Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] out to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It did not set out to be radically different , though Haydn 's colourful scoring was certainly enhanced by the use of period instruments ( including a fortepiano in the recitatives and a bass line reinforced more consistently by bass trombone and contra bassoon ) , but it succeeded in being unforced and unfettered . |
| 2 | In his Dictionary ( 1697 ) , Bayle points out that although the ‘ new philosophers ’ do not set out to be sceptics , they go even further in extending sceptical arguments to the conclusion that smells , colours , and tastes , ‘ are perceptions of our soul and that they do not exist at all in the objects of our senses ’ . |
| 3 | Indeed , he did not set out to be comprehensive . |
| 4 | He was crazily frightened and awfully ashamed , so that , when he heard voices , men speak outside the cubicle , he could not yell out to be seen this way . |
| 5 | He would prefer us to be in the position of the person who learns to trust that a friend has posted a letter , and who does not go out to be certain that the letter has found its destination , a search that in fact would portray not faith , but a lack of faith . |
| 6 | The only disappointment for the Sunderland fans was that the team did not come out to be saluted after their 1–0 victory as happened when the 1973 side also won through to Wembley at Hillsborough . |
| 7 | We must try to ensure that , as a result of our own genetic manipulation , they do not turn out to be unpleasant surprises . |
| 8 | THIS MAY or may not turn out to be the winter when serious numbers of British skiiers forsake the Alps for the Rockies . |
| 9 | ‘ Opinion polls may or may not turn out to be right at a later stage ’ ; ‘ Local authorities exceeded projected expenditure by quite a margin ’ ; ‘ When this campaign started some weeks ago ’ ; ‘ I concede the point , for I have stated it many times in the past . ’ |
| 10 | However , this did not turn out to be such a cheap solution in the long run , since it set up conditions of even greater instability , necessitating repeated operations every two years.5 Major work on the river Taff and the river Usk in South Wales , carried out in the early 1980s , has precipitated extensive and unforeseen repair bills . |
| 11 | If , as seems probable , most teachers will sort out their pupils into the high and the low fliers at a fairly early stage , and if there is a whole separate set of papers in some subjects for the high and the low , then the difference between the higher grades of GCSE and O levels will not turn out to be very great . |
| 12 | Imposing English at all levels of the education system may not turn out to be either practical or appropriate . |
| 13 | If the hypnotist does not turn out to be as trustworthy as expected , this can be extremely dangerous . |
| 14 | However , because it is very difficult in practice to evaluate the integrals which this method involves , this does not turn out to be a convenient method for obtaining explicit solutions . |
| 15 | The particular decomposition ( 10.8 ) , however , does not turn out to be particularly convenient in the construction of explicit solutions . |
| 16 | Too often retired people will say that retirement did not turn out to be as they had expected . |
| 17 | This may not turn out to be so easy . |
| 18 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 19 | Knowing my right hon. Friend 's concern for birds and particularly for our very valuable poultry industry , will he keep an eye on the latest scare for our ’ bootiful ’ turkey industry and ensure that that nonsense about which we are hearing — podo dermatitus — does not turn out to be a load of gobbledegook ? |
| 20 | It is true enough that there is often such a nuance ( see Quirk , Greenbaum , Leech , Svartvik , 1972 ) , but the proposal will not turn out to be satisfactory . |
| 21 | These arrangements are an unknown quantity and the administration may not turn out to be up to scratch . |
| 22 | I did n't set out to be a sculptor but discovered at college it was much more of a natural thing for me . |
| 23 | ‘ The magazine side of our publishing is perhaps the most flexible in design terms , ’ says Peter Brigg , ‘ but we do n't set out to be at the cutting edge of fancy design . |
| 24 | You see , this really , this this parable i is the story of of , of something which is lost almost by default , it just wanders off , it just goes it 's own way it did n't set out to be lost , it did n't choose you know that i , it did n't go through earlier on in that day , in the little brain that the sheep has , there was n't the thought going , I am going to deliberately get lost today ! |
| 25 | Yasmin says that she did n't start out to be a model . |
| 26 | ‘ That did n't turn out to be much fun . ’ |
| 27 | If you are planning to try them again this year , take the precaution of choosing quick-maturing varieties in case this summer does n't turn out to be as sunny . |
| 28 | Being back in the basement did n't turn out to be any good after all . |
| 29 | Let's hope they do n't turn out to be double-edged gifts . |
| 30 | Erm which did n't turn out to be the case . |