Example sentences of "deserve to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he does resume them , when the time comes for him to make his next leap , the suggestions made in the course of this affair of his fiction fatigue and literal turn — suggestions which receive both rebuttal and support from within the shape-changing dialectic represented by The Counterlife — will not deserve to be forgotten . |
| 2 | It does n't deserve to be neglected . |
| 3 | However insignificant , they still do n't deserve to be thrown out with the bathwater , or rather the pond water . |
| 4 | Thirdly , the coach is in the business of picking winners , not his friends , so if you have n't been selected , you have to admit to yourself that perhaps you did n't deserve to be . |
| 5 | Senior , twice , Whitlock and Wood , once each , headed at the Welling goal in extra-time but the Wings did not deserve to be clipped . |
| 6 | Perhaps it could also mean loving a man who was n't there and did n't deserve to be loved . |
| 7 | ‘ Operations in the national interest ’ was a favourite phrase ; good and sharp , and carrying the implication that if you needed to know what the national interest was , you did not deserve to be told . |
| 8 | Then I knew it was because I did n't want to be loved and respected , since I do n't deserve to be . |
| 9 | Yet , says Matthew Paris with relish , he did not deserve to be rescued in this way , for he had shown no mercy to others when he himself had been an officer of the Forest . |
| 10 | ‘ But I told them if we could n't beat them without a boom , we did n't deserve to be in the finals . ’ |
| 11 | I say to the British people : after all they have done , they simply do n't deserve to be re-elected . ’ |
| 12 | None of the above is written to rub the nose of my profession in the dirt , although it does deserve to be so rubbed . |
| 13 | But one aspect of the history of these years does deserve to be recalled . |
| 14 | She does n't deserve to be disgraced by her son . ’ |
| 15 | She did n't deserve to be hurt so . |
| 16 | He considers religion without morality to be inconceivable , and if it denies any of the virtues we normally associate with morality , such as , truth , mercy and goodness , it does not deserve to be called religion . |
| 17 | Should it be unconcerned with the practical affairs of men and take no action to solve men 's problems it does not deserve to be called religion . |
| 18 | Lesbians and gays , it had been implied , were irresponsible predators who did not deserve to be employed ; those who insisted on equality were a threat . |
| 19 | I do n't deserve to be happy . |
| 20 | ‘ But I do n't deserve to be loved . ’ |
| 21 | They 're disinterested , but surely they do n't deserve to be ? |
| 22 | Elton does n't deserve to be called the worst , he 's very stylish and I dress him for the country . |
| 23 | But given their approach at Villa Park last night , they do n't deserve to be in contention . |
| 24 | If Nigel de Gruchy of the National Association of Schoolmasters and Women Teachers ( and there 's a catchy title if ever there was one ) can not weave any more magic into his protest than ‘ The national curriculum has become a political football being booted up and down the right wing of the Conservative Party , ’ he does n't deserve to be taken seriously . |
| 25 | BOBBY Goulding did n't deserve to be judged by TV says Alex Murphy . |
| 26 | He does deserve to be given more of a chance ! |
| 27 | There were a few diplomatic handshakes as the players left the field at the end , but it seemed a relief that an extra week lay between this Test match and the next , and it could only be hoped that work would continue behind the scenes to impress upon these cricketers , especially the more excitable ones , that the game does not deserve to be abused . |
| 28 | Poland , on all available evidence , do not deserve to be in Stockholm . |
| 29 | If Thatcher ends up opposing that sort of modernisation of institutions , then she will deserve to be denounced as simply reactionary and perverse . |
| 30 | " After all I 've learned from Mother Benedicta about forgiveness I know I ought not to wish the marchioness ill , but she does deserve to be punished , does n't she ? |