Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] to be in " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do not want to be in the position of having to make decisions . |
| 2 | Gedge can not remember a time when he did not want to be in a pop group . |
| 3 | At the same time they wanted to be able to increase their staffing as and when orders came along , and did not want to be in a position to have to refuse orders because they did not have the staff , or lose them because they could not promise fast enough delivery . |
| 4 | It is always almost impossible for a single practitioner to obtain more than the other firms in the area are obtaining and you do not want to be in a position of being undersold because your colleagues in other firms have an unrealistic view about what should be charged . |
| 5 | Obviously we do not want to be in two minds up to the last day and he would n't do that but there is quite a a period of discretion where the time gets shorter and er he would have to make a judgement . |
| 6 | Well I 've visited both Cambodia itself and the camps , er first of all in the camps , the situation is appalling because there are very many people who do not want to be in those camps and are really in effect being held there against their will , and what has been extraordinary until this year , is that the people who 've been holding them there against their will have been the Phol Pot dominated so-called coalition government and on the basis of the people being in the camps , that , that , that regime has gone on to claim recognition at the United Nations ; an appalling situation . |
| 7 | Yet a recent survey showed that a quarter of the ‘ patients ’ do not need to be in a mental institution at all and a half of them could live in the outside world given proper support . |
| 8 | ‘ You can not expect to be in the national squad unless you can prove that you are good enough , so I just have to continue the learning process , equip myself fully for the task , get a bit fitter and that , hopefully , will be at least half the battle ’ . |
| 9 | The secret is to arrange the stripes so that they do not appear to be in regular order and this can be done in a number of ways . |
| 10 | When the two partners first set up on their own — according to Byrne , with only $5000 capital and giving up a secure future — they did so under the guise of an employment agency , so that they would not appear to be in direct competition with their ex-employers . |
| 11 | arrangements for the systematic collection of feedback information from research students do not appear to be in place . |
| 12 | Our parliamentary group does not appear to be in touch with grassroots opinion — it 's as if they are on another planet . |
| 13 | Certainly , I would not like to be in Dino Zoff 's shoes at the moment . ’ |
| 14 | She is not a natural leader and does not like to be in charge . |
| 15 | Until you are consistently getting the photos you want from inside the photographic sector , you will need to fly some distance beyond the turning point so that you do not have to be in a very steep turn or exactly positioned . |
| 16 | To be a ‘ subversive ’ therefore one does not have to be in breach of the law . |
| 17 | The Smooth Tube does not have to be in a lookalike packet and neither does it need an LED . |
| 18 | Because they could not stand to be in the company of his wife , they rarely saw him . |
| 19 | Poland , on all available evidence , do not deserve to be in Stockholm . |
| 20 | But he did not seem to be in any hurry . |
| 21 | Still resolute , she turned to the desk : something was wrong , her books and papers did not seem to be in their usual place . |
| 22 | His brief judgments were conscientiously prepared , but his heart did not seem to be in the job . |
| 23 | I could not bear to be in France a moment longer : my friends confirmed my impulse . |
| 24 | He discharged himself from hospital against medical advice , saying he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle , the man police are waiting to interview about a 47hour armed siege in Darlington . |
| 25 | Mr Ward , 20 , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left hospital in Middlesbrough a month ago against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as Keith Pringle . |
| 26 | Mr Ward , of Westminster Road , Darlington , left Middlesbrough General Hosptal , against medical advice because he could not bear to be in the same building as gunman Keith Pringle . |
| 27 | THIS fractured and desolate album is often unbearably intense , and you sincerely would n't want to be in its author 's shoes . |
| 28 | ‘ We just do n't want to be in that position . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't want to be in the Daily Mirror . |
| 30 | I know he 's got his reputation as a good teacher to keep up , but that does n't matter to me , I 'm different , I 'm not like this soft lot down here , my folks came from the North , descended from the Vikings , and I do n't want to be liked , I do n't want to be good , I do n't want to be in the football team , or a useful member of anything , I do n't want to know . |