Example sentences of "[adj] is not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not intended to be nomination in the traditional sense and once the subcontractor has been named ( subject to reasonable objection by the contractor if the naming is during the course of the contract ) , that subcontractor becomes almost entirely the responsibility of the contractor . |
| 2 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 3 | This is not intended to be an exhaustive list and throughout the observations the main questions in the HMI 's mind are : Is the range of work suitable for the children ? |
| 4 | I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already . |
| 5 | This is not intended to be an exhaustive checklist of the regulatory requirements of either the Yellow Book or Blue Book . |
| 6 | This is not said to be mean , but to protect Lennie from getting into trouble because of his fascination for her . |
| 7 | This is not limited to religious beliefs , communal rituals or shared traditions . |
| 8 | This is not wanted to there has to be a circuit arrangement which does not respond to a short pulse from the batting l.e.d. but acts only if this l.e.d. remains on for a longer period , that is , when the batsman has correctly intercepted the ball . |
| 9 | This is not confined to new policies and new decisions , but implies also the continuing examination , on a systematic and critical basis of existing activities of government . |
| 10 | This is not confined to just making the applications do what they are supposed to but the whole concept of the Macintosh is that anyone can look after it . |
| 11 | This is not confined to legal problems ( although in many situations there may be an unrecognised legal problem ) but has its effects in other areas as well . |
| 12 | This is not confined to those that have a direct moral influence , like the monarchy and the church , but also touches other structures , like the Stock Exchange and the City , which previously drew their strength from adhering to a strict code of honour and trust . |
| 13 | Although this is not considered to be very significant here , the improved measurement precision afforded by negative thermal ionization mass spectrometry over previous methods will exacerbate problems with 186 Os normalization , making a switch to 187 Os/ 188 Os desirable . |
| 14 | This is not restricted to variation within a firm . |
| 15 | Russian similarly uses a form of the pronominal adjectives svoj ( masculine ) , svoja ( feminine ) , svojo ( neuter ) , and svoi ( plural ) to refer to a participant already referred to in the same clause , but in Russian this is not restricted to third-person forms ; the participant referred to by the pronominal adjective may be first , second , or third person . |
| 16 | This is not owing to purely commercial considerations . |
| 17 | This is not meant to be ungenerous toward the two , who , on their day , can be a couple of the finest debaters in the Commons . |
| 18 | This is not meant to be harassment , just a gentle reminder . |
| 19 | ( This is not meant to be a criticism , for I doubt whether we can work effectively without such things ; it is merely to point out that modernity enters the church far more easily than the church enters modernity . ) |
| 20 | This is not meant to be a comprehensive list of possible situations ; the intention is to show how to tackle any distribution that occurs in practice . |
| 21 | This is not meant to be the only way of constructing your opening paragraph . |
| 22 | This is not meant to be a criticism of the many carp bait firms which have for a long time sold baits which catch carp . |
| 23 | Ah yes but this is not meant to be old fashioned . |
| 24 | and further , and this is not meant to be a joke , in my own experience , if they get time to think quietly and realistically , I believe a whole lot of decent Conservatives who used to think pragmatically , organically and with respect for local communities , would emerge to contribute to a coalition for the future over against the ideological block that seems to think we use people to make money , instead of making money to serve people and their communities . |
| 25 | Needless to say , this is not going to be the last word in the debate between the constructivists and the nativists . |
| 26 | You 've been a good friend but unfortunately this is not going to be enough to help your friend . |
| 27 | We wo n't be printing names ; this is not going to be a dealer persecution service , nor even a personal arbitration service such as Which ? magazine 's ‘ Personal Service ’ , because we simply can not become involved on that level . |
| 28 | Clearly all this is not going to be much fun , but my aim is egoism and not hedonism . |
| 29 | And fourth , this is not going to be a close scrutiny of the current wave of educational issues and innovations . |
| 30 | This is not going to be my day . |