Example sentences of "[be] not [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not our purpose to review these initiatives , merely to point out that this has been the single most important factor responsible for the change in budgetary climate in local government in recent years . |
| 2 | Paragraph , of course this seed is still in Christchurch New Zealand and it is not our intention to bring any forward to the U K at this time . |
| 3 | It is not your ability to diet that is in question . |
| 4 | Erm , and it is not my intention to implement that minute at the moment , because I think it relates purely to a London situation . |
| 5 | But it is not my intention to rehabilitate this theory , or to suggest that it is allegorically preferable to current theories of sexual difference . |
| 6 | It 's not their business to make such inquiries , to put thoughts into children 's minds . ’ |
| 7 | He 's behaving civil and I , that 's not my form to do that . |
| 8 | you know you send a form back that says we teach careers lessons , immediately you 're told , right you can stop doing that , that 's not your job to do that . |
| 9 | ‘ Our ’ health visitor was not going to be there after all because it was not her turn to do this session . |
| 10 | She considered approaching him and asking if it might be possible for them to spend more time together , but the difference of nine years in their age put her in awe of him still , and she decided it was not her place to make such suggestions . |
| 11 | Difficult to know how much children knew about the facts of life these days , and anyway it was n't her business to enlighten this one . |