Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [not/n't] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not to be confused with her own personal feelings . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , this is not to be , since it transpires that the gentleman from British Rail was nothing short of a duplicitous cad ; there are no small compartments , just open-plan carriages too large to be defended by even the most outrageous behaviour , so I slump sullenly into a corner , wallowing in layers of dust and grime that would easily qualify for a Quentin Crisp kitemark , waiting for the guard to switch on the heat and the lights , preparatory to the departure of the Sir John . |
| 3 | This is not to be confused with the framing of part of a limitless series , a microcosmic view of the macrocosm . |
| 4 | Something ( like the weather ) will have to go badly wrong if this is not to be another extremely profitable season for the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 5 | This is not to be confused with the alienation of spirit where we are alone with ourselves . |
| 6 | This is not to be desired but analysed . |
| 7 | This is not to be confused with our old friend the ‘ lazy eight ’ ( as illustrated in Fig 5.3 ) described earlier . |
| 8 | ( This is not to be confused with the notion of symptom substitution which is an entirely different concept and not in any way relevant to this material . ) |
| 9 | These collapse , shrivel and dry as though scorched — but this is not to be confused with frost scorch . |
| 10 | And the answer to this is not to be found in the histories of individuals . |
| 11 | This is not to be confused with a condescending adoption of pupil style , which they are quick to read as false ( even when it is a genuine identification ) . |
| 12 | This is not to be wondered at , for it is both huge and beautiful and possessed of the most breathtaking spire in all Christendom . |
| 13 | This is not to be confused with the international monetary system which is usually understood to mean the system that governs exchange rate parities . |
| 14 | This is not to be viewed as condescending : Roderick regarded himself as a student of the subject and said so on many occasions during the writing of the new book . |
| 15 | This is not to be recommended for reasons of comfort , security and the complication of getting supplies of gas , electricity , etc . |
| 16 | But before they start on their game , they signal that this is not to be a serious quarrel by walking in a stilted exaggerated fashion . |
| 17 | Speich said , ‘ But this is not to be fair . |
| 18 | A resolution of this issue , which is not a pressing matter , would need also to take account of the fact that speakers do , in practice , use sentences which could be taken as instances of a third possible equational type ( if this is not to be regarded as merely some kind of linguistic jeu d'esprit ) : ( 37 ) cautiously is the way we should proceed In both of these two cases , the question is whether a property concept can fill a position which would otherwise be reserved for an entity . |
| 19 | This is not to be regarded as committing us to any of the values of the term " referent " accepted in philosophy . |
| 20 | This is not to be taken literally . |
| 21 | This is not to be dogmatic about answers , but to encourage pupils to reflect on them , developing increasing knowledge and understanding of how religion is expressed , and learning how to make evaluation which is both personal and yet in touch with public enquiry . |
| 22 | This is not to be encouraged , particularly if it turns out that only some of numerous partners have actually signed the paper . |
| 23 | It has been suggested that where a tenant has had to make substantial alterations the court may force the landlord to make a contribution , but this is not to be relied upon . |
| 24 | Leaving out the control variable will make the program run quicker , but this is not to be encouraged . |
| 25 | Section 2(1) provides , inter alia , that a person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it . |
| 26 | ‘ 2(1) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest — ( a ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he has in law the right to deprive the other of it , on behalf of himself or of a third person ; or ( b ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it ; or ( c ) ( except where the property came to him as trustee or personal representative ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that the person to whom the property belongs can not be discovered by taking reasonable steps . |
| 27 | I suspect that the theology of Genesis 22 is not to be pushed very far , that cautious theology has here been sacrificed on the fine altar of dramatic tension and powerful storytelling . |
| 28 | To be masculine is not to be feminine . |
| 29 | Clause 7.9.3 is not to be spurned by the tenant , but if the tenant calls for details of the insurance on a regular basis , as it should do , it is perhaps not vital but nevertheless worth including . |
| 30 | ‘ TO BE ANGRY IS NOT TO BE HUMAN , BUT TO BE FEARFUL IS ’ : Chewong concepts of human nature |