Example sentences of "[pron] are not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fashion is represented by photographs by Bruce Weber which are not to do with selling clothes but with creating a style — which is , in other pictures , harnessed to fashion . |
| 2 | To eliminate these defects we must remove the reference to inference and tighten up the relation specified between the false beliefs and the true justified ones which are not to count as knowledge . |
| 3 | Throughout tonight you are not to leave your patient unless you are properly relieved . |
| 4 | It means you are not to use people , does n't it ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You are not to use that kind of language ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Now if anything be certain it is this , that where there are general words in a later Act capable of reasonable and sensible application without extending them to subjects specifically dealt with by earlier legislation , you are not to hold that earlier and special legislation indirectly repealed , altered , or derogated from merely by force of such general words , without any indication of a particular intention to do so . |
| 7 | You are not to fall for him , and that 's an order ! ’ |
| 8 | The first review must take place within 24 hours , and preferably within 12 hours if you are not to spend a lot of time later in resurrecting the item and trying to remember it . |
| 9 | It may be a boundary drawn for the toddler 's safety ( ‘ You are not to go out of the front gate ’ ) ; it may be to do with the teenager 's wellbeing ( ‘ You do an hour 's homework ’ or ‘ You have to tell me who you 're out with and where you 'll be ’ ) . |
| 10 | You are not to go . |
| 11 | ‘ Harry you are not to go near that cottage not even of going near it — and I can read your thoughts by now . |
| 12 | I reckon the nuns beat her you are not to go out with boys ! |
| 13 | Diniz , you are not to take part in this feud . |
| 14 | You are not to smoke |
| 15 | You are not to say that . ’ |
| 16 | You are not to engage , I repeat , not to engage . ’ |
| 17 | The amphiuma , from the same part of the world , still possesses all four of its limbs but they are so minuscule that you have to look very carefully if you are not to miss them . |
| 18 | ‘ He said to tell you he was working hard on the unknown numbers , and you are not to put yourself in danger of arrest . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And you are not to call me cara ? |
| 20 | When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry ’ ( Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang-up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . |
| 21 | You are not to concern yourself with them at all . ’ |
| 22 | She put her basket down on the pavement , held on to the woman with one arm , pulled on the man 's huge arm with the other , said to him firmly , if more than a little fearfully , ‘ No , you are not to touch her again . |
| 23 | Now to the Muses : I do n't call them to fortify my Walls against Wealth itself , but against Wealth in such a Shape as we had then described ; and you are not to think , that Poets , who love Ease and Pleasure , and the most gay Delights of Life , should hate the only Means of obtaining it |
| 24 | ‘ You are not to think of making do with a collation on Ash Wednesday ’ , he said to me . |
| 25 | Also , you will need to be particularly careful with your diet if you are not to suffer from fatigue . |
| 26 | All these are important matters for you to take into account if you are not to become embroiled in their , probably very old , business together . |
| 27 | I am sure you are not to blame for the iniquitous nature of this wretched will . ’ |
| 28 | Whatever happens , you are not to blame . ’ |
| 29 | When Jesus says to his disciples , ‘ You are not to set your mind on food or drink ; you are not to worry ’ ( Luke 12:29 — the only New Testament use of the word ) , he is saying that God 's care for us as Father means that food and drink are not to be a hang-up , an occasion for doubt and anxiety which constantly keeps us up in the air . |
| 30 | ‘ But , ’ warned Kingsley ( and these are his concluding words ) ‘ remember always that this is all a fairy tale , and only fun and , therefore , you are not to believe a word of it , even if it is true . ’ |