Example sentences of "[pron] are not [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her love was always for her people , and the quotations from her historic speeches ( which are not set to music ) represent her carefully-chosen communications to them . |
| 2 | The Dog and Gun is at a junction of narrow country roads which are not closed to traffic , so chaos often results . |
| 3 | An hour is , e.g. divided into sixty minutes , the second into sixty parts and so on ; at last after ten or more successive divisions by sixty , time-elements are obtained which are not subjected to division , and in fact are indivisible . ’ |
| 4 | The state is simply the agency which buttresses and consolidates the rules and institutions of exclusion , which are not confined to class and educational credentials , but in particular societies may also include racial , religious , ethnic , and gender-based forms of exploitation . |
| 5 | Lord Templeman said that such matters were not for judges ‘ who are not qualified to listen ’ but for the Minister , for Members of Parliament , and ultimately for the electorate . |
| 6 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 7 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 8 | Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation . |
| 9 | Last week the UK Department of Health confirmed its earlier recommendations that the risk of cot death is reduced if infants are laid to sleep on their backs , if they are not exposed to cigarette smoke before or after birth , and if they are not overwrapped or overheated , especially when feverish or unwell . |