Example sentences of "not [adj] to be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had clearly learned a thing or two from his family 's entrepreneurship , and was not willing to be confined to any form of anonymity such as overtook some would-be poets . |
| 2 | Cheap counterfeit copies are not likely to be made to the safety standards of the real thing . |
| 3 | Crimes among criminals are not likely to be reported to the police for obvious reasons . |
| 4 | She refused to give her name because in her job she was not supposed to be speaking to newspapers . |
| 5 | While I agree that orders made under section 6(2) and section 61(1) must be restricted to their proper restitutionary purpose , it is not , in my opinion , right to emasculate the restitutionary remedy available against persons ‘ knowingly concerned ’ on the ground that they are not liable to be subjected to compensatory remedies . |
| 6 | Her various leadership positions had already given her opportunity to meet people of power and influence , but she was not so blase that she was n't delighted to be going to Buckingham Palace . |