Example sentences of "[vb base] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But appear not to be . |
| 2 | ‘ They have a very complex structure and at first sight they appear not to be connected in any way , ’ said Professor Mann . |
| 3 | A detailed examination of the linen , the small pillow with its corner tassels and broderie anglaise hem and the wrap-over sheet with similar trimmings , appear not to be bedclothes but an exceptionally superior coffin suite . |
| 4 | Margery 's ‘ visions ’ appear not to be typical of those of more orthodox mystics . |
| 5 | My point , in this rough-and-ready example , is to isolate certain basic impulses which appear not to be dependent upon others . |
| 6 | Further , firms ' employment policies may be discriminatory even when they appear not to be . |
| 7 | ‘ As you probably know , Major Maxim is attached to Number 10 for duties that appear not to be precisely defined but touch on security matters . |
| 8 | The Opposition understand — Conservative Members appear not to — that there can be no freedom without equality , and equality is underpinned by rights . |
| 9 | For vendors who have had no previous contact with KPMG and who appear not to be totally committed to the proposed transaction , consideration should be given to requesting an up front commitment to cover set up costs of the job ( preliminary buyer research etc ) and as contribution to the costs of preparing any documentation . |
| 10 | This is not very surprising when we consider that most joint ventures appear not to be entirely voluntary . |
| 11 | Parents may generally feel irritable with the child and expect not to be obeyed . |
| 12 | ‘ I just expect not to be leered at and not to have my correspondence read . |
| 13 | I , too , could have sat there like a fan watching an actress , like a lover watching his beloved , content not to be thinking about Mum and what we could do about her . |
| 14 | The vague reformism of the epoch was , in these circles , channelled into an even vaguer brand of aristocratic constitutionalism which revived the claims of the old ‘ rich men ’ ( ricos hombres ) of Castile ; grandees could stomach rule by career bureaucrats but the career of court favourite was an aristocratic preserve not to be exercised by the ‘ sausage maker ’ , Godoy . |
| 15 | Suffer not to be prolonged |
| 16 | I can imagine some unpleasant things happening with the sling , too ; the sling-bombs have to be on a pretty short fuse if they 're to detonate soon enough after they land not to be throw-backable , and I 've had a couple of close calls already when they 've gone off just after they left the sling . |
| 17 | Business-to-Business Marketing — an intensive five-day course designed specifically for marketers in organisations which sell not to consumers but to other firms , government bodies and not-for-profit organisations , where the buyer is generally a professional and purchasing is frequently a group decision . |
| 18 | but did it look authentic with the thing , I mean not to the extent of |
| 19 | Socialists or social democrats in Eastern Europe tend not to be doctrinaire in their answers . |
| 20 | Overweight individuals tend not to be so relaxed about fluctuations in body size as slim people . |
| 21 | However these products tend not to be as rich in calcium as dairy products and red fish . |
| 22 | The team processes cases more quickly and closes them earlier ; of those that remain open , relatively few are reassessed , but cases tend not to be kept open for ‘ monitoring only ’ . |
| 23 | Senior civil servants , the privileged connoisseurs of prime-ministerial style and procedure , tend not to be purist about the operational implications of Cabinet conventions , except when routinely deploying them in the occasional public lecture or dismissing requests for the early declassification of harmless material . |
| 24 | We still have a fondness for unreasonably tall cakes and showers of rice , but contemporary brides tend not to be hedged about by garlands of orange blossom ( signifying chastity ) and smilax pinned to their dresses like a comelier version of the Queensferry Burry man . |
| 25 | I 've heard that Chinese carrots tend not to be as reliable as some Eastern European ones … |
| 26 | ‘ Palace are strong and fit , but when you have mixed with Gladiators you tend not to be intimidated by physique or intensity , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Fourteen partial or complete sets are known , especially from graves in Kent , but also from the upper Thames valley where they tend not to be complete . |
| 28 | Geographically the first phase of brooches tend not to duster in any particular region and are found dispersed over much of England . |
| 29 | It is n't their height but their shapely form that attracts discerning hillgoers , and since many of the tops are not included in tick lists — some of the Scottish ones do n't even get Corbett status — they tend not to be as popular as their loftier neighbours . |
| 30 | This group , of parasites tend not to be such a problem in young dogs as roundworms . |