Example sentences of "to [be] [vb pp] [conj] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tone compelling difficulties to be faced and not evaded . |
| 2 | The first merely points out the difficulties with scepticism ; the internalist would accept this and say that these difficulties have to be faced and not ignored . |
| 3 | if defendant had paid into court and plaintiff had accepted , plaintiff would have been entitled to an order for costs to be taxed if not agreed . |
| 4 | With benefit of the ‘ hindsight-ometer ’ , it can be argued that my own movement into a structural limbo contained aspects of the unconscious journey towards a new self-knowledge , when the old values were able to be adjusted if not discarded ; so that it was possible to break through the constraints imposed by the inculcated patterns of police culture , albeit in something of an unprogrammatic and fragmented manner . |
| 5 | Can I ask you what your reaction was when you knew you were going to be cautioned and not prosecuted ? |
| 6 | Cultural and educational inequalities based on economic inequality are a reality which needs to be revealed and not glossed over by a populist notion of art for the people . |
| 7 | A faith worn on the sleeve , to be seen and not hidden ; a faith that touches every detail of life ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that knows how and what to celebrate ; a faith that earthquakes , terrorists , cholera , drought , power cuts , water shortages , poverty and bad housing will never shake . |
| 8 | Dad warned us to be seen and not heard but we did n't need telling either . |
| 9 | Child rearing is more ‘ permissive ’ , and while children may not be granted the status of equal partners in the family decision-making process , they are no longer simply expected to be seen and not heard . |
| 10 | In most social research the researcher aims to be detached and not to affect or interfere with that which is being studied . |
| 11 | to be forgiven but not forgotten |
| 12 | Thus it is common for policies to be announced but not implemented fully or consistently . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) The first is that orders are orders , they are things to be obeyed or not obeyed ; they are not assertions , things to be believed or not believed . |
| 14 | She realized that everyone looked at her with new eyes , handling her like a precious piece of porcelain to be admired but not touched . |
| 15 | MUCH of that part of the classification of the animal kingdom which is based on the study of homologous structures in living creatures may have to be reexamined if not demolished and rebuilt , following the publication of a letter in Nature from two distinguished comparative anatomists ( vol 302 , p 243 ) . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) The first is that orders are orders , they are things to be obeyed or not obeyed ; they are not assertions , things to be believed or not believed . |
| 17 | As far as the extent of this limited edition being only 200 is concerned , my only reservations are outlined above : namely that a guitar is designed to be used and not coveted wholly as an objet d'art to be hung on the wall , which I suspect is exactly where the bulk of these models are likely to end up . |
| 18 | It is a matter of seeing the enemy as a human being created by God and who needs to be transformed and not destroyed . |
| 19 | Dips should be fairly thick so that they do not drop off accompanying crudités , and fillings for pastry parcels and buns should be firm if the food is likely to be bitten and not eaten in one mouthful . |
| 20 | Such contacts are likely to be discouraged if not banned by the system and will necessarily need to be handled with the utmost discretion . |