Example sentences of "not a man to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was not a man to be taunted into action ; his function was to eject troublemakers . |
| 2 | Rufus soon regretted his indiscretion — Admiral Greave , not a man to be trifled with , cast him adrift on the planet Killey to collect rare and valuable crystals found on the surface . |
| 3 | Georgi Kirov was not a man to be overtly optimistic . |
| 4 | Mr Stenholm , not a man to be underestimated , presented his proposals for new cuts on May 18th . |
| 5 | Buxton was not a man to be deterred by the shipowners ' protestations that the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union was not only unrepresentative of seamen but would fail " to command support in the event of a decision of a conciliation board which did not secure the immediate approval of the persons affected " . |
| 6 | He was not a man to whom gracious speech came easily and his cheeks , roughened and weathered by years of riding on the open moor , twitched as he sought for words . |
| 7 | Tamburlaine is not a man to be dealt with lightly , because if he says something , he means it . |
| 8 | Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff , not a man to be seduced by charm alone , thought rather little of " Diffugere nives " , coupling it with another poem , the twelfth ode of the fourth book , and dismissing the pair alike as Frühlingslieder ( " unremarkable spring songs " ) , which Goethe , " " , ( " only remind us , like Goethe of old , " " and if time goes swiftly by , the seasons come again " " ) ( 1913 ) . |