Example sentences of "[be] [not/n't] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’
2 ‘ It means , Sir ‘ I am not away to stay away , I am not away to leave you , I am not away to stay away , I shall always come back to see you . ’
3 ‘ We are not here to sort out the world 's problems ! ’
4 Retirement benefits are not enough to live on , so nearly 2 million pensioners have to claim income support .
5 From a commercial point of view , there are not enough to go round .
6 When there are not enough to go round ?
7 From the pupils ' perspective they are not there to accept passively any offensive action on the part of the teachers merely because they are pupils .
8 ‘ We are told there just are n't enough to go around , but surely youngsters like that should get priority after the Irish League and B Division .
9 We were not there to look pretty at all .
10 The counsellor 's task is not just to understand only one facet of the counsellee 's life , but to know something about the totality .
11 Your aim , though , is not simply to lose as much weight as you can in as short a time as possible .
12 Their task is not simply to carry out a paperwork exercise .
13 Naturally , to embark on such a step is not necessarily to succeed immediately in realising it .
14 The purpose of this book is not only to show how threats to our heritage can be successfully resisted but also to suggest ways of putting forward constructive alternatives .
15 But of course it is not enough to point out that such claims can be made implicitly .
16 It is not enough to talk generally about reverence and respect any longer .
17 For example , it is not enough to talk simply in terms of the 103 ; the 103.2 , which formed part of a British system that we recommended in August 1985 was a completely different design from the present 103/4 .
18 The number of foreign soldiers who may be sent to watch over them — probably less than a battalion per enclave , except in the Sarajevo area — is not enough to stop even a half-serious attack .
19 In these circumstances I think it clear , given the diversity of immunities and of the policies underlying them , that it is not enough to ask simply whether Parliament can have intended to abolish a long-standing right of silence .
20 It is not enough to say merely ‘ I accuse . ’
21 It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply .
22 It is not enough to switch off at the mains supply or at the project 's on/off switch .
23 It is not enough to bring in an employee assistance programme if the company fails to face up to its own part in stress mismanagement .
24 But that one painted notice is not enough to make up for the shabby doors , scruffy brickwork , and grimy frosted glass .
25 An American poet , Carolyn Kizer , says that in the arts ‘ it is not enough to have just great personalities .
26 It is not enough to have only one of these criteria in common .
27 So it 's all about sharing things out and it gets into this sort of fractions when we get when there 's not enough to go round and we have to start cutting things up cutting the pizza up .
28 But I mean , surely i if there 's not enough to go round then those that need it most should get most ?
29 It 's not enough to know how to speak the lines .
30 These days it 's not enough to send out the invite and hope they reply .
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