Example sentences of "but be not to [be] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | New phases bring new dominant tendencies , but are not to be regarded as self-contained episodes . |
| 2 | If the modules should be included in the package but are not to be approved ( i.e. already approved issues ) ensure that the modules are included as SELECTED-ISSUES in the module relations section of the package header . |
| 3 | Commissioners were accordingly appointed to make perambulations in the forests of Devon and Surrey : they were to be returned into the Chancery before Christmas , but were not to be put into effect until the officers of the central administration had had an opportunity of comparing them with the earlier perambulations of Edward I 's time . |
| 4 | They built manyattas , but were not to be found in them ; they were Potemkin manyattas , the real ones flourishing in inaccessible places . |
| 5 | The individual 's congenitally imperfect constitution is commonly described as his nature , but is not to be confused with his basic nature . |