Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [vb pp] to [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is , however , that state radio stations are not intended to be used for the purpose of broadcasting beyond state frontiers ; indeed , it was decided in 1978 to forbid these stations from using short wave transmitters with sufficient power to reach other states . |
| 2 | They say their findings are not intended to be taken as predictions , rather as snapshots of public opinion at a particular time ( though they are quick to claim credit when their ‘ snapshots ’ coincide with the final result ) . |
| 3 | The programs given in this manual are for demonstration and learning purposes ; they are not intended to be taken and used as working programs without modification to suit your needs . |
| 4 | Thus reports from social services and the medical service and probation service reports are not bound to be disclosed . |
| 5 | Some premises are not given to be divided and therefore an absolute prohibition on subletting or charging of part may be appropriate and acceptable . |
| 6 | But with either system , the same crops are not allowed to be sowed for more than one year in four so that any soil disease is not perpetuated . |
| 7 | The alabaster relief , along with four panels , School of Valencia , depicting scenes from the life of St Ursula ( expected to realise Pta60 million ; £341,000 ; $579,500 ) are not allowed to be exported . |
| 8 | Because it is the convention that second reading is concerned only with general principle of the bill , textual amendments are not allowed to be proposed at this stage . |
| 9 | Japanese Gardens are not designed to be absorbed as a whole , but as a series of harmonious elements that can nevertheless be appreciated in isolation . |
| 10 | Features of the first type are almost universally found in adult speech to children , but in general they are not found to be associated with variation in the children 's rate of learning ( Newport , Gleitman and Gleitman , 1977 ; Cross , 1978 ; Ellis , 1978 ) . |
| 11 | the elimination of parts of a photograph or other original that are not required to be printed . |
| 12 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |
| 13 | Consequently , in the absence of any flight recorders ( they are not required to be carried in smaller private aircraft ) the reconstruction of the flight path is that much more difficult . |
| 14 | The very rigid structure looks tedious and clumsy to us humans , but we are not meant to be reading it . |
| 15 | Nevertheless , such fictions are not meant to be taken literally , for it can be dangerous to indulge the Gothic imagination in ordinary life , as Catherine learns to her cost at Northanger Abbey . |
| 16 | They are not meant to be listened to . |
| 17 | The early efforts are not meant to be marked on promise alone ; yet it is hard not to do that . |
| 18 | Teachers who are not deemed to be attached to London Training are always welcome at £2.50 per day . |
| 19 | Q.Ts. wishing to attend a course to which they are not deemed to be attached may also attend on a daily basis at £2.50 per session . |
| 20 | The report 's contents are not expected to be damaging to the government . |
| 21 | ‘ The effects of the Chancellor 's Budget are not expected to be felt in the local economy for some time . ’ |
| 22 | Luxury German car-makers such as Mercedes and BMW are not expected to be panicked into price increases . |
| 23 | Under Ugandan law , those charged with treason are not permitted to be granted bail for at least 480 days . |
| 24 | It is often ‘ security considerations ’ — fears about security and control — which exacerbate the physical conditions of prisoners ; for example , they may be left for 23 hours a day in their cells because they are not trusted to be let out without a high degree of staff-intensive supervision . |
| 25 | The two events are not thought to be connected . |
| 26 | These select committees were not intended to be tied to producing particular reports , but were to collect information and let the House and the public know what disputes were going on and what agreements were being reached within ministries , between them and between civil servants and outside pressure groups . |
| 27 | Many were recovered from dark caves and rock crevices where they were not intended to be seen by mortal eyes . |
| 28 | Linda 's photos — taken in Paul 's early heady years of fatherhood — were not intended to be published at the time . |
| 29 | This difference in treatment between pre- and post-petition assignments is so stark that the inevitable conclusion is that pre-petition assignments were not intended to be outlawed . |
| 30 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |