Example sentences of "we are not [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We are not here to sort out the world 's problems ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ There is a great public demand for information on food and nutrition — and we are not here to sell a particular line , ’ he said . |
| 3 | ‘ Surely , Sir John , we are not here to discuss the mysterious death of a piglet ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ No , we are not here to discuss the death of a pig but the murder of a priest , Richard Waldegrave ! ’ |
| 5 | We are not here to have a good time . ’ |
| 6 | Chairman of the bench Lawrie Wild told vociferous protesters : ‘ We are not here to hear your objections , we are here to look at the site . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Dr. Briant , let me tell you here and now that we are not here to make judgments . |
| 8 | We are not only to include pleasures and pains liable to be produced by an action in estimating its rightness or wrongness , but pleasures and pains liable to be prevented by it . |