Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] [prep] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is essential that the modern Labour Party should not be in hock to the unions . |
| 2 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 3 | The only greenbelt erm er in North Yorkshire er is the is is the West Yorkshire statutory greenbelt in the Western part er of Selby District Council , but the area of land the area of search that we have defined as about er ten miles would not take in any er would not be of relevance to the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 4 | Now , as he started making notes to put the Great Idea into more concrete form , he proposed a paper that would be only ‘ quasi-revolutionary ’ and therefore have a wider appeal , and ‘ non-sectarian ’ , so it would not be in hock to one particular sect or group . |
| 5 | Surely such a creature can not be of use to us ? ’ |