Example sentences of "not to [be] [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is actively supported by a small part of the population , and tacitly tolerated by many more , out of either fear or a simple desire not to be involved in a political battle . |
| 2 | Despite huge debts and a still disproportionate reliance on farming , an enviable record of strong growth and low inflation matches an appetite for change that ought not to be surprising in a society where half the population is under 28 ( and more than half the nuns and priests are over 60 ) . |
| 3 | Judgment was given for the defendant ; the jury had found that she was not negligent and the court held that she ought not to be liable for an extraordinary act of nature which she could not reasonably anticipate . |
| 4 | This is not to be confused with a condescending adoption of pupil style , which they are quick to read as false ( even when it is a genuine identification ) . |
| 5 | An aggro leader is not to be confused with a ‘ good fighter ’ for , because of the peculiar nature of aggro , * he might never have to do any fighting at all . |
| 6 | This relationship is evidently not to be confused with a sexual relationship ; it is just that once you have entered into an artistic liaison of this intensity , the sexual shenanigans are likely to follow . |
| 7 | Then there is the matter of the French Cheddar ( not to be confused with an unidentified English cheese known for generations to the French public as Chester ) now being made down at Castres in the Tarn department of the Languedoc . |
| 8 | This application is not to be confused with an application to have a provisional grant to be declared final under subs . |
| 9 | Mother did n't , could n't , will never understand why a sport should take precedence over sensible activities like , say , a nice coffee morning , or an afternoon in the House of Fraser or a kaluki evening ( that 's a nice card game , not to be confused with an unendurable evening of Japanese theatricals ) . |
| 10 | He preferred not to be stuck in a turret ; and in 1978–80 he served with the Support Troop during many operations . |
| 11 | Presumably he 's not to be soft-soaped by a glass of Amontillado . ’ |