Example sentences of "[be] not to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not to be married until Easter . |
| 2 | Wittgenstein 's account of the source of the illusion that thinking is a stream which must be flowing under the surface of the auxiliary activities of making trials and comparisons , if these are not to be mere mechanical procedures ( 107 ) , is particularly interesting . |
| 3 | He ignored the bluntness of the queries as he went on , ‘ Misty also says you are not to be nervous . |
| 4 | any numerical measures need a good deal of explanation and background information if they are not to be misleading ; and |
| 5 | If older people are not to be disadvantaged , and not to be treated as a separate class defined solely on the basis of age , it is vital that the debate about rationing care is a public one ; and that principles about equality and individual value are considered alongside economic imperatives . |
| 6 | Your notes are not to be imperishable works of art , but merely businesslike tools to help you in your studies and in reaching the standard required by examiners . |
| 7 | God 's Spirit is called the ‘ Holy ’ Spirit , to remind us that we are not to be confused with his unique identity , nor are we perfect as he is perfect . |
| 8 | Precision is often needed if respondents are not to be confused ; to ask a person about his or her ‘ family ’ could mean to a single man his parents and siblings , but to a married man his wife and children . |
| 9 | The method involves making important assumptions about the nature of the migrations and the rate of change in the style of the English pottery if potentially ‘ early ’ vessels are not to be confused with those of the following centuries . |
| 10 | Rewards are not to be confused with bribes . |
| 11 | ( They are not to be confused with the GRU , whose function is military intelligence . ) |
| 12 | These societies are not to be confused with the primal type of primitive group , where instincts were not restricted . |
| 13 | Our beliefs here , that a cause requires its effect , that an effect is required for its cause , are not to be confused with others . |
| 14 | And if accountants are not to be commercial , who is it who will regulate their fees , incomes and salaries ? |
| 15 | If we are not to be disillusioned , therefore , and retreat back into the relative safety and tranquillity of the withdrawal unit , part of our responsibility as teachers of children with special educational needs must be to tackle with class teachers ways to improve the curriculum at the level of general class-room practice . |
| 16 | However , if risk-neutral investors are not to be able to make profits from speculating on the stock market ( and assuming that the no-arbitrage condition also applies ) , it is required that E ( S T ) = F t = ( S t - D ) ( l + r ) , and so F t - S t = E ( S T ) - S t . |
| 17 | ‘ Now , you 're not to be cross with me , my dear , because I did n't come sooner , the truth is I wanted to come straight away but it was n't possible . |
| 18 | You 're not to be frightened of it you know . |
| 19 | I hoped they were not to be disappointed by the rest of their tour and wondered whether that residue of egalitarianism which their culture had instilled in them , for all its dreadfulness , might not in time lead them to question whether unification was wholly to their advantage . |
| 20 | We were not to be disappointed . |
| 21 | THE Highways in Larne was the venue packed to the seams with enthusiastic punters — they were not to be disappointed , yet another sensational semi-final . |
| 22 | However , these were not to be total days of vacation for him . |
| 23 | In fact , the resources , notably teachers , were not to be available after the war . |
| 24 | However , it was made clear that the assessments were not to be age-related . |
| 25 | Western traders allowed into Japan were to be restricted to foreign settlements and other prescribed areas , but were to have the benefits of extraterritoriality , i.e. they were not to be subject to the laws of Japan , but any misdemeanour or problem ( including those that concerned Japanese ) was to be dealt with by a court presided over by the consul of the country of the national concerned . |
| 26 | They were not to be concerned in any way with the shedding of blood . |
| 27 | Hibs started the game only one point better off than the ailing home side , and they , too , needed to smarten up their ideas if the last quarter of the season were not to be fraught with danger . |
| 28 | It should go without saying these days that to be suffering from something psychosomatic is not to be guilty of lack of moral fibre , but to be exhibiting a condition the cause of which is , at least in part , psychological . |
| 29 | If post cold-war Europe is not to be violent and conflictual then the sources of rivalry and mistrust need to be addressed head-on . |
| 30 | If life is not to be pointless , there must be an ultimate reason for it . |