Example sentences of "not to [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elaine gets a lot more help than many disabled people , and some would say she is lucky not to be in residential care . |
| 2 | ( Mozart 's characteristic sotto voce seems in any case not to be in James Levine 's vocabulary . ) |
| 3 | The occupier of a private house ( but not the owner of a house who had never entered into possession of it ) would probably be considered to be in possession of anything placed or left in it — at any rate unless it was concealed — while the occupier of a shop has been held not to be in possession of a thing dropped in a part of the shop to which the public had access . |
| 4 | By a somewhat artificial rule , a servant who receives a thing from his master for the master 's use is deemed not to be in possession of it , though the contrary is true where he receives it from a stranger for the master 's use . |
| 5 | The Wine Committee ( three to six members strong ) was to be elected by all categories of membership , so as not to be in contravention of the law . |
| 6 | They will grumble but they wo n't make war ; tell Bismarck not to be in any way bothered about this . |
| 7 | Competition in the professions was thought not to be in the public interest because of the specialised and personal nature of the services provided , which often affect the health , safety and well-being of the public . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's all wrong , ’ said the woman , ‘ they ought not to be in white homes . |
| 9 | He was fortunate not to be in prison for debt for , on the tour of British prisons which he made in 1812 , James Neild of The Thatched House Society , found debtors were discriminated against . |
| 10 | They were not to be in two minds . |
| 11 | Bart-Williams , who has started just two of the last nine games , said : ‘ I am very disappointed not to be in the side . |
| 12 | But I think it was coming back in this match , and I would be disappointed not to be in the team to face France . |
| 13 | He ought not to be in football . |
| 14 | In some ways , the coaching world is like a jigsaw , in as much that when a piece of the puzzle which one felt was the perfect fit is found not to be in the right place after all , then it goes somewhere else and another piece has to be found to fill the gap . |
| 15 | A man like you ought not to be in possession of any Russian works of art ’ . |
| 16 | At any rate , try not to be in the lee of other aircraft — many owners do n't give heavy weather a second thought and a considerable proportion of aircraft were damaged last winter because other planes which were badly tied down cartwheeled into them . |
| 17 | ‘ He used to say that the first obligation as a sports writer was not to be in the least boring ; that you had to try and retain the excitement of the event in your writing — without taking liberties with the truth or manufacturing drama . ’ |
| 18 | Counsel were able to refer to three cases only in which the source of profits had been held not to be in the principal place of business of the taxpayer . |
| 19 | To perform the court 's order could require the doctor to act in a manner which he or she genuinely believed not to be in the patient 's best interests ; to fail to treat the child as ordered would amount to a contempt of court . |
| 20 | It was such a beautiful day and suddenly he became aware of a surge of relief not to be in London . |
| 21 | In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only . |
| 22 | All one can say is that discreet inquiries in the neighbourhood produced nothing , save to show that he certainly appears not to be in the flat now . " |
| 23 | ‘ He was lucky not to be in a concentration camp or the Todt Organisation . ’ |
| 24 | There are many legitimate reasons for pupils not to be in school , the most obvious being ill-health , medical or dental appointments . |
| 25 | Still , if you knew the pressure on beds here during the Festival you would be glad not to be in a tent in the gardens — often the fate of the young I do not , however , anticipate being away , as I can not really afford to be ( either literally £££ ) or away from job search which gets daily more depressing . |
| 26 | She wanted him to be safe , not to be in trouble ; she wanted him to finish this book . |
| 27 | I have just one quibble : could we not consider naming the ships HMS Stewart , Lang and Forsyth in memory of three Ministers who , notwithstanding that good news , are likely not to be in office much longer ? |
| 28 | There is perhaps only one point worthy of note : where the observation of teachers had featured in the review , teachers tend not to be in favour of a second round . |
| 29 | In view of problems experienced previously when consent was granted for a development on a site later discovered not to be in the ownership of the applicant , the Parish Council would like to draw your attention to the fact that the boundary of this site is currently in dispute with the neighbouring landowners ( i.e. the R C Church Diocesan Surveyors ) . |
| 30 | This is illustrated by Grenfell v EB Meyrowitz Ltd [ 1936 ] 2 All ER 1313 , where the defendants were held not to be in breach of s13 when they supplied goggles of " safety glass " which subsequently had acquired a technical meaning and the goggles conformed to this design ( see R v Ford Motor Co [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1220 as to the meaning in the motor trade of a " new " car ) . |