Example sentences of "[prep] is not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I can think of is not wakening the baby , so I say OK and he goes ahead . |
| 2 | For an allowed band , the value of is not restricted , and it may accidentally be zero . |
| 3 | But that does n't apa , but what they look like is not going to affect whether I support the Ministerial Committee or not . |
| 4 | First of all , he 's got a general election coming up and we do n't know what its result 's going to be and it may disappoint him , he may find that the Parliament he has to work with is not going to be of the same cast of mind as himself . |
| 5 | However , if the department or faculty you are interested in is not listed , or it is impossible for you to come on the given dates , then we will do our best to arrange an individual visit for you provided you give us plenty of advance notice . |
| 6 | How this dosage of epoetin was decided upon is not mentioned . |
| 7 | These point out of this world , but where to is not made clear . |
| 8 | Since to is not found with most auxiliaries , they provide a further test for the hypothesis that the bare infinitive implies the absence of a before-position with respect to the event it expresses , which will be the topic of the next chapter . |
| 9 | The purpose is not to is not to train in the sense of imparting knowledge to people who do n't have it , but rather to put whatever experience they have into context , on which we can have something to contribute . |
| 10 | This would justify the fact that to is not used with this sense of let . |
| 11 | Since the letting can not be conceived as existing before the event permitted gets under way , to is not used with let , just as it is not used with see because seeing can not be conceived as taking place before the first moment of the event seen . |
| 12 | So be prepared for that , be prepared that the person you 're going to talk to is not gon na give you that usual to and fro feedback and do n't be thrown by that . |
| 13 | The first type of usage , that where the infinitive is non-realized ( He tried to get free ) , would appear to arise when the movement denoted by to is not carried to its end-point , i.e. when only the beginning of the movement signified by to is actualized : The second type , where the sense is rather that the infinitive 's event is actually realized ( He managed to get free ) , seems to arise where the speaker has actualized the whole of the movement signified by to , thus reaching the point where the realization of the infinitive event takes place . |
| 14 | So we can only concentrate our efforts and what we have been concentrating our efforts on is not turning any place into a nuclear dump , then we have been concentrating on our union 's policy which is the retention of all the facilities and job security for our members . |
| 15 | My Lords , may I ask my Noble Friend if it would n't be better really to lease the land for a period of time , perhaps long enough for the anguish felt about the cost of the library as it currently stands and when perhaps more optimistic views could be entertained , because the piece of land it 's on is not going to be recoverable once it 's sold . |
| 16 | Fourthly and finally , the nature of the participation asked for is not made clear . |
| 17 | In the context of the rest of chapter 29 , as already set out , it seems clear to us that the delay or deferment means , at its lowest , wrongful delay or deferment , such as is not justified by the circumstances of the case . |