Example sentences of "they be not [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Thus they are not to ask how their decisions can best promote the general welfare .
2 As some debates may not last the full time allotted to them , it is the responsibility of hon. Members to keep in touch with developments if they are not to miss their turn .
3 It would be implicit that City employees know that they are not to use confidential information for the purposes of insider dealing .
4 Above all , they are not to use any violence .
5 They are not to do with whether we 're Catholic or Protestant , they 're more to do with whether we 're open or closed sort of people , whether we are willing to risk new ideas and the challenge of our old ones , or whether we want to scuttle away into our little corners and keep what we 've got .
6 The psychologist and the healer must be under rigorous discipline if they are not to fall into this trap .
7 As well as making quick botch jobs of things that need careful repair if they are not to fall apart again next week , teachers , when they confront the impossibility of doing everything they ought to do head on , are faced with making some very tough priority decisions .
8 They are not to let themselves be provoked by the Copts .
9 Fundraising by major charities for older people must emphasise both sides of the picture if they are not to reinforce harmful stereotypes .
10 There wo n't be any after tomorrow , but if there is they are not to respond to it .
11 They must retain the calm spaciousness of movement if they are not to destroy the essence of the classical style .
12 Do these words mean that judges can be dismissed by the Crown only upon an Address of both Houses ( with a direction to the Houses that they are not to present an Address unless the judge has misbehaved himself ) ?
13 These surviving pieces of history need care if they are not to deteriorate .
14 If they are not to develop large unwieldy stomachs , they have to digest it quickly and get rid of the waste .
15 The NFU is pressing the government to pay compensation to the men , who say they are not to blame for their predicament .
16 Indeed , a popular view amongst community relations police in the area is that many more schools would welcome them but for intimidation , a factor which the community relations police have to be very sensitive towards if they are not to threaten the safety of children and teachers .
17 However , effective S-turns are not easy to do , and they need to be practised if they are not to end up in dangerously steep turns or in bringing the final turn too close to the field .
18 Rottweilers as a breed need some activity or work if they are not to become bored and frustrated .
19 The patient and carer need clear guidelines on how to cope with acute exacerbations if they are not to panic in the middle of the night .
20 Wires should be treated with care if they are not to break internally .
21 You see , and all the time we 're pushing it , you know , the girls have got to stand up for themselves and they 're not to allow the boys to speak to them in ways that are sexist .
22 I think those are the sorts of differences I observe and they 're not to do with whether I 'm a protestant or a Catholic , but what kind of human being I am almost .
23 Equally , everybody knows why everybody stays , they 've been through all the arguments a hundred times before and now they do n't need to any more , now they know they 're not to blame and their husbands are n't the homicidal maniacs some theorists would have them be .
24 It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm ,
25 Road safety experts say they 're not to blame , it 's the law .
26 They 're not to write it on letter heading cos it means it says it 's coming from the London .
27 Tell them they 're not to look at me . ’
28 They 're not to know I 'd never fight . ’
29 They were not to swear or gamble , and the only women who were to be allowed on crusade were washerwomen of good character ( for crusaders were supposed to be neatly , though not ostentatiously dressed ) .
30 A short time afterwards Tom Dempsey pointed to stretch their lead to three points but remarkably they were not to score again until three minutes from the end .
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