Example sentences of "[not/n't] be to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alice hoped it was not on account of Jasper though , clearly , to make that emotional speech had not been to clever . |
| 2 | I had not been to such a party since before Leslie went to North Africa , and talking to Ika and his friends on a balcony canopied by a starry sky , I felt a spurt of pleasure , quickly followed by a surge of guilt : Leslie was dead , and I was alive , and capable of enjoying some temporary diversion . |
| 3 | So far Probyn has not been to impressed with the results . |
| 4 | It 's absolutely clear that the public body should be doing work for private sector organisations , and er , to my knowledge , Lincolnshire County Council have not been to that particular erm , definition , although other authorities do and I have had to stop other authorities undertaking contracts where they are er private sector organisations . |
| 5 | He had not been to any of the social functions advertised — it would have seemed like living his life backwards to enter voluntarily a church hall full of women and cups of tea — he could see his mother at the urn and himself as a boy handing round those very cups . |
| 6 | N ) How many have not been to either of these places ? |
| 7 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 8 | He is not be to confused with our human parents , as Freud and others have neurotically identified him . |
| 9 | I have n't been to one of the meetings so I ca n't remember who the , but how are all these contained within the budget , all these costs , and have they all been approved and agreed ? |
| 10 | For a man of my age I have n't been to many funerals , the result of belonging to a much reduced family and having a limited acquaintance . |
| 11 | No , do not change that lovely , almost dreamy life we had in Joh'burg — I have n't been to any real parties since I 've been here — had no fun , but even so , I have lost the desire for them . |
| 12 | So I have n't been to any of those coffee mornings I 've met a few people from it . |
| 13 | Well , I do n't know cos I have n't been to any meetings for months , not |
| 14 | Even if your reasoning is self-evident to you , it wo n't be to other people , who will come at the issue from a slightly ( or very ) different point of view . |
| 15 | I would hope he wo n't be to late or he 'll be exhausted . |
| 16 | Right , I hope , we wo n't be to long now , perhaps if we could just bring up the item you wanted to mention . |
| 17 | He says that it should n't be to difficult , just time consuming . |
| 18 | So waits now as Lawrence comes up and bowls to him and this , oooh off the edge and that 's going down up towards the third man , going over the ropes down the far end and and that 's one boundary there off the edge at one hundred and thirteen for four , Lawrence wo n't be to happy about that , but it happens to all fast bowlers . |