Example sentences of "[coord] [not/n't] [prep] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 But the essential distinction remains : whether the court should positively order treatment to be given or not to be given , or whether it should do no more than consider whether or not to authorise it , where authority is needed .
2 Sometimes executives have , in effect , a choice as to whether or not to be dismissed .
3 When I was a little lad I always thought that the dilemma to be or not to be had something to do with choosing pencils ( surely 2B or not 2B ? ! )
4 In many cases , as where the persons entitled are not of age , or not yet in existence , or not to be found , an executor or administrator will have to retain the property in his hands for a considerable time , though he may sometimes relieve himself by a payment or transfer into court , and in any case he can obtain the direction of the courts when doubts arise as to the proper course which he should take .
5 Thus , if insider dealing enables ‘ everything known about the company whether public or not to be reflected in the price of that company 's shares ’ then investors ( outsiders ) are unlikely to undertake investments ‘ blind-sided ’ by developments not yet reflected in the current prices of the shares .
6 That the thump of my heart was challenging it to go on and not to be broken by a …
7 Educators advocate a mental flexibility and independence , while teaching practice aims at transmission of knowledge and culture , traditions that are certified by authorities and not to be questioned … these factors result in a very great weakness of the exclusive reliance on text books and other such authoritative sources of information .
8 They like to be seen as the hard man or the macho man and not to be ridiculed , ’ he said last night .
9 If older people are not to be disadvantaged , and not to be treated as a separate class defined solely on the basis of age , it is vital that the debate about rationing care is a public one ; and that principles about equality and individual value are considered alongside economic imperatives .
10 I wanted Anna to be liked for Anna , and not to be treated as if she were different .
11 For weeks it threatened to be a cesspit of scandal , and not to be outdone the controversial English striker Stan Bowles , whose behaviour over the years made him seem like a surrogate Scot , admitted that he frequently took drugs .
12 and he 's busy and not to be disturbed
13 Finding myself mildly offended , and not to be denied contact , I shouted and waved from at least half a mile away .
14 If such an attractive new influence could be spread abroad in the world , where so many people long for a religion which has that ring of truth , the detection of which is a priceless human ability acquired down through the ages and not to be denied , there would be a growing number of adherents rallying to it .
15 Payne is too wise to the lightning-like unpredictability of operatic disaster to be smug about these exciting prospects , but they certainly make Opera North look increasingly like a company entering its prime and not to be missed .
16 For voting as they do they have reasons sufficient in their eyes and not to be called in question .
17 Each contender in the Laser Quest wears a front and back target and carries a laser gun ; the object to hit and not to be hit .
18 You need time and not to be rushed . ’
19 Thus we commend the Bible to be read by the Churches and by Christian families in their homes , as nourishment for their souls , and not to be separated from the sacrament in the liturgy ; we commend modern translations , into the various languages , as a help to understanding ; we commend the people who have the duty of seeking to interpret the Bible in terms of the modern scientific view of the world ; and remind the Churches that all knowledge is of God and therefore that scientific discovery is also part of His work ; and so the world will be brought to know God as its Maker , and the Cross as timeless .
20 The message is … cover up and not to be fooled into thinking our relatively mild English climate is a safeguard against the risk of skin cancer .
21 Yet Clark sees it as a perfectly natural phenomenon and not to be condemned nor interfered with ( 1977 : 166–7 ) .
22 Co-operative or not , Cotterell was obviously in charge and not to be messed about with while he set up a commission .
23 The Lord President ( Cooper ) in IRC v Gordon 33 TC 226 at 230 stated that : … it is not enough that a person resident in the United Kingdom should somehow have derived benefit from the income of a foreign possession … the duty of the Court was to seek for an actual remittance to , and receipt in , the United Kingdom and not to be lead astray by an " equivalent " to a remittance or receipt , or a " constructive receipt " .
24 The founder and his heirs are patrons , and not to be guided by the common known laws of the kingdom .
25 There is a place for the social PTA ‘ faggots and peas evening ’ or ten pin bowling at the George and Dragon , though it needs to be understood by all that attendance by staff at such social evenings is purely a matter of personal choice and not to be taken as an indicator of loyalty to the school .
26 They may construct artificial representations of a fixed reality at any one point of time as a means of handling the continuous flow of social change , but these are simply data for the social scientist and not to be taken at face value .
27 The next few miles are delectable and not to be hurried , and indeed are better appreciated by a traveller on foot than in a car .
28 Which , as I esteem it , is a cause not all unjust , and not to be distorted by ill-judged action .
29 Enlightenment , considered as a continuing enterprise , warns us to be perpetually on our guard ; and not to be seduced , even by apparently rational thinking .
30 He told me with simple gravity , as a matter decided and not to be discussed , that he had decided to resign his office .
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