Example sentences of "it is not [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the interests they are being called upon to safeguard are not even those of Bentham 's questionable Utilitarian objective : it is not to champion the interests of the majority — the greatest happiness of the greatest number — that this new technology is being summoned . |
| 2 | This is , undoubtedly , an important precursor of rational service-level planning , although it is not to say that the service infrastructure will necessarily develop from individual service plans . |
| 3 | If one leans towards the former view , it is not to belittle the other . |
| 4 | The Government always says how careful it is not to waste taxpayers ' money . |
| 5 | That is , it is not to characterize consciousness generally . |
| 6 | the whole point about it is not to put on the act . |
| 7 | ‘ We both know why I 'm here and it is not to claim some long-lost family . ’ |
| 8 | He got together with the head of the local shopkeepers ' association to try to make shopkeepers understand how important it is not to sell solvents to young people . |
| 9 | In my view it is just as vital not to ignore Marxist work because it contains one inadequate generalization , as it is not to ignore pluralist work because it is based on an idealized view of liberal democracy in Japan . |
| 10 | In stressing the challenges that face us in health and safety it is not to ignore the environmental challenge however we recognize it needs to be considered much more widely so that our resources can be most effectively targeted . |
| 11 | What then is the function of the student in the lecture period , if it is not to fill a notebook with what is written on the blackboard ? |
| 12 | It is not to deny that some culturally elaborated behaviour can usefully be explained from a biological perspective . |
| 13 | Whatever the role of teachers , it is not to push back the frontiers of knowledge , nor to determine a new direction in which a discipline can move . |
| 14 | And er can can we scrape away to say Chairman that er , you know this , this , this situation er it is not to do with government policies , we are paying a very heavy price to this country for world recession as we have paid this very high price , very very large amounts of money that had to be used for people who are unfortunate enough to fall out of employment . |
| 15 | … It is to be competent where those who control can not be competent , yet it is not to control . |
| 16 | For an object to exist in an ontological sense is to exist in its own right and not merely as an object of thought , but it is not to exist independently of the conditions under which it may be thought of and identifyingly referred to as that particular object and no other . |
| 17 | To say that it has been the poorer for it is not to denigrate the work that was done . |
| 18 | It is not to dictate the course of the Hearing , and only the Chairman of the Panel can have a person removed . |
| 19 | It is to learn when fish spawn and avoid disturbing them ; it is not to dig vegetation from the bank ; and it is to work quietly and unobtrusively . |
| 20 | There are of course passages where Klemperer 's gravitas is amazingly powerful , as in the first movement , but the first ‘ Nachtmusik ’ requires greater momentum if it is not to appear diffuse . |
| 21 | Already programs are being written that will automatically define the amount of white space each character of a new type-face needs in which to breathe , if it is not to look cramped ( at the moment this time-consuming procedure is done by eye ) . |
| 22 | However , what you should always remember is that the picture must contain a reasonable amount of detail if it is not to look dull . |
| 23 | You know how important it is not to look exceptional . |
| 24 | It is not to maintain the pretence that there is no autocue ; it is because continuous looking at the camera apparently produces a disconcerting ‘ super-stare ’ of hostility . |
| 25 | Such protection must not be excessive if it is not to infringe Article 85 . |
| 26 | As with any other policy the insurers will commonly require exclusions against the following : ( 1 ) The adequacy of insurance arrangements The view of the insurers is that it should be for the purchaser to determine whether existing insurance cover for the business is adequate and if it is not to increase the level of cover with effect from completion . |
| 27 | Just as zooming should be done only for a good reason , panning is also a camera move which should be used sparingly if it is not to become visually irritating . |
| 28 | She could n't find her handkerchief and said what a nuisance it is not to have pockets in frocks . |
| 29 | A neat little envelope that 's supporting quite firm , that 's supporting the elbow , now pin it , again , now you can see how important it is not to have lots and lots of bandage up here , cos what will you do with it then ? |
| 30 | It is not to produce publications but to inform and instruct the reader . |