Example sentences of "n't the [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't the clue to a murder usually found in part of the victim 's past , or his dealings with people ? |
| 2 | Now I think this came around , about , because you get the , the people , the women who want to wear fashionable clothes , it 's getting broader and broader and we 're sort of expanding downwards as it were , so you get women who have enough money to buy the material , to buy patterns , who have the skill to make dresses , but have n't the money to actually get a dressmaker to do it for them . |
| 3 | He is n't the type to be tied down , even by the flimsiest of bonds . |
| 4 | The Cabinet did behave as a Cabinet and although I said earlier about the Treasury being forced to disgorge information when the DEA existed , that was n't the case to the same extent in 1976 . |
| 5 | You have n't the guts to be a real doctor . |
| 6 | That is n't the way to be sorry for people — to make them conspicuous . |
| 7 | I ai n't the sort to be taken for granted , and I sure as hell do n't want to be someone 's fancy woman . ’ |
| 8 | A scheme to slow down traffic in the area has already been agreed by the County Council , but Chairman of the District Council , Ken Hall , says ‘ this is n't the end to all the problems ’ . |
| 9 | He was still barely conscious and had n't the energy to be anything but himself . |
| 10 | I have n't the answer to what an acceptable level of membership fee is but I 'm certain an ever increasing rate will never generate a party of mass membership . |
| 11 | Even when she looked up and saw the half mortals approaching from the forest , she had n't the strength to be afraid . |
| 12 | It was n't the time to be playing silly games . |
| 13 | But with United still bottom of the Second Division and staring relegation in the face , the editor of the club 's fanzine says this is n't the time to be selling star players . |