Example sentences of "be not [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Details of Industrial Development Authority incentives granted to Sun for the establishment of the centre in Dublin were not revealed — ‘ it is not our practice to reveal payments , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 2 | " Although it is not our custom to shake hands , he likes to please his foreign overlords . |
| 3 | Goldsmith could merely reply , ‘ It is not our habit to marry Indians ’ . |
| 4 | Patiño is known to have told Goldsmith that it would be impossible because , ‘ It is not our habit to marry Jews ’ . |
| 5 | Things seem hopeless at the moment , but it 's not our policy to let kidnappers get away with their crimes . ’ |
| 6 | Still , it 's not my object to spoil things . |
| 7 | Now while we 're on this point about what exactly am I entitled to , erm we ought to say a word about credit notes cos there are a lot of shops who say well erm you know it is it is n't company policy to , it is n't our policy to offer refunds , but we 're quite happy to offer you a credit note . |
| 8 | Not only is this virtually impossible ( and improbable ) in cases of injury — fatal or otherwise — to employees or the public , but in cases of financial irregularities it is always open for the suspect(s) to plead that it was not his intention to defraud shareholders , indeed even though he engaged in what appears to be financially irregular practices , his intention all along had been to improve shareholders ' financial interests , but unfortunately due to unforeseeable circumstances , matters went sour . |
| 9 | But he asked nothing ; it was not his habit to woo men from their clan allegiance , or try to make dishonest use of a man he wished to employ honestly . |