Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie did not want to be a crazy person . |
| 2 | EFTA does not want to be a ‘ kindergarten ’ for East European countries embarking on the path to market economies , but the looser 23-nation Council of Europe — to which Hungary has already sought entry — might be asked to play this role once democratic elections are held in individual east European countries . |
| 3 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 4 | Bought up Catholic Irish in New South Wales , he spent six years in a seminary before concluding he did not want to be a priest . |
| 5 | However , if what I had seen take place between him and Otto was to be a habit , I did not want to be a spectator to it . |
| 6 | Indeed , even if a proposed market counterparty indicates that he does not want to be a market counterparty under the SFA test , he may nonetheless be a market counterparty in relation to the particular transaction concerned under the SIB test . |
| 7 | There is a very simple message here : if I were you Mr Chairman , I would not want to be a Labour priority . |
| 8 | She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers . |
| 9 | This concession was ignored by the other resistance parties , and Hun Sen said in a speech at the end of the month that he would not accept Sihanouk as SNC chair and did not want to be an SNC vice-chair . |
| 10 | The projected dividends were not intended to be a forecast . |
| 11 | The first National Government was not intended to be a coalition government in the normal sense of the term . |
| 12 | Rather than some forbidding official document , his report consisted of a letter to me with the disclaimer that it was not intended to be a major addition to the already considerable library of the National Health Service . |
| 13 | The example auditors ' reports given in the exposure draft are unlikely to help narrow the expectations gap because they do not include references to the inherent limitations of financial reporting and , in particular , to the need to recognise that the balance sheet is not intended to be a statement of a company 's net worth and that there can not be a guarantee that the company will survive as a going concern . |
| 14 | the balance sheet is not intended to be a statement of the company 's net worth ; |
| 15 | It is not intended to be a substitute for discussion with medical staff and we recommend that where possible you also talk to your doctor about your treatment wishes . |
| 16 | You do n't have to be a historian to know a pretty flower when you see one , and although this is not intended to be a text book — there is more than enough literature available to fulfil that function — I do suggest that your enjoyment of roses can be enhanced by knowing just a little about the many different kinds , and such matters as why they are cultivated in certain ways , why they are pruned , and so on — and to see a strange word , and know what it means ! |
| 17 | The land tax was not intended to be a pension fund , but it is evident that it could , and occasionally did , serve as such , for joint-collectorships were common . |
| 18 | The film was not intended to be a realistic portrayal of the war : indeed , it was thematically based on Joseph Conrad 's Heart of Darkness , set in Africa at the turn of the century . |
| 19 | Although homoeopathic remedies can be purchased in shops without prescription , this book is not intended to be a ‘ D.I.Y . |
| 20 | And then , looking at the workmen , and the yellow emerging stone , she almost noticed that the station was not intended to be a station but a work of art , a building ambitiously decorated with scrolls and figures and carvings : ill-decorated , but decorated nonetheless . |
| 21 | The points set out below are not intended to be a full explanation of the intricacies of the acquisition of premises and their use as a catering enterprise ; they are designed to illustrate some of the legal issues involved . |
| 22 | His fishhouse is not intended to be a shop — casual callers are not the norm — and the majority of his sales go to fellow fanatics at shows . |
| 23 | Democracy was evidently not intended to be a dead letter within the BDDA , but participation was difficult to achieve . |
| 24 | Also , selection would be a matter of agreement — ‘ it 's not intended to be a matter imposing a choice on the board ’ . |
| 25 | I will not add any further details , since this is not intended to be a technical article , and in any case loco fans will know the details very well already . |
| 26 | It is important to understand — this is too often misunderstood — that access funds are not intended to be a replacement for the social security benefits to which most students are no longer entitled . |
| 27 | Thus an express term that a transaction is not intended to be a lease but is intended to be a licence will not be given effect ( Street v Mountford [ 1985 ] AC 809 ) . |
| 28 | The schedule is , of course , not intended to be a means of adding new heads or items of damage to the plaintiff 's claim which have not already been pleaded . |
| 29 | While such accounts may lack the flexibility of traditional savings accounts and are not intended to be a substitute , they do , nevertheless , offer better rates of interest on smaller investments as well as a cheque book facility for transferring funds . |
| 30 | The heart of the study is an examination of state railways in two countries , Britain and Spain , but it is not intended to be a book primarily ‘ about railways ’ . |