Example sentences of "[be] not [adv] [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 For many people , some sexual failure , temporary or otherwise , is made worse by the immense current cultural emphasis on passionate sex being the ‘ be all and end all ’ , with the implication of failure if they are not easily roused to orgasm regardless of what else is going on in their lives .
2 Second , it may be that earnings are not intrinsically related to capacity , N i , but rather that there is a partially random screening process for a given earnings distribution .
3 Weeping trees are often associated with water , but from the foregoing one can appreciate that they are not generally suited to poolside planting .
4 Above all , remember that both parties are not irrevocably committed to litigation just because legal proceedings are issued .
5 And so we have a dimension of politics in international politics and within the state which is related to securing objectives which are not directly connected to security using the means of violence .
6 Although the other social characteristics available are not directly related to wealth , they are amenable to ranking in a general social and economic sense .
7 Apart from the abatement received by the UK , other sources of revenue are not precisely geared to ability to pay .
8 First of all , the service operates strict rules concerning recruitment which are not always suited to radio .
9 The differing styles of these articles mean they are not all suited to publication in similar outlets , but it is hoped that unlike past years ' winners we shall see all of them published in some form or other in the coming year .
10 Labour Party say they want to tackle crime in and we have , and I hope we will debate later on this agenda , the situation where a Labour Chairman of the Police Complaints Committee turns up a public meeting urging er law- breaking and support for people who are not actually gone to trial an a the circumstances of the events really does not concern us but it 's the fact that leaflets are now circularising this city , printed by our old friends , the resource centre , urging people to join the Defence Committee , which is supported by the University Labour Party , is supported by the West Labour Party and is supported by the Police Complaints Committee no less .
11 These three principles are not only suited to adult learners but they have been readily adopted in the primary school , and the following are suggestions for practising cognitive principles in the classroom with younger children : ( a ) Give experience of the language they are learning — teach them rhymes , tell them stories , talk to them .
12 He had a ‘ gut feeling ’ , he said , that the American people were not yet committed to war , and so he urged Mr Bush to pursue a meeting in Baghdad between James Baker , the secretary of state , and Saddam Hussein — as well as finding a date on which Iraq 's foreign minister could come to Washington .
13 Indeed Franco-Russian disputes on this issue flared up briefly once more in the 1760s and were not finally laid to rest until 1772 .
14 All other exposure variables were not significantly related to fecundity .
15 Republican Senator John C. Danforth , the self-appointed mediator between the two sides , expressed his dismay over Bush 's opposition to a provision of Danforth 's proposed compromise bill which would prohibit employers from adopting employment standards which were not directly related to job performance .
16 Even so , that mixture of emotion and social need , of personal pride and territorial inspiration , which we call honour , is not easily brought to life for young readers .
17 The product module issue is not yet known to LIFESPAN .
18 Step 3 Eliminate from your list any item that is not strictly related to job performance .
19 And , unlike the hippy or punk movements , the New Spirituality is not inherently opposed to authority and has more potential to really go mainstream .
20 The preamble further asserts that the company are making ‘ considerable progress ’ on the remaining portion of the main line between Bishop 's Castle and the Cambrian , which is not exactly according to fact , in as far as the term ‘ considerable progress ’ is popularly understood .
21 Although the oesophagus is not directly exposed to tobacco smoke , its constituents condense in the mucous membranes of the mouth and pharynx and are swallowed .
22 Since weak left handers were observed to have sinistral relatives more frequently than strong left handers , Hécaen and Sauguet inferred that " the intensity of left handedness is not directly related to bilaterality of language representation or to familial left handedness .
23 As J. K. Galbraith ( 1979 ) has pointed out the adman actually creates markets and implants ‘ needs ’ in people ; he is not merely responding to consumer demand .
24 It appears to broaden the categories of non-consent so that , for example , fraud is not merely confined to fraud as to the nature of the act or husband impersonation , as it is at English common law .
25 Since node D is not actually connected to earth , capacitances C A and C C simply act in parallel with the supply and also do not affect the balance of the main bridge comprising arms Z 1 , Z 2 , Z 3 and Z 4 .
26 However , copying is not necessarily limited to duplication of substantial parts and it is possible to copy a computer program in a wider sense .
27 Research has also shown that level of stress is not necessarily related to willingness to continue caring ( Gilleard , 1984 ) .
28 However , if you hate exercise , be assured that the whole enterprise is not necessarily doomed to failure .
29 You should supply a LIFESPAN username which is not currently known to LIFESPAN .
30 This lack of discrimination suggests that the general knowledge required is not highly related to attainment in mathematics .
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