Example sentences of "[not/n't] [pron] [prep] be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There were a lot of decisions made on the mainland — and she was not someone to be sat on . ’ |
| 2 | True , Rupert had proposed the match , and sent envoys a full year previously to treat for Blanche 's hand , and the alliance was not one to be despised . |
| 3 | The issue of the strength of the Government 's commitment to the process is not one to be kept until 1996 or 1998 , but must be faced by the Government now — not with devices to mollify the rival factions in the Conservative party , but with a determination to promote the opportunities for , and the living and working standards of , the people of this country . |
| 4 | Irving Layton is not one to be lost in a crowd . |
| 5 | Not one to be left out , and to bring 1990 to a good end , here goes — on , I will be marrying my fiancee , at Carmarthen Registry Office . |
| 6 | Both the Conservative and Labour parties appeared to draw the conclusion that it was an experience to be avoided , not one to be encouraged . |
| 7 | The sergeant was not one to be hurried or flustered . |
| 8 | She would have liked to have made the truth plain — that the feeling , though not one to be taken too seriously , was mutual . |
| 9 | This is not possible for everyone , and it is not something to be undertaken lightly , but it may be the only answer for some babies . |
| 10 | Marriage today is seen as a matter for the couples themselves and not something to be decided upon by members of some wider kinship grouping . |
| 11 | ‘ People generally believe in the efficacy of hospitals and the police and I would put the Church in that mould — not something to be revered or mystified . |
| 12 | ‘ It is not something to be rushed and we will not be in a position to make any announcement until towards the end of the week . ’ |
| 13 | What Good Friday and Easter Sunday stand for is not something to be taught as such but something which pupils with any understanding at all of Christianity would automatically acquire en route . |
| 14 | He concluded by saying that if you believe in God you have to find other ways to convince people that He exists , and that was not something to be discussed in this lesson . |
| 15 | Looking after a child is a full-time job , not something to be slotted in when you have a spare moment . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't know what you 've got planned , there , but a decent boys ' day school is not something to be entered into lightly , it 's a hell of a commitment , I mean I send mine to the local primary and hope for the best … |
| 17 | Given a positive backcloth , constructive and honest appraisal is a challenging process , not something to be feared . |
| 18 | In Umberto Eco 's novel , The Name of the Rose , the story of the conflict between a theological and a rational-scientific explanation of a series of murders in a monastery in the fourteenth century , Father Jorge , the self-appointed censor of heretical literature , preached that knowledge is not something to be furthered , only refined . |
| 19 | It is not something to be bestowed whimsically by a benevolent manager ( Earley and Fletcher-Campbell 1989:203 ) . |
| 20 | Increasingly , plants are seen as an integral part of any office complex and are not something to be considered only during a refurbishment or initial build . |
| 21 | Not something to be removed as quickly as possible so that all is decent again and the proper rituals of mourning can begin . |
| 22 | In a recent article in a Dutch newspaper ( NRC Handelsblad 25.3.92 ) , Keune was quoted as saying that the paint was ‘ an industrial product with good properties for objects which have to endure a lot of wear and tear , but that it was not something to be used in restorations . |
| 23 | Despite the myriad perversions emblazoned across Vivienne Westwood 's clothes for ‘ Sex ’ , Punk Rock 's concerns were not private but public : the Self here was amplified , in songs like ‘ I Wan na Be Me ’ , into a desperate assertion of individuality in a Burroughsian world of collapsing values and dehumanized sex , and the body was not something to be celebrated but — in songs like ‘ Bodies ’ , with its excoriation , ‘ I 'm not an animal ! ’ — objectified through fear . |
| 24 | The fact that a book is necessary to know Jesus is not something to be regretted . |
| 25 | ‘ There was n't owt to be done about it was there ? |
| 26 | The Transport Secretary said the huge increase in the number of cars on Britain 's roads was n't something to be deplored , but the sign of a prosperous economy . |
| 27 | Choosing a home is probably one of the most important decisions of your life and it is n't one to be rushed into lightly . |
| 28 | It has the result of making your notes illegible and unusable — for , after all , are n't they to be put into immaculate form later ? |
| 29 | Goodness knows why he 'd dragged her here — right in the middle of the day , for heaven 's sake ! — but there was n't anything to be gained by losing her temper . |
| 30 | ‘ There is n't anything to be done about it now . |