Example sentences of "[adj] are not [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The history of the mammals in the Tertiary involved not only this one major diversification , but several , with major extinctions between , so that the largest mammals of the earlier parts of the Tertiary are not related to the large mammals of the Recent . |
| 2 | The perks are specifically designed to encourage people to invest in their local water authority despite the fact that it is patently obvious that some are not going to be as attractive as others . |
| 3 | US-based companies will play a major role for the first time , but the Japanese are not expected to be heavily involved . |
| 4 | Many of the indicators chosen are suspect , as Macnicol has shown for earlier periods , in that they simply count contact with state agencies , and it is a commonplace observation that the poor are more likely to be in contact with social workers because they are poor ( Becker , 1988 ) ; young drug-takers in inner cities are more visible than wealthy socialites but drug-taking and drinking stretch across social groups ( O'Bryan , 1989 ; Plant , 1989 ) ; desertion of women by husbands and the choice to remain unmarried are not restricted to the poor ; and so on and so on . |
| 5 | There are a number of tried and tested approaches for making the comparison ( eg general discussion and observation , question generation , model overlay ) , but these are not intended to be exhaustive ; analysts should endeavour to make imaginative use of the ideas generated during the systems thinking stages to examine what is happening in practice . |
| 6 | Six such explanations in particular will be discussed ( these are not intended to be exhaustive ) : the exigencies of cohort control , situational constraints , examination pressures , subject-related pedagogies , status and career factors , and teacher isolation . |
| 7 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres may find them a useful resource in the delivery of the module . |
| 8 | These are not intended to be prescriptive but centres might find them a useful resource in the delivery of the modules . |
| 9 | One method of reducing surpluses has been for companies to take contributions holidays ( although generally these are not extended to employee contribution holidays ) whereby they do not pay any contributions for a period of time . |
| 10 | In the most traditional houses these are not connected to the electricity supply , and on special occasions can be fitted with candles . |
| 11 | These are not meant to be comprehensive surveys of the literature , but are simply designed to illustrate the application of rational expectations to specific areas . |
| 12 | But I watched , out of a sense of duty admittedly , most of the election news programmes , feeling all the time , these are not relating to me in any way . |
| 13 | As the name implies , these are not linked to a company scheme but can be purchased independently from : insurance companies , building societies , banks , unit trusts and friendly societies . |
| 14 | These are not restricted to the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | These are not restricted to personal injury or fatal accident cases . |
| 16 | Sorry , children under 3 are not admitted to any performance . |
| 17 | One of the difficulties he acknowledges is that the Irish are not given to fighting ‘ civilised ’ battles on a properly organised battle field . |
| 18 | On the other hand , feelings of attachment to a person named as very close are not related to either . |
| 19 | Soviet spokesmen claim that American ambitions in the 1980s are not confined to cultivating relations of ‘ alignment ’ on a bilateral basis . |
| 20 | The nineties are not going to be like that . |