Example sentences of "not to be [adj] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is actively supported by a small part of the population , and tacitly tolerated by many more , out of either fear or a simple desire not to be involved in a political battle . |
| 2 | Carbery looked at him warily , his eyes pleading not to be involved in such dangerous speculation , and shook his head slowly without speaking . |
| 3 | By the second half of the fourteenth century , few in France could claim not to be involved in it in one way or another . |
| 4 | Er I I would prefer not to be involved in elaborate discussion of the theology of involved . |
| 5 | I came here to see the installation of an air-conditioning unit , not to be involved in your personal life ! ’ |
| 6 | But it 's something we can not afford not to be involved in . |
| 7 | Sidonius depicts the scheme as madness ; nevertheless he maintained his friendship for Arvandus , and he may even have given up his office of prefect of the City of Rome in order not to be involved in sentencing his friend . |
| 8 | However I think it 's important to stress that right from the early days of the conflict we had determined not to be involved in providing large scale emergency relief . |
| 9 | For some technical reason certiorari used not to be available in such cases ; but the aggrieved party applied for mandamus to require the other parties to act on the footing that the visitor 's decision was invalid . |
| 10 | As you will appreciate , the best and possibly the only time to carry out such projects is the spring/ early summer period , partly because of the weather , partly because volunteers tend not to be available in the summer . |
| 11 | Last year , serious assaults soared by 45 per cent from 1991 , prompting Mr Sampson to warn the Tayside force not to be complacent in spite of a drive to target the most active criminals and make criminal intelligence more meaningful to beat bobbies . |
| 12 | There is plenty of opportunity for practice , and summer sketching parties beckon those who prefer not to be studio-bound in the warmer months . |
| 13 | Yet most would want to agree that such belief ought not to be contradictory in any way ( while bearing in mind the distinction between paradox and contradiction referred to at the end of Chapter 6 ) . |
| 14 | Hilton comments : All through Scale 2 Hilton implies that the pursuit of this inner calling is open to all : He is careful not to be over-precise in formulating rules of practice which might not be helpful to all temperaments and all needs . |
| 15 | I am sorry not to be present in Cardiff today . |
| 16 | I think it only right to comment that the fact that it is , in a case such as the present , open to a taxpayer to stipulate , if he wishes , that the money shall be repaid if it is found not to be due in pending proceedings , provides another practical reason why a case such as the present is likely to occur only in very rare circumstances indeed . |
| 17 | Socialists or social democrats in Eastern Europe tend not to be doctrinaire in their answers . |
| 18 | Despite huge debts and a still disproportionate reliance on farming , an enviable record of strong growth and low inflation matches an appetite for change that ought not to be surprising in a society where half the population is under 28 ( and more than half the nuns and priests are over 60 ) . |
| 19 | In other words , all bedding is likely to be cross.bedding , though often on so gentle a scale as not to be recognisable in the field . |
| 20 | ‘ Thank you nursie … you old cow , ’ he 'd say , desperately pretending not to be naked in the bath . |
| 21 | He preferred not to be stuck in a turret ; and in 1978–80 he served with the Support Troop during many operations . |
| 22 | Well programmers tend not to be precise in this , in this kind of er context er Mr Campbell . |
| 23 | ‘ I have asked you repeatedly not to be crude in my presence ! ’ |
| 24 | If as a result of that provision the trustees or the majority of them are deemed , in relation to the trust , not to be resident in the United Kingdom , the provision goes on further to provide that the general administration of the trust shall be treated as ordinarily carried on outside the United Kingdom . |
| 25 | Esther claimed not to be interested in Freud . |
| 26 | It is important not to be brutal in this respect : one can not expect a puppy to go all through the night and be clean in the morning — it is physically impossible . |
| 27 | They were not to be concerned in any way with the shedding of blood . |