Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reserve requirements on banks will have to be standardized if some banks are not to suffer a competitive disadvantage . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't say anything — you 're not to say a single thing . |
| 3 | Poles had proved in 1830 – 1 that they posed a genuine threat to the unity of the empire , but Ukrainians were not to constitute a significant danger for decades . |
| 4 | He said you were n't to let a new dog off the lead until he had for six weeks |
| 5 | To be concerned simply for Jesus ' message , a message which anyone could have preached and which is now acknowledged quite independently of the person who preached it , is not to hold a Christian position . |
| 6 | The circle has to be broken if the Book Trade is not to miss a major opportunity for a logical , practical and lucrative diversification . |
| 7 | Obviously to say that an ontological existent qua possible topic of discourse is such that on different occasions it can be referred to as " the same A " is not to say a great deal unless a clarification is given of the distinction and the relationship between these two kinds of sameness . |
| 8 | Our purpose is not to define a basic library for you , but rather to suggest kinds of books which you might look for ; and our choice of texts is based primarily on their convenience as illustrations . |
| 9 | Individualised reformation as a dominant penal principle did not emerge here until the early part of the twentieth century , when positivist criminology was in the ascendant ( though , again , that is not to suggest a simple causal relation ) . |
| 10 | This is not to suggest a unilinear path of ever-increasing usage . |
| 11 | So the trick about invisibility is not to have a usual environment . ’ |
| 12 | I think that it 's important to recognize that to have a depressed mood is not to have a depressed illness |
| 13 | ‘ The tough thing for me is not to have a particular voice or gait for a part , to have to play a guy like John , who is close to me physically and in age and so on . |
| 14 | The purpose of this chapter is not to provide a detailed account of youth organizations , as their histories are easily available elsewhere . |
| 15 | But if the room is not to look a complete jumble you have to try to create distinct areas for relaxing , sleeping , eating and work . |
| 16 | Beset by illness — with Gooch himself the most damaging victim of the last few weeks — and bemused by Indian spin , England must pull themselves together if a bitterly disappointing tour is not to become a total disaster . |
| 17 | Its aim , he says , is not to become a commercial body but to point users towards products and technologies that support their interests . |
| 18 | My intention in this chapter is not to construct a systematic model of the properties of material culture in society , but rather to investigate through a series of illustrations the interaction between material culture and certain contextual dimensions , emphasizing the implications of the materiality of the object as symbol . |
| 19 | The intention here is not to construct a full history of the post-war period but it will be necessary to examine some of the main developments in the class/collectivity/political force relationships over the post-war years , even at a cost of some over-simplification , in order to establish a basis for the fuller discussion in the following chapter of these relationships under the Thatcher government . |
| 20 | In creating the conservation plan the Trust 's initial purpose was not to create a special reserve for rare species , but rather a haven for the common things of Nature which ought to be on any farm — meadow and hedgerow flowers and grasses , butterflies , dragonflies , lizards , frogs , newts , hedgerows and owls . |
| 21 | In its monumental form this was not to mark a grave but to be a prize in the games and other competitions at festivals in the great sanctuaries of Greece ; especially Olympia , where the games were traditionally founded in 776 B.C. and where most of the best of these vessels have been found dedicated . |
| 22 | It was stated at the beginning of this chapter that the objective was not to provide a comprehensive guide to international selling and exporting . |
| 23 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |
| 24 | MI6 's mistake was not to have a convincing cover story ready as soon as Crabb failed to return . |
| 25 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 26 | For most of the membership the purpose of doing so , however , was not to build a new political party , but to bring pressure to bear on the Government to conduct the war in a more radical spirit . |