Example sentences of "[is] not [prep] [pron] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He points out that sometimes we have control over our ideas , and sometimes not : often we can set ourselves to imagine what we want ; at other times , however , as in broad daylight , ‘ it is not in my power to … determine what particular objects shall present themselves to my view ’ . |
| 2 | She says it is only because she knows when it 's not in her stars to be killed in a ditch . |
| 3 | Er , it 's not in my nature to be authoritarian with my students but if I could be authoritarian I would say look , you 're not allowed to use that word , and if you do you 've got ta pay a pound . |
| 4 | yeah erm because it 's not in my nature to be aggressive |
| 5 | In that marriage she was easily the dominant partner and Joe let her be partly because it is n't in his nature to be pushy or dominant but mainly due to the fact his father bullied his mother , as we are told and he is afraid of him doing this as well and so fails to protect Pip and tolerates Mrs Joe 's dominant character . |