Example sentences of "[vb -s] [vb pp] not to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of the south mound , which excavation has shown not to be burial , is unclear , but dendrochronology , a method which dates timber according to the pattern of its tree-rings , indicates that it was built between c.960 and c.970 . |
| 2 | The barn owl is often considered to produce no modifications to its prey , but this has found not to be the case . |
| 3 | The first details we have of the latter , in the Host 's invitation to him to follow the Monk , initially suggest , if we still believe appearances and associations can be a sign of character , that he is as likely to turn out as the threadbare and serious Clerk on his horse " " as leene as is a rake " " does ( I : 284 ) as to prove to be what the Monk has proved not to be : |
| 4 | Detectives were interviewing the mother , who has asked not to be named , to build up a picture of the kidnapper . |
| 5 | The 64-year-old male patient , who was suffering from arthritis , has asked not to be identified but was said to be in stable condition last night . |
| 6 | A spokesman for the society , which has asked not to be named during the run-up to the election , said : ‘ We are still not certain how many houses we will have to offer Darlington council . ’ |