Example sentences of "be not [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the approach of this book makes its political stance clear , it is not its intention to undertake a wide-ranging critique of various models of social change . |
| 2 | Moreover , it is not our function to form a view in relation to any one of these appellants of the proper period for him to serve for the purposes of retribution and deterrence , and then if we disagree with the Secretary of State 's tariff say that the Secretary of State was wrong and quash his decision . |
| 3 | Mr George Bochanski , a spokesman for Rohm & Haas , the manufacturer , said : ‘ We continue to believe these products are safe and it is not our job to pre-empt the regulatory bodies in the UK . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ It is not our job to impose a concept on the play . |
| 5 | I confirm that it is not our intention to widen the M25 outside its present curtilage . |
| 6 | It is not our intention to supply the reader with the full details of the various initiatives ; instead we seek to examine the effect of these initiatives on organisations . |
| 7 | Is not it time to have a specific crime of racial harassment , as I proposed in my 1985 Racial Harassment Bill ? |
| 8 | Trollope portrays her as an overbearing , bossy wife and woman right from the start even though he says ‘ it is not my intention to breathe a word against the character of Mrs. Proudie ’ . |
| 9 | So we wish therefore to remove this first constraint on our powers and I 'd emphasise again that it is , is our intention to use , it 's not our intention to use the wider powers to increase the risks , it 's simply to improve er , our ability to gain the best returns and satisfy the objectives of the Council . |
| 10 | The council agreed to buy the station for — it 's about three hundred and twenty five thousand , but I want to make this point , that it is n't their intention to close the boat station . |
| 11 | Is n't it time to consider the creation of a similar library where the data of computer-aided history are available for similarly free-ranging enquiry ? |
| 12 | And she also realised that it was not her job to heal the hurts of the whole world — though certainly her very nature leaned in that direction . |
| 13 | It was not their place to do a thing . |
| 14 | To say that it was not their business to stop the launch is not good enough . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ It was not his idea to pick the seals up . |
| 16 | But a judge in Eberswalde said it was not his job to set an example . |
| 17 | I wanted to say straight away it was not my idea to have a conference … |
| 18 | Siome news in brief — the fatal accident inquiry into drug deaths in Glasgow has just ended with the sheriff telling the parents of the victim that while he understood their feelings of helplessness and grief , it was n't his function to hold the general inquiry into the misuse of drugs . |
| 19 | He was glad that it was n't his job to catch the Whistler . |