Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [verb] [noun pl] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is sometimes said that the dissident minority in the Cabinet , led by Henderson , were not willing to accept cuts in unemployment benefit . |
| 2 | I think any student going through higher education is getting something from it if they come in as some measure sceptical , in some measure critical , that they 're not prepared to take things at face value . |
| 3 | The Department pledges its support to staff who work within the spirit of the Guidelines set out in this document , and will make it clear that as a Department we are not prepared to accept threats of intimidation and violence from that small number of clients who use such methods to manipulate their social environment or evade responsibility for their behaviour . |
| 4 | An alternative , which operated in the UK from 1925 — 31 , is that the central bank is not prepared to convert banknotes into gold for domestic residents but is willing to convert such paper into gold for foreigners . |
| 5 | ‘ Obviously it is not acceptable to have cigarettes for sale on the trolley service and the Ladies Committee has been asked to remove them , ’ he said . |
| 6 | The result is that many glider pilots are becoming complacent about parking and on a really windy day it is not unusual to see gliders at risk , just waiting for the first really big gust of wind to blow them over . |
| 7 | May I make the point to Les , and it 's true , it is not illegal to do things without planning permission |
| 8 | As beef farmers , they are not able to get grants to setaside their land.The racing is an alternative way of making money . |
| 9 | Despite the noise and the modern dress of the customers , it was not difficult to imagine men with clay pipes sitting around the hearth of The Black Dog on windy , wet nights . |
| 10 | It is not necessary to book seats in advance but we would ask you to be in the McEwan Hall not later than 10.20 am . |
| 11 | If interest payments are waived , the society is not obliged to pay arrears of interest in future years . |
| 12 | I always think it is not wise to name drugs on television . ’ |
| 13 | Seventy Mothers ' Clubs distributed 2,000 questionnaires , which showed that the average worker in that part of São Paulo earned one and a half minimum salaries , which was not sufficient to cover costs of food , rent , mortgage of land payments , clothing , transport , medicine , school equipment , electricity and water for their families . |
| 14 | In a gloom at being at school in the first place and being next to Heather in the second , I push my hands into my jeans pocket — we are n't supposed to wear jeans at school — and discover some chewing gum , antique but welcome . |
| 15 | ‘ It is n't unusual to vary levels of service provision as and when finances dictate , ’ says a County Hall spokesman , smugly . |
| 16 | And in truth , it was n't difficult to cite examples of short-sightedness , bloody-mindedness , and cynical manipulation of memberships . |