Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where this arises it is not possible to transfer to another holiday or to cancel without incurring normal cancellation charges ( see page 88 ) . |
| 2 | Whether or not this happened to any extent in Britain we can not know , but any hint of it would undoubtedly have started wild rumours , fired by imagination which always accompanies sexual matters . |
| 3 | I am not prepared to accede to that submission . |
| 4 | If the West is not careful to attend to such concerns , it could foster the fury that has not come . |
| 5 | But it was not easy to keep to this decision . |
| 6 | In their dinner jackets , glasses of brandy in their hands , they appeared not unlike an uncle and his nephew in their London club — not much to say to each other , but quite content . |
| 7 | Speaking after a visit to Orkney this week , Harry Garland , BASW Scottish convener , said it ‘ would only lead to further distress for all concerned , and is not likely to lead to any clarification of the issues ’ . |
| 8 | With the mass media now part of everyday life and with arguments about bias and balance commonplace , the modern British subject is not likely to succumb to some Saddam sucker punch thrown by the third party from the corner of the living room . |
| 9 | Now of course I 'm not supposed to admit to these things , being a professional , bo b before I do admit it them as I am going to I have to say that er on an average year er year we do about one thousand five hundred jobs and in that time there will probably be about three or four claimable accidents that we 'll have . |
| 10 | I had erm I was going to be representative of this committee at a erm safety seminar for three days at the beginning of this week that I was n't able to go to , and Councillor Kurtz has very kindly gone in my place , which is why she is not able to come to this meeting . |
| 11 | However , will the right hon. Gentleman accept from me , speaking as the Member of Parliament for Belfast , South , that those engaged in terrorism are not inclined to listen to such appeals , and that the security situation must be dealt with ? |
| 12 | It seeks , in place of the order made by the judge , an order declaring that the plaintiffs are not entitled to object to any items in the accounts , whether in respect of litigation costs or non-litigation costs , on the ground that the costs are unreasonable in amount unless the court has deprived the first defendant , as mortgagee , of the relevant costs . |