Example sentences of "[pron] will [not/n't] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Louise , ’ her mother burst out in irritation , ‘ I will not be dictated to by that lot up at the Mansion . |
| 2 | If the hon. Lady or Puffin Books can show that the use of the puffin symbol contravenes the text that I quoted from the 1986 voluntary agreement , without being bound by court procedures and legal niceties and technicalities , we have a system deliberately designed to be sufficiently flexible to allow action to be taken and new barriers which will not be allowed to be broken . |
| 3 | The rationale of treatment should be explained fully , reassuring the patient that she will not be confined to bed , subjected to high doses of drugs , or isolated from her family and friends . |
| 4 | ‘ Because , Colonel , we will not be dictated to , certainly not by blackmailers with bombs in their hands — ‘ |
| 5 | The initial verb + noun phrase combination shows in essence a property word extended by an entity word , and it therefore remains a ( complex ) property ; the adjective then further extends this property ; but because it is an adjective rather than an adverb , its own property is understood as applicable to the entity identified by the noun phrase , with the important reservation , demanded by the intensional structure , that it will not be applied to it unconditionally but only insofar as that entity stands in relation to the verb which accompanies it . |
| 6 | The product will initially be available for FDDI only , but according to Mike Patricks , DEC 's wide area networking marketing manager , the switch is capable of accepting an Asynchronous Transfer Mode module , and its multi-switching capability means that it will not be limited to one device . |
| 7 | That will be organised through the Western European Union and it will not be subordinated to the European Community . |
| 8 | It buys minority stakes , usually of less than 10% , and stresses that the stake is friendly — that is , it will not be sold to a hostile bidder . |
| 9 | He fulfils the role of second son quite adequately in my view , and I trust he will not be summoned to a higher station in life . |