Example sentences of "[am/are] not [noun pl] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | AI workers are , by and large , naive materialists and mechanists , and for them those are not positions to be justified , but simply assumptions that allow them to get on with the job of constructing mechanical analogues or simulations of ourselves , who are , in Minsky 's memorable phrase , ‘ meat machines ’ . |
| 2 | Identity , civil , political and social rights and duties , and civic virtue are not elements to be selected on a pick-and-mix basis for the convenience or advantage of a political party . |
| 3 | THE five-year-old boys and girls listen attentively as their teacher explains that men who live with men are not figures to be frightened of . |
| 4 | They are not alternatives to be balanced off against it . |
| 5 | When the mayor ordered the lobbyists standing round the side of the chamber to move into the public gallery , Cooper protested that they had every right to be there : ‘ They are not peasants to be roped in . ’ |
| 6 | These are not targets to be met and should not be the basis or a starting point for development plan policies . |