Example sentences of "not [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 According to an industrial lobby , the Union of Producers and Consumers , the new currency is not reducing inflation and is not proving to be convertible .
2 His life is very simple and he would not want to be rich . ’
3 She did not want to be specific so that Tait could press her further .
4 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 .
5 He did not want to be young again — that time had had particular and transcendent horrors — but the thought of being any older filled him with panic .
6 Unveiling proposals for a new global anti-missile system in co-operation with the United States , Yeltsin emphasised that " we do not want to be mere partners , we want to be allies " , adding that a new democratic Russia would play a full role in joint efforts based on collective security .
7 Perhaps after all she was a good , dutiful girl , he thought ; he did not want to be unreasonable .
8 Do I really not want to be well ? the cancer sufferer asks herself .
9 I do not want to be predictable , because the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) does not like people to be predictable .
10 I really did not want to be black because it was different to what my parents and the other children were .
11 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 .
12 He did not want to be small .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 The Library specifically does not want to be involved in Public Services ’ commercial loan scheme for publishers .
16 ‘ We do not need that kind of publicity and do not want to be involved in that sort of thing .
17 He simply did not want to be solemn .
18 She did not want to be rude to him .
19 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 .
20 Where she did not want to be exact , she hinted : secreting at the back of her mind the disgust , the shame …
21 He could not want to be kind , could not love the tarnished and ruined thing Sally-Anne Tunstall was , but she looked at him all the same .
22 By the same token that we do not want to be able to identify Mrs. X , it would not be appropriate for me to reveal the exact nature of either the charge or the punishment received by the soldier .
23 Its leaders say it does not want to be responsible for any disturbances .
24 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 .
25 Mr Winterton added : ‘ I do not want to be bitter or vindictive .
26 You do not want to be hungry .
27 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 .
28 She did not want to be evil with Ryan either , but fortunately , Ryan understood all that .
29 We do not want to be dogmatic .
30 Similar impressions are obtained from other examples of this type : ( 22 ) He did not want to be alone , and had expected to find some of his friends at the bar .
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