Example sentences of "but [pers pn] is important not [verb] " in BNC.

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1 When using French technique the axe is held normally in the uphill hand for support and extra security , but it is important not to lean on it and into the hill ; your weight must be kept over the crampons .
2 You do not have to give formal written notice that you are leaving , but it is important not to say or do anything which is inconsistent with pursuing a constructive dismissal claim .
3 Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection .
4 Such continuity was valuable to Gloucester , but it is important not to exaggerate the extent to which he simply took over a ready-made connection .
5 But it is important not to become so mesmerized by them as to lose sight of the underlying social processes .
6 But it is important not to assume this connection a priori .
7 It is a commonplace to see culture as man 's building , climbing and reaching — indeed , one whole school of anthropology sees it as his tool-making — but it is important not to forget that in man , as in the other primates , intelligent , adaptive behaviour — behaviour , in other words , mediated by the ego — is motivated by his instinctual drives .
8 Advances were made in education , and the number of literates grew in the period 1910 to 1945 , but it is important not to overestimate this growth .
9 But it is important not to rush into too neat or speedy a conclusion about another person 's main and natural form of mental functioning .
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