Example sentences of "people not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It encouraged drivers to limit their drinking because there might have been the conception that you could n't tell people not to drink at all , ’ says the DoT spokesman . |
| 2 | Before this I told my people not to watch Yorkshire . ’ |
| 3 | The announcer warns people not to swim because of a dangerous fish . |
| 4 | The UNHCR submitted a seven-point plan to the conference which among other things called for : ( i ) an increased international presence in Bosnia to provide relief and to encourage people not to flee : ( ii ) the maintenance of open borders ; and ( iii ) the granting of " temporary protection " to all refugees from the former Yugoslavia . |
| 5 | It further suggests that frail and confused elderly people not seen by a District Nurse need " a Health Visitor 's intervention and surveillance " . |
| 6 | The only people not seen are the performers . |
| 7 | It is not like a council tax register with people not wishing to make themselves known . |
| 8 | The ways cards made spending — and overspending — so easy and painless made it difficult for people not to treat the plastic rectangles as money . |
| 9 | Mr Smith , who is generally regarded as the clear favourite for the leadership , suggested that the ‘ misrepresentation ’ of Labour 's tax policy might well have caused some people not to support it . |
| 10 | They were apparently advised by people not named , that they should not take the petition round in their area , and they were also apparently reminded who they were employed by . |
| 11 | The CBI urges people not to take a short-term view , as the hon. Gentleman does in considering only a 12-month period . |
| 12 | He has also made a film telling young people not to do the same . |
| 13 | He once confronted three baiters but after an ugly scene with them he advises people not to do the same . |
| 14 | It 's hard to tell people not to give up their day jobs — but a lot of the time that 's exactly what you mean . ’ |
| 15 | Mr Ubial Susey , whose Department of Communication is a member of WACC and who served on WACC 's Central Committee in the 1980s , is publicising the plight of Zaire in an effort both to gain international support for his country 's struggle for democracy , and to encourage its people not to give up . |
| 16 | After today the Copts will be very anxious not to provoke you , but should some foolish man do so then you are to instruct your people not to respond . ’ |
| 17 | After a while , David said we were getting too big for people not to turn up . |
| 18 | Police are advising people not to go near eastern Paris on Sunday because of the massive congestion that is expected . |
| 19 | We 'll be picketing the gates in an orderly legal fashion and trying to persuade people not to go in . ’ |
| 20 | The only people not bothering to ask , it seemed , were the near-victim 's own family . |
| 21 | ‘ It actually improves the quality of life , even for people not connected with angling , because anglers are the first to tackle pollution . |
| 22 | ‘ With any breed , there 's going to be a rotten apple in the barrel , but it 's stupid people not acting in the dog 's best interest . |
| 23 | Joe hated people not to plan ahead . |
| 24 | Unlike previous elections , guerrillas of the National Liberation Army ( ELN ) and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia ( FARC ) did not declare a truce , but their attempts to sabotage the poll , reduced in most areas to peaceful attempts to persuade people not to vote , had little effect . |
| 25 | We know also that police screening encourages people not to report . |
| 26 | Drawing attention to the Countryside Fire Code , he also urges people not to light fires unless it is safe to do so . |
| 27 | It 's all based around people having fun and people not realising what could happen . |
| 28 | Unless this means actual ballot-rigging , it must refer to bribing people not to put their names forward at deme level for the ballot for the Council ; the candidate who ‘ eagerly put his name forward ’ according to Lysias ( xxxi. 33 ) is evidence that this stage of the process was voluntary . |
| 29 | More generally , the Marre Committee was convinced by the evidence which it received that ignorance was a major cause of people not seeking legal advice when it was appropriate . |
| 30 | Without the Senate both hierarchy and influence would be seriously weakened in France , and that would leave a lot of people not knowing which way to turn . |