Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] 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 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ We are determined not to be beaten by whoever did this . ’ |
| 19 | But the 90-strong band of pensioners are determined not to be down hearted and they have redoubled their fund raising efforts . |
| 20 | RAY WILKINS and Queen 's Park Rangers are determined not to be shouldered out of the Premier League title race . |
| 21 | I intend to start alterations in spring and am determined not to be thwarted by cancer ( far less , the mere lack of money ) . |
| 22 | Note : In the answer below these are assured not to be included in the stock of goods for resale on the shelves . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |