Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not willing to sign any paper that would release that land to anybody . ’ |
| 2 | I am not concerned to defend that world ; I am merely trying to understand it , and the rules by which it lived . |
| 3 | The system should not in any way restrict the contribution of any of the members of the team ; it should enhance their efforts by providing routine channels for the routine aspects of their activities , so that they are not obliged to devote intellectual effort to them . |
| 4 | We are not obliged to publish such information , and when we do we are entitled to make a reasonable charge . |
| 5 | Multinationals are not obliged to provide detailed information about products and in practice there are no restrictions on buying any product over the chemist counter without prescription . |
| 6 | Sporadic attempts to justify discrimination by proving that burakumin are not Japanese have little credibility , but serve to emphasize the importance of race . |
| 7 | There are those among the ministers and members who have little knowledge of Welsh affairs , and are not well-disposed to proffer any concessions . |
| 8 | at present good recruits often have to be chased to Bramshill [ on the lengthy command courses ] , because chief constables are not anxious to spare able men , and officers themselves are reluctant to be separated from their families and homes , as well as having a fear that they might lose from being ‘ out of sight , out of mind ’ for promotion . |
| 9 | The reported recurrence risk ratios ( λ R ) , which are defined by the risk to a relative of class R ( K R ) divided by the population prevalence ( K p ) , fit a multifactorial model better than a monogenic model for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease ( see table ; note that recurrence risks corrected for sex and age are not available to permit rigorous analysis of these data ) . |
| 10 | ‘ You are not supposed to learn long words like that until you are at least eight or nine . |
| 11 | But the SFA have made it clear they are not prepared to give complete clearance for all the games to be shown in Scotland . |
| 12 | Ministers are not prepared to allow local authorities to lay down conditions of employment , sick pay , holiday pay and other pay levels . |
| 13 | We enjoy its company but we are not prepared to tolerate any inconvenience . |
| 14 | The Labour party in this county , values the role of small rural schools , but we are not prepared to see urban schools suffer to make sure that urb , rural schools are kept open for the sake of being kept open . |
| 15 | Even if you are not prepared to reject this form for professional accountability , as Sockett does , you might feel that simply holding the teacher responsible for the results contravenes natural justice . |
| 16 | The struggle between commercial pressure and good architecture is an unequal one , on which many developers are not prepared to expend much energy . |
| 17 | We are not prepared to accept new trade union powers to represent individual employees and bargain on their behalf . |
| 18 | The Japanese are not helping : they sided with the EC in Brussels because they are not ready to permit any rice imports . |
| 19 | Most oil or liquid gas tankers and dry bulk vessels , are not likely to issue many bills of lading to cover their full cargo load . |
| 20 | You are not likely to encounter any problems on the streets in Madeira , apart from the occasional drunk trying to find his way home . |
| 21 | It is perhaps a discouraging thing to say , but learners of English who are not able to talk regularly with native speakers of English , or who are not able at least to listen regularly to colloquial English , are not likely to learn English intonation , though they may learn very good pronunciation of the segments and use stress correctly . |
| 22 | It is also desirable to establish that the owners of the business to be sold are not likely to have irreconcilable differences among themselves over what the selling price should be . |
| 23 | We are not surprised to learn that over-specification is widespread , particularly for fill , hardcore and capping layers in road construction . |
| 24 | We are not surprised to learn that over-specification is widespread , particularly for fill , hardcore and capping layers in road construction . |
| 25 | The history of the divisions of the kingdom , or Teilungen as they are often known to modern scholars , is a complex one , and it is one that has to be reconstructed from narrative sources which are not concerned to describe those kingdoms , but which provide the relevant information only in passing . |
| 26 | These campaigns are not concerned to control serious crime . |
| 27 | The snail genes are not happy to pay that cost , since their long-term future depends upon the snail reproducing . |
| 28 | I agree with him that the practical objections to taking this course are not sufficient to prevent this House from establishing the law in accordance with both principle and justice . |
| 29 | Monitoring and review alone are not sufficient to ensure optimal course quality . |
| 30 | Partly for reasons of confidentiality , we are not able to describe this company 's environmental analysis activities in more detail . |