Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Freud is not to be taken to be providing a theory of instinct for all species , but trying to puzzle out the complex similarities and differences between man and animals . |
| 2 | ‘ I told you , Mr Devereux is n't to be disturbed tonight . ’ |
| 3 | Although the light was still clear , Hawkbit was not to be seen anywhere on the upland . |
| 4 | Meredith was not to be led away from the point at issue . |
| 5 | Linda was not to be placated . |
| 6 | With the last action of the match Ferguson reduced the deficit when he headed powerfully past Bonner , but Celtic were not to be denied a deserved victory . |
| 7 | It is absolutely vital that the access notes in the guide are respected if the popular climbing area of Upper Pen Trwyn is not to be lost permanently . |
| 8 | An evening with Johnners is not to be missed |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted to see how her mind was working , ’ he said , but Lissa was not to be appeased . |
| 10 | Abbe Gerard was not to be seen . |
| 11 | So , if you 're 7 years old , or have a fondness for giant cuddly toys which speak very loudly indeed , Sesame Street is not to be missed . |
| 12 | But Harold was not to be soothed : he demanded retribution , he demanded action , not so much because of the ridicule but because at some stage in the programme it was alleged that he had made advantageous use of privileged or secret material in an improper fashion in relation to a book he was then about to publish . |
| 13 | Herluin was there at Tutilo 's own request , since there was ultimately no help for it , and Prior Robert was not to be left out where Herluin was admitted . |
| 14 | These claims were never universally accepted ; the destruction of the unity of Christendom by the Reformation helped to undermine the authority of the Pope to allocate territory , but it was Catholic France that first challenged Spain 's position in the West Indies and that conflict had been going on for some years when in 1559 , at the end of one round of European wars , France and Spain included in the peace treaty a clause which stated that fighting in regions west of the Azores or south of the Tropic of Cancer was not to be taken as a reason for resuming hostilities in Europe . |
| 15 | Beardsley was not to be outdone , however , and the former England international produced a sensational goal to break the deadlock after 25 minutes . |
| 16 | Mark takes the view that if the UK is not to be considered for other than economic reasons , then that 's a matter for the committee and the Corporation to decide . |
| 17 | Robert Owen is not to be understood at all except as a man of his time , of the French Political and the British Industrial Revolutions ; nor fully to be understood except as a man of the first stage of the Industrial Revolution . |
| 18 | Thus to be ‘ horned ’ among the Kaffirs is not to be meekly cuckolded . |
| 19 | ‘ So according to you , Gladys is not to be believed . |
| 20 | Of course , old Meg is not to be relied upon at all , owing to her unfortunate fondness for the bottle , and when I heard that she was the source of the story I said that it could n't possibly be the case , that she did n't know what she had seen , as usual — ’ |
| 21 | In Eastern Canada , Scottish first division tourists Jed-Forest quickly found rugby in Ontario is not to be taken lightly . |
| 22 | He wrote to her pleading that it was up to ‘ the young generation to rebuild what Nazism has destroyed ’ , but Edith was not to be diverted from what she believed to be her only chance of happiness . |
| 23 | He fixed bail for appeal but said McGuigan was not to be released pending appeal . |
| 24 | Oliver was not to be seen . |
| 25 | This caused a frisson of pure terror , but Hamilton was not to be denied . |
| 26 | There were cries of ‘ oh no ’ from her neighbours , but Amanda was not to be deterred . |
| 27 | And on twenty five minutes , Nigel Mott got that opening goal as an excellent through ball from Paul Biddle found him in space and he placed the ball wide of the Fairmile goalkeeper Mark Carrigan ; Fairmile were not to be perturbed by this as on their half an hour Wayne Glossop went close for the home side . |
| 28 | If the WCC were not to be involved , then we would also have to fund air fares ( say £1000 ) . |
| 29 | We have concluded therefore that the maleness of Christ is not to be evaded . |
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