Example sentences of "was [adv] [to-vb] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its main task was not to detect or prevent crime , but to maintain order on public occasions , perform guard duties and apprehend well-known criminals . |
| 2 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 3 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 4 | Section 17(3) of the Act permits secondary action if ( a ) the purpose or principal purpose of the secondary action was directly to prevent or disrupt the supply during the dispute of goods or services between an employer who is a party to the dispute ( here the ship owners ) and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action relates ( here the port authorities ) ; and ( b ) the secondary action was likely to achieve that purpose . |
| 5 | ‘ ( a ) the purpose or principal purpose of the secondary action was directly to prevent or disrupt the supply during the dispute of goods or services between an employer who is a party to the dispute and the employer under the contract of employment to which the secondary action relates ; and ( b ) the secondary action ( together with any corresponding action relating to other contracts of employment with the same employer ) was likely to achieve that purpose . ’ |
| 6 | A J Lubin 's belief that Vincent was out to mock or deride his mother ( why not Kee ? ) by taking up with Sien , and by thus labelling his drawing , is of course pure supposition . |
| 7 | Her desire was never to see or speak to Ellen again but of course she could not allow herself such a luxurious vengeance . |
| 8 | My father was never to speak or write to me again , but after a while I began to hear from my mother . |