Example sentences of "is [not/n't] [to-vb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our view , however , the cautious approach is not to ignore the epidemiological evidence of declining semen quality . |
| 2 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 3 | This is not to ignore the informal side of organisational activity . |
| 4 | To be concerned simply for Jesus ' message , a message which anyone could have preached and which is now acknowledged quite independently of the person who preached it , is not to hold a Christian position . |
| 5 | The idea is not to replace an active form with an active one and a passive form with a passive one ; it is always the function of a category rather than the form it takes that is of paramount importance in translation . |
| 6 | The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification . |
| 7 | To say this is not to belittle the sincere concern shown by many religious people in the debate over embryo research . |
| 8 | To claim money as a current human necessity , however , is not to claim the concomitant necessity of any particular mode for its generation and distribution ( such as the capitalist economy ) . |
| 9 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 10 | The point here is not to exonerate the violent behaviour of certain Liverpool supporters but rather the reverse , i.e. to emphasize the potentially fatal risks which are being run each week in stadia where large and rowdy confrontations of young spectators take place . |
| 11 | That is not to deny the wide range of activities that have involved employers . |
| 12 | All this is not to deny the possible relevance of the results of comparative experience as an aid to practitioners and policy-makers who may hope to utilise ideas , approaches or techniques adopted in other countries . |
| 13 | This is not to deny the immense amount of valuable warm support and practical help given to old people by social work assistants . |
| 14 | This is not to deny the vital role played by language in naturalizing cultural differences such as gender roles , but rather to assert that artefacts may be still more powerful mechanisms in this process . |
| 15 | Thus , the purpose of a rent review clause is not to revalue the original bargain between the parties , but to give the landlord the income which he would have got , on the terms on which he would have let , if he had had the property in hand on the rent review date . |
| 16 | Our purpose is not to define a basic library for you , but rather to suggest kinds of books which you might look for ; and our choice of texts is based primarily on their convenience as illustrations . |
| 17 | Having noticed the fertility ofodrugs as metaphor , what Ronell wants is not to explore the cultural meaning of drugs , but to get a piece of the action for herself . |
| 18 | This is not to suggest a unilinear path of ever-increasing usage . |
| 19 | So the trick about invisibility is not to have a usual environment . ’ |
| 20 | I think that it 's important to recognize that to have a depressed mood is not to have a depressed illness |
| 21 | ‘ The tough thing for me is not to have a particular voice or gait for a part , to have to play a guy like John , who is close to me physically and in age and so on . |
| 22 | If Mannheim 's programme for the sociology of knowledge is not to have the nihilistic effect of reducing consciousness to the material content of history , then some degree of agency must be permitted to the human individual to affect both the production of knowledge and the process of history . |
| 23 | While climbing Britomartis Instead , it is worth noting that the second sentence of the description to pitch one should be deleted if the climber is not to pass the correct line and attempt a new route somewhere further along the wall . |
| 24 | Once again your job is not to make the final decision . |
| 25 | Their effect , when translated into everyday discourse , is not to make the abstract material , but to make the material abstract . |
| 26 | The purpose of this chapter is not to provide a detailed account of youth organizations , as their histories are easily available elsewhere . |
| 27 | But if the room is not to look a complete jumble you have to try to create distinct areas for relaxing , sleeping , eating and work . |
| 28 | What is really wanted is not to get the important crate to the door , but to get it there without expending more effort than necessary . |
| 29 | Beset by illness — with Gooch himself the most damaging victim of the last few weeks — and bemused by Indian spin , England must pull themselves together if a bitterly disappointing tour is not to become a total disaster . |
| 30 | Its aim , he says , is not to become a commercial body but to point users towards products and technologies that support their interests . |