Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] not to be " in BNC.
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1 | It was … contended that … if the person had become philosophically or psychologically or socially female , that person should be held not to be a man for the purposes of ( section 30 , inter alia ) . |
2 | Did the trade union movement really fail to grasp that the two pre-conditions were : first , that its sense of responsibility must be seen not to be limited to a commitment in the shorter term to contribute to recovery from immediate crisis , but to extend , at the expense of short-run advantage , to the longer term commitment , to the revival of British industry and to its successful competition in world markets ; and secondly , that a Labour Government would have to preside over the management of the country 's affairs ? |
3 | She did n't want anyone to talk to her so she could be seen not to be alone . |
4 | The sanctions had been imposed on Nov. 8 [ see p. 38559 ] with the proviso that they be lifted against republics which could be shown not to be participating in aggression . |
5 | ‘ I am fully conscious of the fact that in so concluding I may be said not to be applying Reg. v. Morris . |
6 | Similarly , the stamp may obscure other provisions ; if this is the case , they may be held not to be incorporated ( Richardson , Spence & Co v Rowntree [ 1894 ] AC 217 ; Sugar v London Midland and Scottish Railway [ 1941 ] 1 All ER 172 ) . |
7 | That this is the case may be thought not to be chance . |
8 | A payment made in respect of a claim arising under this Section where the only damage sustained by such motor car is breakage of glass in the windscreen or the windows ( or any scratching of bodywork resulting solely and directly from such breakage ) shall be deemed not to be a claim under the Policy for the purpose of the No Claim Bonus Section . |
9 | Moreover , since it is said in a context where Adam has just manifestly failed to react to the punch-line as quickly as the set of other students , the speaker ( given this type of speaker to this type of hearer in this type of surroundings ) will be assumed not to be intending to tell an untruth , but to be implicating the opposite of what she has said . |
10 | However , it will presumably be rare that a business can be held not to be acting in the course of business if it sells goods on its standard terms . |