Example sentences of "not [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The great advantage of spontaneous housing is its cheapness and , until governments can provide adequate housing with the same attraction , they are not likely to be successful . |
| 32 | The OECD ( Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ) has recently argued that governments are not likely to be successful in securing increased public sector efficiency unless there is a greater role for the price mechanism and market forces . |
| 33 | The problems arise because in practice no inhibitor is a ‘ magic bullet ’ with a single target and without so-called ‘ side-effects ’ , so an experimental finding using an inhibitor is not likely to be unambiguous . |
| 34 | However , most subjects reported that they are doing nothing to avoid TB exposure , and many of those who report doing something are taking precautions that are not likely to be effective . |
| 35 | Realizing I could n't hang around on the dole forever waiting for the Tate Gallery to offer me an exhibition , and also that my boyfriend , also on the dole , was not likely to be able to support me , I decided to go for further training . |
| 36 | Looking around her , she would see that while her brothers might follow their father 's trade or profession , whatever that was , or perhaps look for an apprenticeship in a traditional craft , or take advantage of the new opportunities in , say , transport — in short choose , within limits , a career that appealed to them — she was not likely to be able to indulge a personal preference . |
| 37 | This is not likely to be an especially serious problem for the assisted party , since if no contribution has been expected , he or she is not likely to be able to pay much in the way of costs to the opponent . |
| 38 | I 'm not likely to be able to make a run for it . |
| 39 | erm , and you 're not likely to be able to get into that line of work again |
| 40 | Until the potential political power of the millions of women who are disadvantaged in relation to paid and unpaid labour and in retirement is realised , policies to combat the poverty of many of those aged 60 and over are not likely to be forthcoming . |
| 41 | However , given the resource implications involved in financing students for two years , this is not likely to be forthcoming in the near future . |
| 42 | Now I 've used it elsewhere in the garden and I 've never really had any problem with it except it is inclined to make the water very alkaline because the chippings that are quite often used on a flat roof and they 've got a very high P H and therefore you 've got to be aware that the water that comes off is not likely to be soft it 's more likely to be fair fairly hard but for reasonably tough plants I do n't think I would waste it , especially in times of water shortage . |
| 43 | Thus they consider that SSE should include a written report ; that teachers are not likely to be reluctant to take part in SSE if a written report plays a part in the scheme . |
| 44 | Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them . |
| 45 | The clients of an investment manager ( such as an IMRO member ) are not likely to be indirect customers of the firm on the facts . |
| 46 | Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium . |
| 47 | Where a defamatory remark is made baldly , without reference to any fact from which the remark could be inferred , it is not likely to be defensible as comment , especially if it imputes dishonesty or dishonourable conduct . |
| 48 | This is because the drainage of the genital region in women is more often to groups of lymph glands in the pelvis , and their involvement is not likely to be obvious . |
| 49 | You 're not supposed to be egotistical . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone . |
| 51 | ( Well , death is not supposed to be nice . ) |
| 52 | So that 's why Well well done at least it was a a time question of course time pressure is supposed to be there it 's not supposed to be nice and comfortable |
| 53 | Felicitys were not supposed to be irresistible to men . |
| 54 | The flow chart is not supposed to be rigid or to be adhered to at all costs ; more a source of guidance and reference and a way of keeping check on the different activities that go on simultaneously as you move towards that special day . |
| 55 | You 're not supposed to be aware of it , you 're supposed to say normal , we sat in a pub last night and this man started telling me a dirty joke , so that 's on it . |
| 56 | Bankers and international business persons are not supposed to be natural campaigners , but they have proved themselves a match for this moment . |
| 57 | ‘ Chiggers are not supposed to be able to breed on human protein , but a year after the itching began again on my ankles , though not as bad as before . ’ |
| 58 | Yeah cos they 're not supposed to , you see there again , Down 's Syndrome children are not supposed to be able to float . |
| 59 | I 'm not supposed to be interested , is it ? |
| 60 | They 're not fit to be alive , |