can recognize the choice as right ( as I would the choice to prepare for coming danger ) however strongly I am inclined to shut off the brief glimpse in order not to be distracted from present and selfish goals . |