Example sentences of "[adv] [be] not [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The points set out below are not intended to be a full explanation of the intricacies of the acquisition of premises and their use as a catering enterprise ; they are designed to illustrate some of the legal issues involved . |
| 2 | The boyfriend , who suddenly was not allowed to be involved in these discussions at all , talked to his girlfriend and they were married by special licence . |
| 3 | The presence of columnar epithelium of the gastric type only was not considered to be Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 4 | ‘ Maybe it just was n't meant to be . |
| 5 | ‘ I think you did everything you could but it just was n't enough , it just was n't meant to be . |
| 6 | As I listened to him fumbling for words of explanation , I wished he could have said boldly that what was thought to be so heinous today was not thought to be so then , but that looking back now , he deeply regretted what had happened . |
| 7 | Lacan 's work is not subject to empirical verification , and indeed is not meant to be . |
| 8 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |