Example sentences of "is not [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not something to take lightly because if the team does not field competitors in the way described on the list , then that team can be disqualified . |
| 2 | Power is not unitary , it does not reside in the stats , it can not be reduced to class relations ; it is not something to hold or use . |
| 3 | It seems to me when deciding that case , the court of appeal were as Mr suggests taking a long-term view , I of course bear in mind the well known aphorism of Lord about er what happens in the long term , but er , my own view is , that in fact , a house should not actually be built as an investment at all it is something to live in , to make a home in , it is not something to make money out of , I very much regret the fact that er over recent years that view seems to have become somewhat old fashioned . |
| 4 | The grim vision of ‘ green ’ folly ( ‘ the land [ covered ] with wind generators and the sea with wave generators ’ ) is not something to smile at . |
| 5 | THE author Salman Rushdie is not one to let death threats prevent him doing pretty much what he wants to , as flamboyantly as he wants to . |
| 6 | It is not one to rally the world 's peasantries , pastoralists and other land-users to change the social conditions which bring about soil erosion in the first place . |
| 7 | ‘ The ship is not ours to give . ’ |
| 8 | And so is not theirs to give away at all . |
| 9 | The basic difficulty is that although the vendor is usually the employer and owns the assets used in the business being sold , the right to conduct the business is not his to transfer . |
| 10 | Grip and balance are remarkable for such a heavy car but this is n't one to hustle down country lanes . |
| 11 | On the other hand , Tamburlaine is n't one to mince his words , as Bajazeth can testify : ‘ we use to march upon the slaughtered foe , tramping their bowels with our horses hoofs ’ . |
| 12 | Is n't something to do with the with the the way it 's mixed is n't is n't Chris talking about No ? |
| 13 | This is n't something to feel guilty or selfish about , but something to celebrate . |
| 14 | It 's hard is n't it to decide ? |
| 15 | No no I mean it 's er it it it is only polite is n't it to do that er |
| 16 | having said that it 's getting them , getting them back is n't it to do it what was I gon na say before I started saying something did you |
| 17 | It 's a heck of a time is n't it to let |
| 18 | " Is n't it to help them transport the rubber and coal and rice and all the things that they export from the colony ? " |
| 19 | is n't it to think that |
| 20 | It 's a bit naughty is n't it to have had such a good game and er |
| 21 | There is n't anything to drift . |
| 22 | One Protestant businessman in North Belfast who has rejected paramilitary demands for money said last week : ‘ Racketeering is n't anything to do with the cause of Ulster or loyalty . |
| 23 | ‘ This is n't anything to do with me , ’ he said . |
| 24 | It is n't anything to do with government at all . |
| 25 | And it says then it is n't anything to do with intelligence or anything like that . |
| 26 | That er is n't anything to do with people spying for instance ? |
| 27 | They were talking about language on Radio Four and erm what people e , it is n't anything to do with the training course we 're on , it 's the language . |
| 28 | Oh , I 'm an exotic to them — being a bit of a ‘ musty ’ , as Feeny used to call it , is n't anything to deny here in Paris . |
| 29 | Er Traidcraft 's other coffee , which we have n't got any of here , it 's ground coffee , is processed in Germany wh which is n't anything to write home about . |
| 30 | Oh Kelly 's coming is n't she to see about I think Tracy 's got ta put in for the exam has n't she ? |