Example sentences of "be not [verb] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | In retrospect , perhaps his greatest mistake since the coup was not to call elections to parliament and guarantee himself a more liberal body . |
| 32 | Wheeler , who in the past had been unprepared for much in life , was not leaving placement to chance . |
| 33 | The purpose , he says , ‘ was not to give succour to the victims of harassment , but to polarise the ethnic minorities and the police . ’ |
| 34 | Prussia 's pre-eminence was institutionalised in that the King of Prussia was ex-officio the chairman of the Bundesrat , but this was only as titular Head of State , not head of government : in all matters Bismarck was keen to stress the federal , decentralised aspects of the constitution , both to reassure the smaller states that they were not being swallowed up and also to convince Prussia that she was not losing sovereignty to the supranational authority either . |
| 35 | The entry clearance officer ( ECO ) said he was not satisfied that the primary purpose of Mr Hussain 's intended marriage was not to obtain admittance to the UK . |
| 36 | A solicitor , engaged by the parents to ask these children their views before the Hearing on 5 March , was not allowed access to them . |
| 37 | But if that man Reagan was n't sending bullets to the army , we would n't be in this situation . |
| 38 | He was n't high and he was n't drunk and he was n't delivering chocolates to his lady-love . |