Example sentences of "is not [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ideally , the product should also run on a range of platforms so that the user is not tied to a single source of hardware . |
| 2 | The plaintiff was in any case prevented from bringing an action by the statutory provision , which is not limited to a bare right of passage and is not lost by the taking of a photograph . |
| 3 | Unlike the Magistrates ' Court , the Crown Court 's jurisdiction is not limited to a given area . |
| 4 | It is not limited to a particular place . |
| 5 | Obedience under legal authority is not owed to an individual personally but to the impersonal and abstract rules specifying the rights of office . |
| 6 | As the transmitter itself is not connected to a real earth or ‘ ground ’ it is essential that the instrument used is adequately screened and all wiring connections are in good condition . |
| 7 | Because by definition it is not related to an existing settlement , it is not in the greenbelt , it must be in the countryside . |
| 8 | Unlike many young painters , Roxy Walsh has established her reputation through work which is not bound to a particular style , technique or concern . |
| 9 | In reality , it is a social and economic problem which is not fixed to a particular geographical space but which can transfer itself from place to place if it is not tackled at its source . |
| 10 | Although the garden is not arranged to a precise colour scheme , Connie has strong views on colour , ‘ I ca n't be doing with strong , deep reds so I use them only in moderation . ’ |
| 11 | Such behaviour is not suited to a democratic socialist party of the 1990s . |
| 12 | The power to direct that the prohibition is not to apply to a refused application enables an applicant , whose application has been refused on grounds which are remediable or because of circumstances which are liable to change , tore-apply within a shorter period . |
| 13 | Indeed , the production of meaning is seen as an essential part of the activity of the text , and it is not subordinated to an ultimate signified . |
| 14 | Literature is not reduced to a spectral series of disembodied texts , but is seen to be a point of mediation in a developing dialectical process . |
| 15 | All activity is generated by the Mind in its normal waking or sleeping state which moves from one sensation to the next , and unlike the external senses which provide knowledge , Mind is not confined to a specific field of operation . |
| 16 | Perhaps its most important aspect is that it is not confined to a particular region . |
| 17 | In modern times [ h ] -dropping — like -in' for ( ing ) — is extremely widespread and well established : as we have noted above , it is not confined to a particular region ( as voicing of initial fricatives is , for example ) . |
| 18 | Each input-output tile has a 5mA drive capability and is not dedicated to a particular input-output pad . |
| 19 | These are designed to deal with the situations where , under the TALISMAN system , a certificate is not issued to a particular type of transferee , or the company is entitled to and does refuse to register a transfer . |
| 20 | The approach is not restricted to a clinical population , but has been used extensively in the commercial world particularly in the fields of sales and management . |
| 21 | There is no necessary link between tense and time ; it is likely in this instance that the use of the present tense is not restricted to a particular time ( which is the time of the utterance ) but refers rather to a " general " present . |
| 22 | The sale however is not restricted to an immediate outright sale of [ shareholder ] 's interest . |
| 23 | Post-punk criticism is still uneasy about music that is n't tied to a good intention or specific function , that is n't answerable to a community . |
| 24 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |
| 25 | Y'know it 's it 's one of these things that is n't confined to a particular region , is n't confined to a particular class or ethnic group or anything like that . |