Example sentences of "be not [art] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Members must have been trading in the UK for at least two years and must disclose their turnover and profits — lack of profits are not a bar to membership however , he added , because ‘ we would hate to disallow the big international business machine companies ’ . |
| 2 | This is a very good program but , if you are not a novice to spreadsheets or computers , you will find it frustrating as it will be too slow for you . |
| 3 | People who have HIV or AIDS are not a danger to others and they do not need to tell people at school , at work or people that they meet every day . |
| 4 | Now villagers feel that AIDS sufferers should be treated with compassion , and that they are not a danger to others if it is known how to protect oneself from the disease . |
| 5 | The favoured solution is therefore to find ways of slowing cars to speeds at which the short sight-lines are not a danger to children . |
| 6 | erm but I 'm not the sort to sort of push meself forward in front of other people |
| 7 | He claimed scientific evidence had shown low levels of salmonella in water were not a risk to health . |
| 8 | He reminded himself again that he was dealing with premeditated murder and the Glynns were not the sort to resort deliberately to force except in dire circumstances . |
| 9 | Demerger is clearly the right road but it is not a freeway to success . |
| 10 | With some horses , animation that is not a response to anxiety or fear , becomes a thing of the past ; but with others , especially Arabians , cheerfulness and animation continue as a consistent part of their personality . |
| 11 | Goldring says : ‘ It is not a response to PMA and contains nothing about civil defence ’ . |
| 12 | Woolton told the House of Lords on 30 April 1952 that ‘ the work of the co-ordinators is not a responsibility to Parliament ; it is a responsibility to the Cabinet ’ . |
| 13 | Accepting help thus does not entail an accumulation of debt nor does it imply subordination , and is not a route to subjugation . |
| 14 | This is not a reference to problems such as the environment , about which there is a consensus . |
| 15 | That man is not a menace to society , and there are a great many other similar people who should never be in prison . |
| 16 | Contrary to popular myth , and the suggestion of your recent correspondent ( Points of View , 10 March ) , ivy is not a menace to trees , and indeed is not a parasite in any sense . |
| 17 | The provision of accommodation for a child under s20(1) is not a solution to homelessness and should not be offered to relieve a housing authority of its obligations under the Housing Acts . |
| 18 | However , physical restraint is not a solution to accident prevention and , indeed , excessive over protection will only deny a child the opportunity to explore and learn about the environment . |
| 19 | So the new novel is not a party to faith , only to a faintly envious sympathy with those who are faithful . |
| 20 | Unlike other non-operative treatments , a non-functioning gall bladder with a stone impacted in Hartmann 's pouch is not a contraindication to treatment and stones were removed successfully in 15 of 16 patients with a return of cystic duct patency . |
| 21 | MATURITY IS : Recognising that it is not a commitment to self which brings happiness in life but rather a commitment to others . |
| 22 | ‘ This is not the way to Sleep of the Just , ’ it said . |
| 23 | There is more glamorous mountain scenery ahead , but this unfortunately is not the way to Zurich . |
| 24 | This is not the path to Ben Nevis . ’ |
| 25 | This is not the time to subject me to some kind of general knowledge quiz … or to make love to me , although heaven knows I 'd like you to . |
| 26 | My hon. Friend is right to say that the local income tax is not an alternative to council tax which commends itself to Conservative Members — or even to most Opposition Members , and he is right to say that anybody interested in knowing why local income tax will not work could do no better than to read the report of our proceedings in Committee . |
| 27 | Botulism tends to remain in one location , so it 's not a threat to Slimbridge . |
| 28 | I do n't intend to give the council a to solving the world 's problems and that 's not the word to mind but problems . |
| 29 | Erm that is n't a constraint to consideration of new settlement sites in the A sixty four corridor . |
| 30 | It 's plann i Planning is now policy led yes , but but but er planning is n't a slave to policy . |