Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another revelation : enthusiastic volunteers were not necessarily best-suited to be foster parents , either by temperament or circumstances . |
| 2 | Older people were not necessarily unwilling to be excluded , as the existence of ‘ retirement movements ’ in various industrialized countries demonstrates ( Guillemaud , 1983 ) . |
| 3 | He found in his research on Mexican unions that there was no direct link between union affiliation and militancy , in other words the unions that were controlled from above were not less likely to be militant . |
| 4 | Not much new to be said about Richard Strauss 's Elektra at this date you might think , but you would be wrong . |
| 5 | I 'm still not keen on that side of it — it 's nice to be popular , it 's nice to be loved , but it 's not so nice to be chased round and to be on the front page of the paper every day of your life , with people climbing over the wall all day long . |
| 6 | His premiership appeared not so much to be running out as running down , Few believed that when he came back in the autumn he would be able to do more than coast gently and desultorily along for another six months . |
| 7 | Alexander seemed not so much to be moving in the direction of reform as to be making the achievement of emancipation more difficult . |
| 8 | But it was not so easy to be dismissive of the Incas . |
| 9 | ‘ Sometimes it 's not so easy to be the teacher 's pet ! ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Sometimes it 's not so easy to be the teacher 's pet ! ’ |
| 11 | Rumours that the increased duties to be levied on gin were but the beginning of a general excise , an indirect tax that would hurt the poor much more than the better-off , fuelled the crowd 's antipathy towards the government : " If we are Englishmen … let them see that wooden shoes are not so easy to be worn as they imagine . |
| 12 | They are also used in pots and containers on patios and courtyards , where they look attractive and are not so liable to be blown over as the taller full standard . |
| 13 | If they have to stay in the trench long enough for new roots to develop , they are not so likely to be damaged if you lift them from loose , friable soil . |
| 14 | I 'm not so romantic to be able to place too much importance in this area . |
| 15 | This is not only likely to be painful for him , but it undermines his stability , so that he can only walk slowly , with constant concentration , and he is much more likely to fall over if he has to change direction or if he is distracted . |
| 16 | Feelings that have been firmly repressed , near the surface yet still not sufficiently available to be formed into words , can express themselves through bodily symptoms ; if these feelings relate to permeability , they may well be expressed on the skin - rashes , blotches , spots and boils — and become boundary symptoms . |
| 17 | In other areas Parliament has specifically provided that tax paid which was not lawfully due to be paid may be recovered and it has laid down the machinery and the conditions for repayment , including the payment of interest . |
| 18 | This is because a complete rose is not usually ready to be pressed in one go , so you must condition it first by stripping it of its leaves and thorns , cutting the stem and then crushing it with a hammer , before placing it in fairly deep water . |
| 19 | In line with other studies , we found that larger establishments were more likely to use temporary workers but , and more important , we also found that they were not more likely to be " high users " of temporary workers . |
| 20 | The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop . |
| 21 | Now it is not always possible to be so absolutely in control of food intake that the slim person can guarantee each meal will be a low fat , low sugar , and fairly low-calorie affair . |
| 22 | He had to translate early botanical , English , Scots and Gaelic names into their modern botanical equivalents , although it was not always possible to be precise . |
| 23 | It is not always possible to be consistent about separating the two activities . |
| 24 | ‘ It is always necessary to be loved but not always necessary to be admired . ’ |
| 25 | However , it is important to realise that it is not always necessary to be able to characterise an employee " as the office " . |
| 26 | There is little or no tradition of democratic government in these new states and the influence of Western liberal democratic traditions is not always likely to be great . |
| 27 | This suggests that our results are not solely due to being in a group but depend upon some ‘ active ingredients ’ for effective change inherent in the Cognitive–Behavioural approach . |
| 28 | It has previously been found that an enhanced bile acid loss may also be the consequence of diarrhoea and increased intestinal transit itself , and bile acid malabsorption is not often likely to be the primary cause of the diarrhoea . |
| 29 | Local residents and the London boroughs of Camden and Islington want the redevelopment shelved until the Commons has seen the delayed bill for the high speed rail link , not now due to be resubmitted until next November . |
| 30 | I 'm not really used to being so personal or so open about things in public but want to tell you of my great sadness in life . |