Example sentences of "it [be] not [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No it 's not to go together is it ? |
| 2 | Er it 's not to live there it 's just |
| 3 | Whatever the role of teachers , it is not to push back the frontiers of knowledge , nor to determine a new direction in which a discipline can move . |
| 4 | For an object to exist in an ontological sense is to exist in its own right and not merely as an object of thought , but it is not to exist independently of the conditions under which it may be thought of and identifyingly referred to as that particular object and no other . |
| 5 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 6 | Management say Caldaire would need at least £3.7m if it is not to end up out of pocket . |
| 7 | ‘ After they had gone ( they left one evening after dark , Constanza having said that there was one thing Michel refused to put on me — he will have to learn to be a bit less scrupulous , poor lamb — so that she would have to do it , and it was not to let on : ‘ Tell our friends I 've gone to Italy to look after my papa ; as for Michel , he 's God knows where , you do n't know , it 's nobody 's business and they 're used to his comings and goings . ’ |
| 8 | Whatever may have prompted Benjamin and Elizabeth to pay this visit to Walworth — a chance of staying with some of the Parkes family , perhaps ? — it was not to last long . |
| 9 | Caldaire said it would needed at least £3.7m if it was not to end up out of pocket . |