Example sentences of "not [verb] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the wish not to annoy members or waste money on postage and printing , the Trust does not want to be anti-environmental in its use of paper . |
| 2 | You do not want to be anthropomorphic about animals when people are dying needlessly around you , but there was a sad aimlessness about this beast , limping around the tarmac on three legs , moving hesitantly towards people , then thinking better of it , or standing motionless for minutes on end , staring into the bushes on the perimeter . |
| 3 | HI FI enthusiasts who do not want to be involved in new-fangled digital technology now have a fresh analogue controversy to get their teeth into . |
| 4 | The Consumer Credit Trade Association is considering the NCC proposals , but Director John Patrick FICM said that his initial thoughts were that the CCTA would not want to be involved in collecting a levy . |
| 5 | The Library specifically does not want to be involved in Public Services ’ commercial loan scheme for publishers . |
| 6 | ‘ We do not need that kind of publicity and do not want to be involved in that sort of thing . |
| 7 | She did not want to be rude to him . |
| 8 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |
| 9 | Its leaders say it does not want to be responsible for any disturbances . |
| 10 | She did not want to be responsible for the reckless consumption of any of the earth 's resources in the shape of fuel , and so a round on foot suited her perfectly . |
| 11 | Any training should be user-friendly to a naïve user — a doctor or warehouse clerk does not want to be concerned with the segmentation required for handwriting recognition . |
| 12 | She did not want to be evil with Ryan either , but fortunately , Ryan understood all that . |
| 13 | Many early treaty collections , nevertheless , were not intended to be available to the general public at all . |
| 14 | The use of Strings 1 and 2 is not intended to be indicative of levels . |
| 15 | These suggestions illustrate the flexibility of the provision and are not intended to be prescriptive in any way . |
| 16 | If lemon verbena was not included to be tender in cool temperate climates , it would be in every herb garden or wherever perfume is valued by the gardener . |
| 17 | Though all members of a cycle group do not need to be competent in all five of the recognised face skills , the team as a whole must be able to deploy sufficient resources on each shift to man the roles likely to arise . |
| 18 | Most of the delinquent youngsters with whom I worked — I stress most , not all — did not need to be involved in delinquent activity . |
| 19 | Senses need to represent unitary ‘ quanta ’ of meaning , but they do not need to be finite in number . |
| 20 | Rollers do not need to be circular in order to offer constant breadth . |
| 21 | Department or the County Treasurer 's Department is not considered to be relevant to the needs of erm , the County Council , the people of Lincolnshire , and I think it 's reasonable to ask that question , and to hope that erm future conservatives speakers in this meeting , on this paper will give a clear indication as to what will be the effects of a budget reduction . |
| 22 | Women who reach higher education are not deemed to be successful by virtue of having done so ; on the contrary , higher education continues to exclude and marginalize its female students , pushing them further into ‘ female ’ jobs or marriage and family . |
| 23 | The first prototype is not expected to be airborne until 1998 . |
| 24 | A full set of privatization laws was not expected to be ready before October 1990 . |
| 25 | It will include an extension mechanism , and QuickTime , AppleScript and Apple Open Collaboration Environment are being converted for the environment , but are not expected to be ready until the second half of next year . |
| 26 | The newswire quotes industry executives saying that the trio plan to announce by the end of the month that they have produced a working sample of the chip , which they had not expected to be ready until early next year . |
| 27 | Monetary sources said work on setting up the EIF , which will have capital of two billion Ecu ( £1.4 billion ) and be funded by the EIB , the commission and private banks , was progressing well — although it is not expected to be operational before early next year . |
| 28 | Are women not expected to be interested in computing ? |
| 29 | Teachers should not seek to be involved in every aspect of the school — administrative/clerical , catering and many aspects of the pastoral function should be contracted out to specialist providers . |
| 30 | He turned on his heel , and she stumbled after him , not wanting to be alone in the eerie garden where even the birds had been subdued by the fog . |