Example sentences of "[be] not [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are not to say that . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You are not to use that kind of language ! ’ |
| 3 | Above all , they are not to use any violence . |
| 4 | They informed the Headmaster in April that " the 39 Articles are not to form any part of the tuition of the Schools and are not to be enforced " . |
| 5 | When ‘ man ’ , ‘ stone ’ , or ‘ living creature ’ is said to be ‘ universal ’ , we are not to understand that ‘ man , stone ’ , etc. ever was or can be universal , but only that these words , ‘ living creature ’ , ‘ stone ’ , etc. , are universal names , that is , names common to many things . |
| 6 | Yeah , you 're not to smoke any more . |
| 7 | Hey I 've told you , you 're not to take that from the W D and all ! |
| 8 | He said we 're not to go any more on our own . |
| 9 | I 'm not to drink any more . |
| 10 | The result of this will probably be not to attempt any real fusion of the Parties but to get cooperation . |
| 11 | Indeed his fellows were not to see that cadet again . |
| 12 | On the night of 30 January they were not to reach this sought-after retreat without problems , for they had first to call at the Palace of Saint Cloud itself where on arrival they found the entire Imperial Household drawn up to receive them and , equally clearly , determined to stay to dinner . |
| 13 | In the last century , the form of the right was that the police were not to ask any questions of a detained person . |
| 14 | the rules were not to do that , the ships were n't supposed to stop because apparently the submarines sometimes lurked there |
| 15 | If it were not to do this , it would be no more than the futility of changing or avoiding the subject . |
| 16 | They emerged as the early leaders of the still embryonic search industry , but were not to maintain this dominance for very long . |
| 17 | Athelstan translated as he read aloud : ‘ Did God really say you were not to eat any of this tree in the garden ? ’ |
| 18 | From reception we could see girls walking around , although we were told by a very heavy officer that we were not to get any ideas that we could walk around freely . |
| 19 | The lessees were not to permit any employee to obtain any " settlement by virtue of the Poor Laws of the Township of Church Coniston by any act of them " ( the lessees ) . |
| 20 | But in this case , apart from his introduction , we were n't to see much of him . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , you were n't to expect that . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ We got beaten today by the slow early pace which made her too keen and , in hindsight , a pacemaker would have helped , but we were n't to know that . |
| 23 | ‘ You were n't to know this would happen , ’ she cried . |
| 24 | This is not to eliminate all problems in advance . |
| 25 | This is not to advocate that Nizan should be judged solely by criteria acceptable to Nizan individually or the communist party as a whole , but it is to put forward the idea that Nizan 's situation as a communist writer in interwar France needs to be given prominence in any assessment . |
| 26 | the other option of course is not to do that and to try and gain some experience erm m maybe voluntary for some of the time so that maybe I can then spend you know in another years time get a job which is a bit more relevant and I 'll be able to earn some money . |
| 27 | All the research shows that one of the best coping strategies is to let emotions out , and one of the worst is not to do that . |
| 28 | This is not to criticise any individual or group , but rather to highlight potential problems as , for example , where the involvement of individuals might be interpreted by others as exceeding their authority . |
| 29 | The generally accepted policy is not to treat these tumours unless they are detected in a very young patient . |
| 30 | The intention here is not to turn this essay , or indeed the panel to which it contributes , into yet another moaning session about the state of British higher education . |