Example sentences of "[not/n't] to be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For those of you having withdrawal symptoms from patch-based working , consider only how lucky you are not to be on the other kind of patch . |
| 2 | Botham had the first six wickets before Marshall and Baptiste held him up for while , Marshall being lucky not to be on the wrong end of a legendary catch when Don Topley , a groundstaff boy who went on to play for Essex , brilliantly caught him one-handed on the square leg boundary , only to put one foot over the rope . |
| 3 | But it was not to be despite the tremendous efforts of players like Paudi Lynch , Pat Claffey , Ian Delamere , Paul Neary , Justin Couch , Enda Moynihan , Dermot Desmond and the rest . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The DPP will face one of 4 choices , not to proceed because of lack of evidence , not to proceed because it 's deemed not to be in the public interest , to issue a caution , or to sanction a prosecution . |