Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps the artists in this exhibition and book are united by only one thing other than that they have made use of some aspect of photographic technology : most of them are more likely than not to be familiar with the ideas of the French philosopher Jean Baudrillard . |
| 2 | Among negative rights , we should include the rights : not to be indoctrinated ; not to be subject to unnecessary ideology ; not to experience racialist , sexist or religious bias ; and not to be subject to unprofessional practices by teaching staff in admissions , in teaching and in examining . |
| 3 | Increasing the commitment with the treasurer and not to be rash with it but the people understand people who are mostly killed in churches and and either way should not pass to amend a resolution for the Council . |
| 4 | ‘ It is a principle of construction of United Kingdom statutes , now too well established to call for citation of authority , that the words of a statute passed after the Treaty has been signed and dealing with the subject matter of the international obligation of the United Kingdom , are to be construed , if they are reasonably capable of bearing such a meaning , as intended to carry out the obligation , and not to be inconsistent with it . |
| 5 | The hardest task for his subordinates is to decide what the phrase ( now often shortened to NWO and not to be confused with the airline that used to be called Northwest Orient ) might mean . |
| 6 | Expressive behaviour , according to Tormey ( and not to be confused with the way Harré is using the term ) points in two directions simultaneously : towards some state of emotional arousal in the person ( say , anger or wonder or pleasure ) ; and towards what he calls an intentional object , something outside the person to which the state of arousal is prepositionally related . |
| 7 | Under Sir Robert Reid , chairman from 1983 to 1990 ( and not to be confused with Sir Bob Reid , his successor ) , BR 's efficiency was transformed . |
| 8 | The wartime routine was enlivened by a series of afternoon musical concerts for secondary school pupils at the Davenport Theatre ; by potato-picking at harvest time ; by Christmas work at the General Post Office ; by firewatching duties with the ARP , both at School and at Stockport High School ( the latter venue being very popular , a girls ' school and not to be confused with its short-lived 19th century boys ' predecessor ) ; and by the various fund-raising " War Weeks " : " War Weapons Week " in 1941 raised £5,729 ; " School Warships " in 1942 £5,900 ; " Wings for Victory " in 1943 £10,571 ; " Salute the Soldier " in 1944 £10,785 ; and " Thanksgiving Week " in 1945 raised £14,100 , and also won the boys an extra half-holiday . |
| 9 | Ruth , now Mrs McCluskey ( she remarried this April ) , finds that there are many points of similarity between Libby 's and Medau — especially the class structure , with its warm-up , including stretching and strengthening exercises and exercises to increase mobility and flexibility , developing into an aerobic sessions which is really our travelling section , and not to be confused with Aerobics . |
| 10 | The aim should be to out-climb every other glider nearby and not to be satisfied with just staying up , unless the conditions are very poor . |
| 11 | No hard and fast rules can be laid down , but the sooner you can help teenagers acquire the confidence to act responsibly and not to be afraid of peer pressure , the more freedom you can allow them . |
| 12 | With the help of others they have then learned to manage their feelings and not to be afraid of them . |
| 13 | Thus , for example , the student with difficulty revising , having drawn up his plan of action , agreed to work on the first item on his list and not to be side-tracked into attempting other items at the same time . |
| 14 | Nationalist politics in Zambia were initiated in 1951 under the banner of the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress ( ANC — but not to be confused with the present-day ANC ) led by Harry Nkumbula , from the Ila people of southern Zambia . |
| 15 | In other words , all bedding is likely to be cross.bedding , though often on so gentle a scale as not to be recognisable in the field . |
| 16 | So as not to be full of wind and fury alone , the report closes with alternative budget proposals , suggesting for example that proposed spending on nuclear energy be halved and spending on energy conservation be increased from 2 to 34 per cent of the energy budget . |
| 17 | Now it could be argued that this likelihood is so remote as not to be worthy of consideration . |