Example sentences of "be not [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you listen sometimes to speeches made by the Royal Family now , they are not necessarily to my mind and er this is this difficulty of the sort of humanity and effemininity of the Duchess of York and the Princess of Wales who tried I think , both of them , to do a phenomenal amount of public work with different levels of success and different levels of coverage . |
| 2 | Papanek did explain that stories were commissioned on both Rugby World Cups , but both times they were not up to his magazine 's standards . |
| 3 | I , I really feel two pound fifty is low for the quality of , of play that they 're seeing I mean other amateur groups not that we 're comparing ourselves , but they certainly charge more than us and quite honestly the end product on some of them is not up to our end product . |
| 4 | This is not only to their credit , but to the credit also of the staff of the choir schools , whose dedication ensures that such schools will surely continue to have a special place in our educational system . |
| 5 | I went into the race after some good runs but with the injury earlier in the year , my training load was not up to its maximum . ’ |
| 6 | He understood that Gandhi 's challenge was not primarily to his sanctity but to his power , and once he saw on what ground he might meet his antagonist he , like Gandhi , but with more evident calculation , unhesitatingly employed that sanctity in the service of power . |
| 7 | Although it was not entirely to his liking , politically it was preferable to a free trade area where Britain would play a leading role . |