Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried not to watch as I fitted the frame together and balanced the unfinished top on it . |
| 2 | He preferred not to think that everyone knew the artist had painted his best-known work from the window overlooking Dzerjhinsky Square . |
| 3 | This is not to say that they convey the same sense , nor that they necessarily refer to the same event ; but given what we know , both about the real world and the fictional world , it is reasonable to infer from each the same event . |
| 4 | This is not to say that they thought the movement could solve the boy labour problem , or the youth problem in general , but its ideas and its personnel would be useful in sustaining scientific collectivism . |
| 5 | Bolivians prefer to choose their governments the democratic way , but this is not to say that they admire the means at present available for doing it . |
| 6 | ‘ The lack of statistical significance calls for the exercise of caution in evaluating the study , but that is not to say that it disqualifies the study from consideration , ’ said Morling . |
| 7 | This is not to say that I advocate the status quo . |
| 8 | That is not to say that she forgets the outrageous moments . |