Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] not to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | With asexual reproduction of diploids , mutation reduces mean fitness by a factor exp ( -2 U ) , where U is the total number of deleterious mutations per haploid genome per generation , and mutations are assumed not to be completely recessive . |
| 2 | In general , clients are known not to be able to articulate all their requirements and expectations . |
| 3 | Cheddington is determined not to be one of those . |
| 4 | If these tests are all negative , the chemical is presumed not to be mutagenic . |
| 5 | Some embody traditional notions of justice , such as the rule that a statute is presumed not to be retrospective ( except in procedural matters ) . |
| 6 | Lucenzo 's dark eyes flickered in warning but Meredith was determined not to be intimidated . |
| 7 | He was taken to Airedale General Hospital , Keighley , where his condition was said not to be serious . |
| 8 | Although the Commissioners are committed not to be swayed by the national interests of their own countries , it is clear that Sir Leon Brittan , the Competition Commissioner , has come up against stiff opposition from his colleagues when he has investigated anti-competitive behaviour in some of their countries , most recently over his veto of the Franco-Italian takeover of De Havilland in October 1991 . |
| 9 | This is illustrated by Grenfell v EB Meyrowitz Ltd [ 1936 ] 2 All ER 1313 , where the defendants were held not to be in breach of s13 when they supplied goggles of " safety glass " which subsequently had acquired a technical meaning and the goggles conformed to this design ( see R v Ford Motor Co [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1220 as to the meaning in the motor trade of a " new " car ) . |
| 10 | Raven Thomson was deemed not to be insulting when he said at Bethnal Green in March 1937 that he had the utmost contempt for the Jews and that they were ‘ the most miserable type of humanity , ’ but an Inspector Jones was overruled when he reported that Mick Clarke had used no inflammatory language at the same venue in June 1937 , when other police shorthand notes stated that Clarke had called the Jews ‘ greasy Scum ’ and ‘ the lice of the earth ’ . |
| 11 | The intoximeter was found not to be working properly and the custody officer notified the defendant that , pursuant to section 7(3) ( b ) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 , an alternative specimen of either blood or urine , at the choice of the officer , would be required . |
| 12 | Some of these regulations may not promote efficiency but be justified on paternalistic grounds : workers are held not to be the best judges of their own interests and so are prevented by law from taking risks they would voluntarily undertake for money . |
| 13 | He said , referring to the contents of a mortgage deed : " If their purpose and nature is found not to be ancillary to the lending of money upon security , as , for example , to make the lending more profitable or safer , but some quite independent purpose , they may and should be independently scrutinised " ( ie subject to the restraint of trade doctrine ) . |
| 14 | In all the provisions there are exception clauses : an obligation can be revoked or modified only with consent ‘ unless it is established they had otherwise agreed ’ ; assent shall be presumed ‘ so long as the contrary is not indicated ’ ; a right may not be revoked or modified ‘ if it is established that the right was intended not to be revocable ’ . |
| 15 | Born on April Fool 's Day 1809 , young Robert was destined not to be baptised until he was 13 years old ; his sister Elizabeth , the next of Ben and Elizabeth 's little brood , was similarly left unbaptised until six years after her birth in 1811 . |
| 16 | It would have driven every other landlady to distraction but Wilson was determined not to be bested . |
| 17 | Moreover , these variations were found not to be fully explained by differences in either the kind of offences with which each court had to deal , or the offenders coming before them . |
| 18 | Most of all , The Lord of the Rings is felt not to be true to ‘ the fundamental character of reality ’ , not to mirror ‘ an adult experience of the world ’ , not to portray ‘ an emotional truth about humanity ’ . |
| 19 | Competition in the professions was thought not to be in the public interest because of the specialised and personal nature of the services provided , which often affect the health , safety and well-being of the public . |
| 20 | It was so held in , among other cases , JCC ( A Minor ) v Eisenhower [ 1984 ] QB 331 ( DC ) , where a ruptured blood vessel was held not to be a wound . |
| 21 | ’ William Whiteley Ltd. v. The King ( 1909 ) 101 L.T. 741 is a further case where a claimant was held not to be entitled to recover payments which were not legally due . |
| 22 | RAY WILKINS and Queen 's Park Rangers are determined not to be shouldered out of the Premier League title race . |
| 23 | However , on the facts the plaintiff failed to establish a breach of such duty to take care and E. Lacon & Co. were held not to be liable to the plaintiff . |
| 24 | Prosecutions for water pollution more than doubled between 1981 and 1988 , while an additional 40 beaches were found not to be complying with EC standards in 1990 — making a total of 20% of all British beaches . |
| 25 | But Dalglish is determined not to be left behind for want of class and numbers when the going gets tough . |
| 26 | But Dalglish is determined not to be left behind for want of class and numbers when the going gets tough . |
| 27 | By a somewhat artificial rule , a servant who receives a thing from his master for the master 's use is deemed not to be in possession of it , though the contrary is true where he receives it from a stranger for the master 's use . |
| 28 | But Jennifer was determined not to be overawed by this thinly severe lady . |
| 29 | But Jennifer was determined not to be drawn , and another long silence followed . |
| 30 | Clinton is said not to be seeking revenge , but others in his Administration are bitter . |