Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Easy-going parents must not be afraid to be firm , ’ he was suggesting , ‘ Moderate strictness is not harmful . ’ |
| 2 | I for my part can not see why , subject to compliance with the proviso , a person should not be liable to be extradited under the terms of the Treaty if he was party to a crime committed in Sweden , such as , for example , the importation of drugs into Sweden , even if he was not himself in Sweden at the time of the importation . |
| 3 | It was therefore desirable in the public interest that statements made to the appropriate authority investigating a complaint against a police officer should not be liable to be produced or disclosed or referred to in any proceedings save disciplinary or criminal proceedings officially brought against the police officer in question . |
| 4 | really what the crunch is , the price should be , they should n't be able to be cheaper . |
| 5 | Girls should n't be ashamed to be virgins . |
| 6 | ‘ I may not be able to be with her . ’ |
| 7 | Ours would appear to be an academic qualification , which may not be able to be adapted to suit NVQ . |
| 8 | If the ratio is too low , there will be the risk that customers ' demands may not be able to be met : this would cause a crisis of confidence and Possible closure . |
| 9 | Using my initiative again , thinking , there might not be much to be rescued here , but at least it 's a spot of organic for Dad 's favourite veg . |
| 10 | Totten appreciates that what was done with St. Johnstone might not be able to be repeated with East Fife . |
| 11 | Six or seven days , I would say — I 'll not be able to be more precise until the autopsy . ’ |
| 12 | Clothes need not be expensive to be becoming . |
| 13 | Fred Greenstein argues that ‘ the impact of modern presidents on public policy need not be apocalyptic to be important ’ and no doubt this is true . |
| 14 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |
| 15 | But observations need n't be direct to be good . |
| 16 | ‘ It would not be good to be noticed . |
| 17 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 18 | It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired . |
| 19 | Sims said : ‘ It would not be likely to be just in her cases , like clothes . |
| 20 | When he wants to be served at table by a black hand , he would not be satisfied to be served by a black paw … |
| 21 | He wanted to look his best so that Sweetheart would not be ashamed to be seen out with him . |
| 22 | Rule 5 strikes a note familiar to all Sunday School teachers and Superintendents : ‘ Scholars who shall have been marked absent for twelve Sabbaths of the year shall not be entitled to be present at the Annual Festival Excursion . |
| 23 | And our Lord in the words that we 've read gives a very solemn answer to that question in the , in those words that we read a few moments ago and his immediate answer to the question you know are there few that be saved , was to say many , this was in the following verse , many shall not be able to be saved , now does that mean that only a few will be saved , that there 's only a few people who are gon na be in heaven that Jesus Christ came and died on the cross for about a handful of people , a small percentage does that what it , is that what it means , well lets look and see what the bible has to say , in Matthew chapter seven in verse thirteen and verse fourteen , this is what Jesus says enter by the narrow gate for the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction and many of those who enter by it , for the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life , but few of those who find it any way in the same book , in , in Matthew in , in , in chapter twenty two and in , in , in verse fourteen , listen again to what it says there Jesus is speaking he says for many a called , but few are chosen |
| 24 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 25 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 26 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 27 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 28 | A hi-jacking of that magnitude would n't be likely to be quickly forgotten by the police in whose district it had occurred . |
| 29 | In many cases , it will not be possible to be certain how the sale will ultimately be structured ; if there is a chance that a share sale may be arranged to meet the acquiror 's needs , it will be necessary to regard all advertisements leading up to sale as investment advertisements . |
| 30 | Individuals whose primary activity is to buy and sell animals , for example , will not be eligible to be flat rate farmers ; neither will trainers of animals . |