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Examples
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I emailed the auctioneer a not-to exceed bid of $950 (what I thought I could afford) and waited.
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Sometime in the not-to - distant future, another vote will be held, and the Mormons will lose.
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Our economy is not-to use a familiar metaphor-a car that can be steered easily.
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As it happened the jury made it perfectly clear that they wanted to return the unlawful killing verdict and presumably would have done, had it not been for the outrageous instruction not-to...
Archive 2008-12-01 IanPJ 2008
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As it happened the jury made it perfectly clear that they wanted to return the unlawful killing verdict and presumably would have done, had it not been for the outrageous instruction not-to...
Jean Charles de Menezes: judicial review to follow Gandhi 2008
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Later in the book, my co-author and I verified that this was happening across Iraq at various bases as KBR approached or exceeded their "not-to exceed" costs.
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He had never lived without the consciousness of allegiance-whether willing or not, witting or not-to a king, whether that be German Geordie's house or the Stuarts.
A Breath of Snow and Ashes Gabaldon, Diana 2005
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If you're a serious guitarist, this is a not-to be missed stop in Mexico.
Food and frolic in and around Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico 1998
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If you're a serious guitarist, this is a not-to be missed stop in Mexico.
Food and frolic in and around Chapala and Ajijic, Mexico 1998
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She even wished she could find a way to make the magic do what nature could not-to change the past.
The Elf Queen of Shannara Brooks, Terry 1992
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