Example sentences of "it is not [pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Youngest on the books is 14 , but Dr Caroline Marfleet , senior medical officer for family planning in North Essex , stresses it is not her job to promote early sex . |
| 2 | Here the value of privacy may act against the interests of family members ; neighbours may consider that it is not their business to interfere and the beaten wife-at least before the growth of women 's self-help centres — may find that she has nowhere to go ( Pizzey , 1974 ) . |
| 3 | In many cases teachers have been indoctrinated with the view that it is not their job to encourage competitive sports . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | You will not always be able to influence the actions and reactions of others — but then it is not your responsibility to do so . |
| 6 | The interviewer will organise the best position , it is not your responsibility to do it . |
| 7 | It is not your ability to diet that is in question . |
| 8 | ‘ It is not your place to criticise me . |
| 9 | It is not your job to worry about whether you threaten the stability of the world economy . |
| 10 | It is not my purpose to follow up in detail the story of the literary abuse which accompanied and followed the Maccabean rebellion and the much less glorious establishment of the Hasmonean dynasty . |
| 11 | ‘ Well , I can assure you , sir , it is not my desire to upset anybody . |
| 12 | It is not my job to comment on the policy of the County Council . |
| 13 | I think that you would find them excellently suited to your purpose , but of course it is not my business to force your decision . |
| 14 | While it is not my intention to turn conventional theory on its head , it often happens that theories become accepted facts because people simply repeat them , without anyone ever questioning them . |
| 15 | Erm , and it is not my intention to implement that minute at the moment , because I think it relates purely to a London situation . |
| 16 | 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 ’ . |
| 17 | It is not my intention to argue that villagers confused the two institutions , or that they thought magistrates and demons to be similar types of beings . |
| 18 | It is not my intention to argue that the strategies identified here are necessarily exhaustive of those that pertain in other units . |
| 19 | It is not my intention to describe in detail a particular course at a particular institution . |
| 20 | But it is not my intention to rehabilitate this theory , or to suggest that it is allegorically preferable to current theories of sexual difference . |
| 21 | It is not my intention to discuss medical politics , but as it turned out this was not an unhappy solution , notwithstanding that it married two firmly conflicting beliefs which have continued to operate , sometimes rather awkwardly , side by side , and may do so for many years . |
| 22 | It is not my intention to dispute Samaraweera 's assertion that the newly-imposed colonial judicial system was alien to Sri Lankan values , but to explain how , in spite of this , the system proved popular . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | [ Regarding the ] differentiation between the various stages in the training for research work … on this matter again it is not our function to make detailed recommendations , but to lay down general principles . |
| 25 | It is not our function to prescribe examination methods or standards to individual universities . |
| 26 | It is not our purpose to review these initiatives , merely to point out that this has been the single most important factor responsible for the change in budgetary climate in local government in recent years . |
| 27 | It is not our wish to profit from such assignment , and in the unlikely event of our recovering more than such compensation and costs , any excess will be paid to the injured clients . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not our policy to comment on property matters , ’ he said . |
| 29 | It is not our policy to comment on sentencing relating to individual cases , which is , of course , a matter for the courts . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ The hospital is quite adamant that it is not our policy to encourage smoking or allow cigarettes to be sold ’ . |