Example sentences of "[is] not [adj] to [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect is not specific to salicylates , however , as 50 mM hydrocortisone ( a much higher concentration than that seen in plasma after conventional doses ) also abolished 1 2 5 I-IFN γ binding ( Fig 6 ) . |
| 2 | And surely this is not conducive to kids really studying ? |
| 3 | Thus , for example , the disabled wife ( or cohabitee ) can only draw the Non-contributory Invalidity Pension if she is unable to perform normal ( as defined by the DHSS ) household duties , regardless of whether housework is her normal profession , regardless of the fact that men and single women only have to prove inability to do paid work to qualify for the pension ; and conversely , the Invalid Care Allowance , for people who lose their incomes because they must stay at home and care for a sick relative , is not payable to wives ( or cohabitees ) because it is assumed that they would be at home in any case ! |
| 4 | These people may of course want to keep their knowledge secret so as to avoid any involvement in criminal proceedings , which is not helpful to creditors and to credit managers wanting to know what is to be salvaged from the wreck . |
| 5 | This is another reason for standardising the rudder movement first , but it is not relevant to gliders with T-tails where no rudder blanketing can occur . |
| 6 | However , this is not relevant to dealings in futures contracts by SFA members ; the exemption ( in para 17(4) ) only applies if the firm is not authorised under the FSA and , as an SFA member , it will be . |
| 7 | Essentially the Finance Act 1986 has left the IHTA 1984 provisions intact but there are a number of changes , the most substantial one being that if an individual gives property to another individual , or an accumulation and maintenance trust , or a trust for the disabled and survives the gift by seven years and the gift is not subject to reservations ( the taxpayer can no longer have his cake and eat it ) no inheritance tax at all is payable . |
| 8 | Industry in Northern Ireland is not subject to rates . |
| 9 | The spreading technique is not applicable to cells once they reach the metaphase stage . |
| 10 | There is another fungus , Branchyomyces , which affects gill tissue , but unlike Saprolegnia , it is not endemic to ponds . |
| 11 | This can create training problems later , if a dog is not used to cars , for example , as it may be reluctant to travel in this way , or is nervous of passing vehicles . |
| 12 | Although European railway executives see British rail traffic as important , it is quite clear that it is not crucial to plans for the development of a European network which will proceed whatever happens on the other side of the Channel . |
| 13 | Nao Naomi realizes there 's no point talking about it now , the dye has been cast the decision has been made , the commitment has been entered into , whatever the cost she was going gods way , there was nothing more to be said about it we find that a de a decision made before god and we all make those decisions , means nothing at all unless were determined to carry it through , whatever the cost may be , three women here make their decisions before god , they make their choices , Naomi she chooses to return to Judah once again and enjoy the inheritance god has given her , Auper she chooses to return to her own country and her own god , as far as were concerned that 's the end of the story , but Ruth she chooses , she expresses her faith in the one true god , she turns her back on the old ways and decides to follow gods way , no matter what the cost , she would of said with Joshua , but as for me and my husband were gon na serve god , whatever the cost , I du n no what 'll be and she did n't know what she was letting herself in for , and the , I counted it , although I do n't know what it is , I counted that cost , I 'm willing to pay it and Jesus said that that is the acid test of disciples , said to count the cost and weigh it up and Ruth had done that , then to make their decision and because if we make a decision without counting the cost , without weighing it all up , like Auper you 'll go back , it wo n't last , there is that choice for every one of us day by day , who will we serve , not to be like Joshua , its for us , never for any body else , I will serve the lord because and this is the reason for it , not because you 've done nice things for me , I will be your saviour because he is god , that 's the reason for our serving god , not because he blesses us because he blesses people who do n't serve him , blessing is not exclusive to gods people , blessing , god blesses across the board , god is generous he 's gracious , he causes the rain and the sun to shine on the just and on the unjust , blessing is not the ground for serving god , but because he is god that 's sufficient reason for our committing ourselves to him . |
| 14 | While it is conceivable that , for example , mortgagees would be able to insert an audit requirement in the lending document , this remedy is not available to creditors or other accounts users . |
| 15 | When confident awareness is not available to managers , they have to rely on intuition , judgement by analogy and the informed reports of other people . |
| 16 | This exemption is not available to companies . |
| 17 | One further point of possible confusion : because venture capital from investors looking for capital gains is not available to co-operatives , they are likely to find it more difficult to raise the larger sums of money needed to start capital-intensive projects . |
| 18 | This theory of ideology introduces a distorting dynamic in the process of knowledge that is not due to mistakes or faulty thinking but is systematically related to the social and material relations of society . |
| 19 | The drawing of inferences from the information as it is obtained , like all such modes of thinking , is not susceptible to recipes . |
| 20 | Cover outdoor sandboxes to prevent cats using them — although toxoplasmosis is not dangerous to children a pregnant woman could be infected in this way . |
| 21 | The mugger , the freshwater crocodile of India and Sri Lanka , is not dangerous to humans , though it will catch deer , wild pig and pythons . |
| 22 | Though used by the young of many homeotherms , this method of warming is not open to adults , even those of populations subject to extreme cold , for the brown fat disappears before adolescence . |
| 23 | The citadel is not open to visitors , but the hill it stands on is a good spot to zigzag your way up to , to look out over the town , the river and its basin , and the valleys that go off from it north , south , east and west . |
| 24 | The competition is not open to employees of Holmes Knight Ritchie/WRG Ltd , Seagram 's UK Ltd and their Agents , or Argus Specialist Publications , or their families . |
| 25 | In fact , this attitude is not unique to professionals but is common throughout business in the UK . |
| 26 | Intuitively , it would be difficult to deny that there was a connection between the semantic contributions of black in the two sentences : blackness is not irrelevant to blackbirds ( even if it is true that not all blackbirds are black ) — this is proved by the normality of blackbirds , crows and other black birds . |
| 27 | In learning what is and is not acceptable to parents , children come to know when and how to harness their feelings and impulses , as well as how to control their bodily functions . |
| 28 | But at the same time I was learning the lesson that such behaviour is not acceptable to adults , to whom I presented a different personality . |
| 29 | This assumption can be made explicit by making literal use of an " existence predicate " , and sometimes any residual doubts about what is assumed on a particular occasion can be resolved only by a repeated and emphatic use of such predicates ; but , as is clear from what has been said so far , the use of such predicates is not analogous to acts of property ascription , especially if " properties " are understood in the sense of " accidental properties " . |
| 30 | But another butterfly , the viceroy , inhabits some parts of the monarch 's geographic range , and is not poisonous to birds . |