Example sentences of "[noun] be [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Your notes are not to be imperishable works of art , but merely businesslike tools to help you in your studies and in reaching the standard required by examiners . |
| 2 | The position is summarised in Rex v. Bishop of Chester , 1 W.Bl. 22 , 25 , by Lee C.J. : ‘ Certainly , if a visitor is in his jurisdiction his acts are not to be inquired into ; if out of it , his acts are void . ’ |
| 3 | Her reasons are not to be and were not dismissed lightly , but during the hearing the situation changed dramatically . |
| 4 | Though if he took his own life , as everyone has always supposed , and as we are still likely to be supposing after the present rumours have been scotched — if the balance of his mind was disturbed , that curious disruption which accompanies a man 's election to end his life , but never any other procedure , no matter how eccentric or irrational — then reasons are not to be looked for . |
| 5 | While different kinds of discrimination are not to be conflated , I believe there is something to be learned from homophobia about other kinds . |
| 6 | But it should be remembered that these two policies are not to be treated as mutually exclusive : the fiscal position often has important ramifications for the conduct of monetary policy . |
| 7 | If the argumentative aspects of attitudes are stressed , then attitudes are not to be viewed solely as individual evaluative responses towards a given stimulus object . |
| 8 | According to this account the formation of associations during pre-exposure and the loss of associability are not to be thought of as rival interpretations of latent inhibition . |
| 9 | Vegetables are not to be outdone . |
| 10 | Creative activity , if its meanings are not to be wholly absorbed within the status quo , must be understandable , for Hewison , as confrontational activity . |
| 11 | TNT let-off CONTRACTORS who tried to demolish the former Brymbo steelworks melting shop with explosives without first obtaining the necessary council permission are not to be prosecuted . |
| 12 | Andy Swapp , manager of Blackwells ' Art & Poster Shop , argues that non-book paper products are not to be sniffed at , and explains why booksellers should consider stocking diaries , calendars and cards not only for the contribution they can make to profitability but also for the dramatic way in which they support and enhance book displays and promotions |
| 13 | While Dicey played a major role in shaping this tradition , his particular views are not to be equated with it . |
| 14 | Margaret Irwin herself accepted that the lack of success was caused by " the apathy of the women themselves … the woman does not take her industrial work as seriously as a man … [ she ] does not regard it as the permanent occupation of her life " .37 Margaret Irwin 's views are not to be dismissed lightly , but it is worth noting that she herself did not approach the question with any blazing convictions about equal pay . |
| 15 | Rewards are not to be confused with bribes . |
| 16 | Lifts are not to be used by single passengers . |
| 17 | The teacher 's interactions with the children will be vital if the opportunities are not to be missed . |
| 18 | The English courts have however held that films , tapes and video recordings are not to be regarded as documents for the purpose of the ‘ best evidence ’ rule , since ‘ they are by their nature reliable ’ and ‘ the old rule is limited and confined to written documents ( Kajala v Noble [ 1982 ] 75 Cr.App.R.149 ) . |
| 19 | The method involves making important assumptions about the nature of the migrations and the rate of change in the style of the English pottery if potentially ‘ early ’ vessels are not to be confused with those of the following centuries . |
| 20 | Some of these composers need every bit of Mr Jacobs 's energy if listeners are not to be put to sleep . |
| 21 | Syl 's mad little meannesses were not to be mentioned . |
| 22 | Yet the limits of his moral perception were not to be enlarged . |
| 23 | Naturally there were protests from some ILEA teachers of languages , history , geography , home economics and physical education that their subjects were not to be made compulsory in the fourth and fifth years : such subjects , it was held , were thereby accorded a lower status . |
| 24 | Foreign merchants were still to be permitted to enter the country , but Russian subjects were not to be allowed to leave and Russians living abroad were summoned home . |
| 25 | It was an unwritten rule in the department that teaching sessions were not to be interrupted by phone calls , especially not private ones . |
| 26 | The dicta were not to be followed . |
| 27 | And er a g a good er and er , can be er the mi the name itself , the Scottish Old Age Pensions Association is not to be mistaken from er , sometimes it 's misread as the Scottish Old Age Pensioners ' Association . |
| 28 | The Minister might then argue , with some validity , that huge revenue is not to be gained from such disposals . |
| 29 | Mind is not to be found in molecules any more than the works of Shakespeare were to be found in his genes . |
| 30 | If this possibility of fraud is not to be an insurmountable barrier to recognizing such unions as marriages , what is the solution ? |