Example sentences of "not [verb] to be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The senior partner , Mr Alan Vickers , has been with the firm for 40 years but still can not claim to be the longest-serving member of staff . |
| 2 | If so , it would only have increased his feeling of vulnerability and awkwardness for , until he had come to recognize that he was not going to be the greatest poet of the age after Yeats , Lewis was always hostile to poets . |
| 3 | I do n't want to be the best , I just want a reasonable amount |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't want to be the biggest player in all of the local markets , that 's a false God to chase . |
| 5 | Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment . |
| 6 | To which could be added that you do n't need to be the best to be top , if the ballerina Lyudmila Semenyaka is to be believed . |
| 7 | According to RBIC Managing Director , Norman Paterson , Businessure does n't claim to be the cheapest scheme on the market but it is competitive , provides wide cover , and has an efficient delivery system . |
| 8 | It 's a new technology , but it does n't have to be the best technology … ‘ |
| 9 | Wilko does n't seem to be the smartest when it comes to totting up transfer prices ! |