Example sentences of "[not/n't] to be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose is not to is not to train in the sense of imparting knowledge to people who do n't have it , but rather to put whatever experience they have into context , on which we can have something to contribute . |
| 2 | Once again these costs tend not to be strictly linear in reality . |
| 3 | whereby provision by extra-mural departments was not to be automatically mediated through expressions of need channelled through voluntary bodies , especially the WEA . |
| 4 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 5 | There is , however , one level of classification , the species , which is thought not to be wholly arbitrary . |
| 6 | Creative activity , if its meanings are not to be wholly absorbed within the status quo , must be understandable , for Hewison , as confrontational activity . |
| 7 | Even parts of the population known not to be well disposed towards the regime , such as workers in the northern districts of Berlin , were said to be horrified at the attack . |
| 8 | It is instructive that this literature appears not to be well known within UK child care services . |
| 9 | The European Political Community was not to be just a third community , but nothing less than the beginning of a comprehensive federation to which the ECSC and EDC would be subordinated . |
| 10 | I certainly want teachers to respond closely to the situation in which they are — but they need to be clear about the overall function of RE , what it is about , in order to respond in a way which is meaningful so as not to be just taken over by the latest influence . |
| 11 | Increasingly candidates thought able enough were entered for O and even A levels ( and rightly , because there was at first no other examination for them to take ) and when the CSE examination was introduced for those thought not to be up to O level , the top grade of CSE was soon deemed to count as an O level , and thus itself to aspire to the academic . |
| 12 | For his gut was still queasy with occasional pain : Rab hoped not to be up all through the night . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've just spent an hour and a quarter waiting for him not to be here . ’ |
| 14 | He said : ‘ Is that what you really want , Amy , for me not to be here ? ’ |
| 15 | It was a tale that could be believed , but what he wanted was to have a reason to be somewhere else , not to be here when the shepherd came . |
| 16 | But I ca n't get rid of the idea that we 've got an extra player … somebody who ought not to be here at all . ’ |
| 17 | She saw them come out , saw Feargal give a wide , devilish grin , before handing Terry into the gleaming white car , saw him carefully join her — and Ellie wanted not to be here when they got back . |
| 18 | What he needed most of all was not to be here . |
| 19 | anti-hunt people , the League of Cruel Sports and all sorts of other organisations that have actually asked their members not to be here today , not to cause a problem , not to divert attention from the real issues in the debate er er and cause a crisis outside for all the press and the media to latch on to , that 's not what they were about . |
| 20 | The genes in question seem to be very similar in prokaryotes which in other respects are not very alike , and which are thought not to be closely related . |
| 21 | Of the other KOX-related ZNF genes in the chromosome 10 pericentromeric region , ZNF22 in 10q11.2 ( 5 ) seems not to be closely linked to cluster B ( this paper ; and unpublished data ) . |
| 22 | In some obscure way , one I was to become very familiar with , it flattered me : I was too intelligent not to be already grasping the rules of the game we played . |
| 23 | Erm , clearly we are in a room full of people who have a more than marginal interest in the political process erm and that goes for your boundaries of Cambridge city councils er remit and clearly contains also to parliamentary methods erm I 'm trying not to be desperately partisan about this , I do n't expect anybody erm but a phrase has been used earlier this evening from another quarter about if it 's not broke do n't fix it , erm the boundary commission have looked at the boundaries of the Cambridge city constituency have found that it is up to ninety nine percent of the right and proper er number of electors . |
| 24 | And yet it is never very far ahead , indeed sometimes seems not to be ahead of the pursuer at all . |
| 25 | By inspection , some theses in the original papers were deemed not to be primarily concerned with Scottish geology , geochemistry , or geophysics , and such theses were removed from the lists . |
| 26 | I am pleased to be able to confirm that the setting up of Council Tax liabilities for individual properties is now complete within the computer software , with the exception of a few properties where the rebate entitlement has still not to be finally resolved . |
| 27 | Today 's Himalayan climbers must have immense strength and vitality , must acclimatise very carefully , should be fully skilled and experienced , must be alert to danger yet hardened enough not to be critically frightened ( and mountains are very frightening places ) by any unexpected trauma ; be patient during storms , determined in attack and wise in retreat ; be a skilful diplomat and a team player ; be compassionate but sometimes have a touch of selfishness . |
| 28 | ‘ The comparing power , the judgement , is not at that age active , and ought not to be forcibly excited — ’ You do n't like this ? |
| 29 | I do not know the latest medical prognosis of how long he will live , but perhaps he is hoping not to be around in 30 years ' time when the papers become available . |
| 30 | Are they going to spend it suddenly in er two years time , or are they expecting not to be around in two years time ? |