Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 2 | if they 're told not to or whether they 're allowed to . |
| 3 | ‘ Others take my beers even if they 're warned not to — they sometimes put them on the bar without pump clips . ’ |
| 4 | They all paid a fortune to come on this trip and they 're entitled not to be upset . ’ |
| 5 | I it does n't speak very highly if I may say so Group Captain , for R A F discipline if what you 're telling me and telling the committee that you think that pilots should be using this facility , would be using this facility when they 're ordered not to . |
| 6 | We are told not to ‘ waste time ’ in our inner world when we should be paying attention to the Russian Revolution or the wildlife of Tasmania . |
| 7 | The genes in question seem to be very similar in prokaryotes which in other respects are not very alike , and which are thought not to be closely related . |
| 8 | I can write to the hon. Gentleman with the figures , but the majority of arrivals from Vietnam who are screened are found not to be refugees . |
| 9 | The British Government has agreed that Vietnamese who are found not to be refugees should be returned to Vietnam . |
| 10 | In general , clients are known not to be able to articulate all their requirements and expectations . |
| 11 | It is assumed that these are linked not to profit maximisation , but depend on the size of the enterprise . |
| 12 | I wish you all Long Life — I 'm devastated not to be there and am scribbling this in haste in my dressing room . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm beginning not to be surprised . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm trying not to be unkind but I doubt whether he has the requirements for international football and I would n't be surprised if he 's missing from next week 's squad . |
| 15 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 16 | I 'm trying not to really drink . |
| 17 | With asexual reproduction of diploids , mutation reduces mean fitness by a factor exp ( -2 U ) , where U is the total number of deleterious mutations per haploid genome per generation , and mutations are assumed not to be completely recessive . |
| 18 | The dominance of the behavioural approach has led to the equating of need with willingness to pay or expressed demand … [ but ] a by-product of behaviour-based transport planning is that individuals who do not show ‘ demand ’ for movements are assumed not to ‘ need ’ to move |
| 19 | The police are directed not to the Polytechnique , but to a nearby student residence , and do not arrive at the Polytechnique until nearly twenty minutes past five . |
| 20 | Since the termites are responding not to magnetism but to heat , they build accordingly . |
| 21 | The natural effort of hearers and readers alike is to attribute relevance and coherence to the text they encounter until they are forced not to . |
| 22 | But that will not settle the trickiest question : whether those republics which are determined not to be part of the Soviet Union will be allowed their independence , or whether they will be kept in by force . |
| 23 | ‘ We are determined not to be beaten by whoever did this . ’ |
| 24 | But the 90-strong band of pensioners are determined not to be down hearted and they have redoubled their fund raising efforts . |
| 25 | RAY WILKINS and Queen 's Park Rangers are determined not to be shouldered out of the Premier League title race . |
| 26 | Kirkley , who will have his contract paid up , said : ‘ I am trying not to be bitter . |
| 27 | I intend to start alterations in spring and am determined not to be thwarted by cancer ( far less , the mere lack of money ) . |
| 28 | Note : In the answer below these are assured not to be included in the stock of goods for resale on the shelves . |
| 29 | Not withstanding that these Heads of Agreement are headed ‘ Subject to Contract ’ and are expressed not to be legally binding , all parties agree as a legally binding commitment that they will treat in absolute confidence the terms of this agreement and discussions in general . |
| 30 | Notwithstanding that these Heads of Agreement are headed ‘ Subject to Contract ’ and are expressed not to be legally binding , the parties agree as a legally binding commitment that they will treat , unless required by law or regulatory authority , in absolute confidence all terms of this agreement , the purchase and sale agreement and discussions in general . |