Example sentences of "we be not [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 This is vital if we are to continue to lose weight and inches at a satisfactory rate , and essential if we are not to return to our previous shape .
2 When we speak of budgeting in the public sector we are not referring to the Chancellor of the Exchequer 's spring Budget statement .
3 Some hon. Members believe that the Tories have got themselves into a spot of bother in Scotland , and we are not referring to the occasional by-election disaster such as occurred in Kincardine and Deeside recently , or even to the reduction of Scottish Tory representation in the House to the completely inadequate level of nine .
4 We are not trying to ‘ get at ’ women who smoke by publishing these figures , ’ says ANSR .
5 We are not trying to foist them upon you .
6 We are not called to ‘ empathize ’ or to ‘ identify ’ with their struggles and hopes but to continue our struggle in solidarity with them .
7 We are not summoned to that but to the great banquet afterwards .
8 ‘ But we are not seeking to be a showcase or represent specifically German interests ’ , explains Pontus Hulten , who is assisted in his work by an international consultative committee .
9 Conversely we are not sensitised to the possibility of sociocultural differences between the sexes , because they seem to share a culture and a history in common , living as they do in close proximity .
10 We are not used to long poems these days , and we no longer expect poetry to do the work of history , psychology and the novel , or to find ‘ the spirit of the age ’ expressed in poetic medium .
11 We are not claiming to be able to prove His existence .
12 When we have cares , we are not to look to pagan religious practices and philosophies for respite , but we are to be as the Apostle Peter put it ‘ Casting all your care upon him , for he careth for you . ’
13 No , you say , all in control , we are not going to sleep together .
14 We are not going to Buckingham Palace , ’ Morton said calmly .
15 We are not going to be a loser ever again .
16 We are not going to be divided by class . ’
17 As Mr Major flew to Canada for talks on the crisis with US President George Bush and Canadian premier Brian Mulroney a Downing Street spokesman said : ‘ We are not going to be intimidated . ’
18 If we go into the New Year in 10th place , we are not going to be able to do it . ’
19 Dad decided that we are not going to Saltcoats this year because of the weather .
20 Before he took office in 1985 , Cerezo said , ‘ We are not going to be able to investigate the past .
21 But we are not going to be apologetic about our efforts .
22 We have a standard for children which assumes they can either send very strongly amplifies the distress , and therefore , we are not going to taken them terribly seriously , or at least they can actual reach much higher intensities before we do take them seriously , whereas for adults we have a different standard which , which assumes that even slight expressions of distress in adult could be serious .
23 We are not going to be in business long term , ’ Mr Crandall said at a dinner with the reporters .
24 Asked if he felt the cult leader , David Koresh , was manipulating agents , Mr Ricks replied : ‘ As far as being jerked around , we are not going to be jerked around . ’
25 We are not committed to opting in by anything in either clause 2 or any later part of the treaty .
26 It is noticeable that a number of other politicians abroad have made it perfectly clear that this country becomes a more attractive place for investment — and therefore for jobs and prosperity — because we are not committed to the costs of the social chapter .
27 They are entitled to do that in a free European democracy , but we are entitled to hold our ground and to argue that we as a nation were never committed to a united states of Europe in 1973 , that we are not committed to it now and that we do not intend to pre-empt that decision .
28 And at the syntactic level we are not committed to any one particular formalism , but rather can consider a number of different formalisms .
29 There is a direct correlation between morale , motivation , job satisfaction and absenteeism and staff turnover , if people are happy they generally want to stay for us they 're much more loyal and work harder and when we 're managing an area it becomes a lot easier because we are not having to , people are well trained they do the things right first time , you 're not having to correct their mistakes .
30 Unlike many organisations with sporting connections we are not oriented to competition but to participation .
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