Example sentences of "[am/are] not [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I call this an alternative theory because it seems obvious to me that the committee did think that clause 12 was necessary — and I am not simply referring to the definition of ‘ deception . ’ |
| 2 | I am not about to confess to Rosenbloom how and why I missed that part of the story . |
| 3 | It is often given solo passages to play , and its tone is so intrinsically striking that entirely unaccompanied phrases are not infrequently allotted to it . |
| 4 | First , on a point of detail , people are not automatically entitled to six months ' social security . |
| 5 | The influence of Kant 's aesthetic theory on the forgoing of immediate pleasure is clear and explicit ; Simmel states that ‘ We desire objects only if they are not immediately given to us for our use and enjoyment ; that is , to the extent that they resist our desire ’ ( 1978 : 66 ) . |
| 6 | Lastly , the sub-district or neighbourhood network comprises connections to buildings that are not immediately connected to the district or city network , together with typical neighbourhood links . |
| 7 | We are concerned with people , some of whom are men and some women , and the cognitive differences between them are not easily traced to their gender . |
| 8 | For many people , some sexual failure , temporary or otherwise , is made worse by the immense current cultural emphasis on passionate sex being the ‘ be all and end all ’ , with the implication of failure if they are not easily roused to orgasm regardless of what else is going on in their lives . |
| 9 | Running through much of the public debate on voluntary organisations , and not entirely absent from the Wolfenden Report , is the confusion between a non-statutory organisation that provides services and can have significant or even total support from state funds , and the notion of voluntary donations of time or money , which are not exclusively given to non-statutory bodies . |
| 10 | This suggests that there are many language structures that are not exclusively attached to any one domain , and that the only way to provide a collocation dictionary that is sufficiently flexible and comprehensive is to process as large and varied a corpus as possible . |
| 11 | ‘ It shall be the duty of every self-employed person to conduct his undertaking in such a way as to ensure , so far as is reasonably practicable , that he and other persons ( not being his employees ) who may be affected thereby are not thereby exposed to risks to their health or safety . ’ |
| 12 | Sports Centres are fine places for the active-minded public but they are not particularly suited to our Rallies , so Aldercine Hodson planned a special Sunday afternoon feature at Putteridge Recreation Centre , near Luton . |
| 13 | Second , it may be that earnings are not intrinsically related to capacity , N i , but rather that there is a partially random screening process for a given earnings distribution . |
| 14 | However , in certain areas ( namely Law , Medicine , Veterinary Medicine and Nursing Studies ) there is a minimum age for entry and for Law and Medicine offers are not normally made to S5 candidates . |
| 15 | The press are not normally allowed to be present during chambers applications . |
| 16 | Remember that minor accidents not involving injury are not normally reported to the police . |
| 17 | Attention will be focused on young people who are not normally considered to be at risk in terms of drug misuse . |
| 18 | Individual tasks are not clearly related to whole projects , or the overall goals of the organisation , owing to specialisation of work . |
| 19 | It should be noted also that many sociologists would argue-particularly Goode , for example ( Goode , 1970 ) — that these changes are not simply confined to Britain and the United States but are taking place throughout the world , although at different paces and starting from different points . |
| 20 | ‘ British Gas will ensure as far as reasonably practicable that the goods and services which it procures are not inherently damaging to the environment during their use or disposal . |
| 21 | Meals-on-wheels are not generally provided to disabled people on the grounds that they can not afford to eat ; rather they are provided because they need assistance to prepare a meal , and providers find it more convenient to meet this need by providing the meal itself . |
| 22 | In special libraries , which are not generally attached to educational institutions , this situation does not obtain , and therefore the concept of user education may seem inappropriate . |
| 23 | Weeping trees are often associated with water , but from the foregoing one can appreciate that they are not generally suited to poolside planting . |
| 24 | The Ghanaian novelist , Kwasi Armah , gave the title The Beautiful Ones Are Not Yet Born to a novel he published in 1969 . |
| 25 | ‘ They are not yet accustomed to him ’ , and he added prophetically , ‘ … but you will see later on , they 'll all want Modigliani , and in the meantime he has no money and he suffers … |
| 26 | However , there is little doubt that people are not yet accustomed to the idea of paying fees and are tempted to avoid it even when the final result may be better . |
| 27 | ‘ It is very early days and a lot of people are not yet used to the new system , ’ said Mr Docherty . |
| 28 | The non-crystalline , that is the amorphous cellulose , has no mechanism for protecting its hydroxyls from moisture , since most of them are not firmly attached to their neighbours , and so they pick up a shell , round each hydroxyl , of any water molecules which are available . |
| 29 | The effects of the tax are not however limited to the price system , and of particular interest is the effect on employment . |
| 30 | The other districts have had plenty of opportunity to say so but they have not and I believe that can be taken that they are not favourably disposed to a new settlement within their district , regardless of whether they 're in favour of the principle of it . |