Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | While different kinds of discrimination are not to be conflated , I believe there is something to be learned from homophobia about other kinds . |
| 2 | According to this account the formation of associations during pre-exposure and the loss of associability are not to be thought of as rival interpretations of latent inhibition . |
| 3 | TNT let-off CONTRACTORS who tried to demolish the former Brymbo steelworks melting shop with explosives without first obtaining the necessary council permission are not to be prosecuted . |
| 4 | George manages to convey that the arguments of a man who does n't know his desert are not to be relied upon . |
| 5 | ( 3 ) That on the taking of the said accounts and inquiry costs of and incidental to proceedings on an indemnity basis are not to be disallowed on the ground that an order has already been made for costs of and incidental to those proceedings to be taxed on a standard basis unless it should appear that in making the said order the court intended thereby to deprive the defendants of the right to add those costs or some part thereof to the mortgage security . |
| 6 | Technology is dedicated and therefore vast reductions in cost in the lifetime of a product are not to be expected . |
| 7 | The reader who returns frequently to the poem , and ( in the way of obsessive readers ) delights in noticing meanings potentially nestling within meanings , will begin to be persuaded , by and by , that these hints of battle and brutality are not to be ignored ; yet they remain no more than hints , shadows of meaning cast by a powerful text . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | These feelings must be taken into account if the common interests of both the producer and the consumer are not to be seen as being in conflict . |
| 10 | Alternating periods of flood and drought are not to the liking of any plant , certainly not to roses . |
| 11 | Surely that threatens the environment , and surely the Government 's proposals for removing the power of the House to make the final decision on railways means that the Government are not to be trusted with the environment . |
| 12 | True , the local history researcher is more likely to be pursuing investigations through source materials provided by Anglo-Saxon charters , medieval rolls , maps , land grants , muster documents and the like , but the uses of heraldry are not to be despised in the processes of rounding out historical themes . |
| 13 | From Cuba to Japan is a long leap , and the ‘ economic difficulties ’ of the largest ELT market in the world are not to be compared with those of other countries . |
| 14 | He did not concern himself with the business of creating such a society , only with the description of what it ought to be like : the actual propositions in the book are not to be taken literally , in other words , since he was offering only the ideal model of a better civilization . |
| 15 | The COB Rules make it clear that certain categories of client or counterparty are not to be treated as customers ; as a result , most COB rules will not apply . |
| 16 | Four thousand goose-grazing hours an acre are not to be bandied about lightly as a conversation stopper . |
| 17 | The rights of the individual are not to be violated in the name of some collective good , whether that good be the good of the ecosystem or the good of sentient life ( both human and nonhuman ) , and independently of whether these rights are violated ‘ humanely ’ or otherwise . |
| 18 | Methods that are simple in principle are not to be scorned , though they do not always turn out to be simple in practice . |
| 19 | the affairs of the target company are not to be hindered for an unreasonable time |
| 20 | For example , separate decisions need to be taken in relation to : ( 1 ) VAT registrationwhere , if the partners of the new office are not to be the same as those carrying on business at headquarters , separate registration will be required ; ( 2 ) preparation of accountswhere if separate accounts for each office are kept , with separate accounting dates ( which is a matter to be settled between the partners and the firm 's accountants and involves no breach of professional conduct whichever decision may be taken ) , accountants ' reports will have to be produced in respect of each office ; ( 3 ) identity of the partnerswhether the new office should be run as a separate partnership or as a branch office ; ( 4 ) investment business certificatesseparate certificates will be needed if there is not an identity of partners at all a firm 's offices . |
| 21 | Modern theorists of power have maintained the principle that the bases of political power are not to be found within the economic sphere — at least not in the economic sphere alone . |
| 22 | The standard wines from the estate are not to be sniffed at — or rather they repay careful nosing , especially the unusually ripe but fresh and balanced Pinot Blanc ( £5.49 ) , and the highly perfumed Muscat ( £6.99 ) . |