Example sentences of "not be [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , as Captain Robert Cunningham pointed out , as watchman Main was actually paid his £15 , while in his promoted post he had not been appointed to any port and held an appointment as tidesman at large , which meant that he was only paid when he was actually employed , and Haldane interest with the commissioners would make his tours of duty few and far between unless he experienced a timely political conversion . |
| 2 | We have built up a great deal of knowledge about the historical side of the palaces but that has not been presented to the public . ’ |
| 3 | What has not been developed to the same extent is the suggestiveness of his work on the novel for theories of genre , a suggestiveness which I will only touch on here , but which seems to me to be worth a great deal more investigation and discussion . |
| 4 | Despite the abandonment of the commitment to full employment and the demise of corporatism , Lowe contends that the welfare state has not been weakened to any significant extent during the recent past — an assessment which underestimates the way in which the less visible strengths of this institution ( the promotion of collectivism and solidarity ) have been undermined . |
| 5 | But I had not been raised to be merely decorative . |
| 6 | Therefore , these subfamilies have not been raised to full familial rank , until more evidence is available . |
| 7 | The cruise missile also has not been tested to its full distance overland , because the United States does not have the space . |
| 8 | TIGHT-LIPS Taylor to-morrow meets the Press he 's not been speaking to . |
| 9 | Two years ago , before he received an honorary doctorate at Stirling University , he told The Scotsman that the researchers had not been speaking to each other . |
| 10 | It is now virtually impossible to find a disorder that Cognitive–Behaviour Therapy has not been applied to . |
| 11 | The entry started with the statement that ‘ prejudice is an opinion without judgement ’ ( p. 351 ) : i.e. , the processes of reasoning have not been applied to the prejudiced opinion . |
| 12 | In essence the principles of pastoral care for children have not been extended to adults . |
| 13 | Apart from the public launch , the campaign seems to have not been extended to seeking actual local authority support , although I may be wrong on this . |
| 14 | After pressure from Chatichai , however , the Prince announced on April 24 that he would attend the meeting , but warned that it could achieve nothing of value because the invitation had not been extended to representatives of the Khmers Rouges . |
| 15 | What a pity the invitation had not been extended to someone more congenial , such as the ubiquitous Austin Mitchell . |
| 16 | That said , the drinks sector seemed relieved that the Chancellor has paid some attention to the risk of driving business across the Channel to the Calais supermarkets , the building sector was prepared to look for possible beneficiaries from the approval the Chancellor has given to rail links in South-east England , oil benefited from the abolition of PRT on new North Sea fields , the motor trade seemed to take the threat of fuel taxes in excess of inflation in its stride , and WH Smith reflected a sense of relief that VAT has not been extended to books and newspapers . |
| 17 | He welcomed the fact that VAT had not been extended to food and that there would be no increase in employers ' National Insurance contributions . |
| 18 | The nursemaid felt a withdrawal of affection and was hurt , not noticing that the child was shrinking back from all emotional expression ; the hugs and kisses once lavished on Marie had not been transferred to Pamela . |
| 19 | Therefore my skills have not been utilized to the full and I may have fallen behind my UK counterparts . |
| 20 | Charles had savaged the soft underbelly of yet another hallowed institution and has not been forgiven to this day . |
| 21 | And , the greatest guilt of all , if she had not been in Maisie 's house … if Maisie had not been tending to the birthing … then the fire would not have happened and that darling woman would be alive today . |
| 22 | Furthermore , it has been good for morale to have an ongoing project , the success of which has not been tied to the everyday ups and downs in the hurly-burly of school life . |
| 23 | Need has been variously defined , but in this study needs were deemed to be unmet if interventions were acceptable to the client and the following applied : ( a ) for activities of daily living a person was dependent on help from the carer and this dependence could be reversed by provision of an aid ; ( b ) for communication disorders there had not been an assessment by a speech therapist ; ( c ) for services ( day care , respite care ) a referral had not been made to the appropriate agency and subsequent referral proved successful ; and ( d ) for benefits the client or carer was unaware of eligibility for benefits , an application had not been made , and subsequent application was successful . |
| 24 | That suggestion has not been made to me . |
| 25 | Dougal had not been listening to her for at least a minute . |
| 26 | Has the right hon. and learned Gentleman not been listening to the chorus of demands from the CBI , from the trade unions and now also from a number of Conservative newspapers for an increase in capital allowances for manufacturing industry ? |
| 27 | The right hon. Gentleman has not been listening to his hon. Friends . |
| 28 | He has eliminated a whole ‘ study section ’ , which included works after , and attributed to , Ribera ; there are no prints , and a number of paintings , which in Naples were hung as autograph , have not been invited to Spain . |
| 29 | ‘ This Mr Postman very good man , ’ said Mr Singh , who had not been invited to the ceremony , but was clearly looking forward to attending none the less . |
| 30 | Grunte , to whom the suggestion had not been made , and who had not been invited to Archer 's bloody party in the first place , watched the novelist return to his table . |