Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Also make sure that cisterns are well insulated with a proper insulating jacket ( or one constructed from loft insulation blanket ) , but do not insulate or put loft insulation under the cistern , so that some heat can pass through the ceiling to the water inside .
2 Corbett did not stay but pushed through the throng of people and walked on .
3 My own opinion — for what it is worth in view of the two cases above referred to — is that trustees are the proper persons to be assessed in all cases in which the income of the trust estate received by them , or to which they are entitled , is not tax-deducted at source ; and that — in the case of income of the trust estate which is tax deducted at source — they could not be heard to ask repayment of the tax on the plea that the income did not arise or accrue to them but to others , whether such others were income-beneficiaries or capital-beneficiaries .
4 I do not exist except to serve you and give you pleasure .
5 Charts of the area are largely unaltered since the mid 19th Century , and can mark dangers which do not exist while remaining silent about those that do .
6 However , many of the securities supposedly backing the receipts did not exist or had not been purchased .
7 They argue that it is misguided to pretend that these proscribed organisations ( like Sinn Fein ) either do not exist or do not carry massive popular support .
8 the package contains modules for which an active DC does not exist or has been raised through another package .
9 They may not exist or access to them may be refused .
10 When the sentence has been passed , possibly ( as the sentencer indicated in this case ) with the benefit of some mitigation , it is discovered that the means to pay either did not exist or have in one way or another disappeared .
11 A contemporary dishonest bill ordinarily involves not an exorbitant disclaimer ( although there are plenty of these disclaimers still in use ) , but a shipment that does not take place , or a vessel that does not exist or disappears without a trace after loading .
12 But for certain reasons , which I will mention presently , we do n't want to use it ; so we pretend that it does not exist and hope that no one will be guilty of such bad taste as to refer to it . )
13 The Tories had pretended society did not exist and had bowed to the markets .
14 These identifiers can be changed ; the identifiers need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
15 These names need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid names which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
16 These identifiers need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
17 These identifiers can be changed ; the identifiers need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
18 These identifiers can be changed ; the identifiers need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid identifiers which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
19 These names need not exist and need only approximate to the range required , as LIFESPAN will start and finish the listing with valid names which are nearest to those specified but which do not exceed the range given by them .
20 A board of directors could not exist and act as a corporate entity if it were composed of two groups of people , each deriving its authority from and answerable to a different principal body , the one liable to be in conflict with the other ; for it would in fact be a negotiating committee .
21 Further , even if Reagan approves , Congress would have to enact the necessary legislation — and may not think that handing over the craft is in the nation 's best interests .
22 Although the passages to which I first referred support the conclusion reached by Hoffmann J. as to the effect of the judgment of the Court of Appeal , I do not think that reading the judgment overall such a limitation to ‘ reconstituting the company 's knowledge ’ was intended to be laid down in Cloverbay .
23 We do not think that reduced fetal growth is associated with death from cardiovascular disease merely through an association with adverse influences acting in the adult lives of people of low social class .
24 But many hospitals have ‘ built-up ’ pockets of specialisms and she does not think that concentrating them on fewer sites would mean the loss of centres of excellence .
25 Anybody wishing if anybody wishes to ring me anyone I 'm not I 'm not you see I do n't see that serves any purpose I 'm sorry I do not think that serves any purpose if you wish to ring me outside this meeting
26 ‘ Why not think and act as Great Britain Incorporate ? ’ . he asked .
27 You are old , you are bed-ridden , the work falls to me , you do not think or care , lying here day after day , waited upon and given in to , without worries or anxiety .
28 Equipment can not think or solve problems ; humans can .
29 Elephants , which lack colour vision but have a strong sense of smell and favour large , smelly , dull fruits , are the only animals able to swallow the pyrene of Panda oleosa ( Pandaceae ) and collected seeds do not germinate unless passed through an elephant , in whose dung they germinate .
30 Spores of the fungus developing on one particular plant are likely to land on neighbouring plants that are so genetically different that the spores can not germinate and grow .
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