Example sentences of "not [vb pp] to be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 2 | He had not intended to be so sharp but Cranston 's secretive arrival had unnerved him . |
| 3 | A third party right can not be revoked or modified by the parties if it is established that the right was not intended to be so revocable or modifiable without the third party 's consent . |
| 4 | Savory has a longer history than sage , though not considered to be as useful medicinally . |
| 5 | Although this is not considered to be very significant here , the improved measurement precision afforded by negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry over previous methods will exacerbate problems with 186 Os normalization , making a switch to 187 Os/ 188 Os desirable . |
| 6 | This broke the tradition whereby Presidential Addresses were not expected to be highly personal ; the convention was that the President reviewed the scientific developments in the past twelve months , usually appealed for more public support for research and education , and might indicate what avenues seemed most hopeful . |
| 7 | Women are not expected to be socially subservient to their husbands as was often the case even 50 years ago . |
| 8 | Starting at 14–1 and not expected to be fully fit after his long lay-off , he won easily . |
| 9 | Marxism is not seen to be particularly antagonistic to the rights of women , and several women attribute their general political consciousness to the education they received through the Party . |
| 10 | Since " murder " is a strong term and some killings are not seen to be as heinous as the archetypal murder case , the retention of a second form of criminal killing is probably a good idea . |
| 11 | They will suffer still more communication deprivation if ‘ uneconomical ’ public telephones are withdrawn from villages ; yet , sadly , in the early 1980s many rural public telephone boxes are being removed by British Telecommunications , in spite of campaigns to retain them , because they are not felt to be economically viable . |
| 12 | The incinerator is not thought to be exclusively responsible for the high local levels of dioxin . |
| 13 | In any case , the exact value of the time period — that is , the time during which the hose operates — is not thought to be particularly critical . |
| 14 | In North Yorkshire , Orkney and Wester Ross ( predominantly part-time ) this was not thought to be so important . |
| 15 | His conclusions were far reaching and , although the experimental evidence was sound , it was not thought to be sufficiently convincing to challenge the ideas about sympathin . |
| 16 | They were obviously delighted to be able to use Phoebe to prove their conviction that child stars burn out if they are not raised to be as dull as anyone else 's children . |
| 17 | From the results of this limited study , the system of DMR was not found to be overly time-consuming . |
| 18 | In addition , cuts in Via Rail services and reductions in other federal expenditures had not proved to be politically popular . |
| 19 | However , he is not presumed to be financially accountable for such decisions . |
| 20 | Private passions are not assumed to be a universal , biologically determined category ( they are of unknown origin , not assumed to be necessarily identical across different cultures ) . |
| 21 | A Planning Committee had been meeting weekly in 1969 , but the College had not wanted to be too rigid in imposing teaching methods . |
| 22 | General SVQs are not meant to be narrowly vocational — although I think the name may not be entirely helpful here . |
| 23 | These definitions are not meant to be academically accurate , but to describe the meanings generally intended . |
| 24 | Although he might perhaps have done better to observe Wittgenstein 's adage , ‘ Whereof one can not speak , thereon one must be silent ’ , one can not help regretting that he has not tried to be less vague about the nature of personal growth . |
| 25 | I have not loved to be very bold afore women , much more would I loathe to come into the hands of any living man , be he physician or surgeon . ’ |
| 26 | In other words the courts are not required to be so vigilant in his case as he is presumed to have negotiated the terms of his contract . |
| 27 | There were not many of us in the group to begin with , and so the issue of having two separate groups for lesbians and gay men was n't considered to be organizationally viable . |
| 28 | Charles Spencer said : ‘ There was no thought of exorcising a second time because my father was n't believed to be very ill . ’ |
| 29 | Women are n't encouraged to be as confident in themselves or as single-minded the way men are . |