Example sentences of "[am/are] [adj] not to " in BNC.
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1 | It is also significant that the small improvements in productivity are due not to better production methods , but to increases in animal populations and the amount of land under cultivation . |
2 | Most failures in examinations are due not to a deficiency of knowledge but chiefly to lack of familiarity with the techniques of playing the examination game . |
3 | Does not that nail the lie being put around that these circumstances are due not to world but to British recession ? |
4 | THERE ARE SO many people who helped to make this time special that I am sorry not to be able to mention them all by name . |
5 | I am sorry not to be present in Cardiff today . |
6 | Well , I think not that they 're afraid not to be but |
7 | There 's work that needs to be done , in most of the major sports grounds , but that 's proceeding and there 's , if you can imagine that there 's , in Shrewsbury for example , a lot of the work which we would want to be done on the grounds have been less than enthusiastic about doing , because they 're likely not to be there for very long . |
8 | ‘ You terrified these people , both the staff and public in this fast-food outlet and you are lucky not to be appearing on a more serious charge ’ . |
9 | In any case , virtually no heterosexual feminists have an analysis of heterosexism , which would enable them to deny they are lesbians without making it seem as if they are happy not to be . |
10 | Some men are happy not to be too closely involved , however . |
11 | I 'm sorry not to be with you today . |
12 | He said : ‘ I 'm lucky not to be paralysed and to have escaped with just a busted nose . ’ |
13 | They have said that they are disappointed not to be making at the very least £12 million , and possibly even £17 million — and are determined to do better in 1995 . |
14 | remember , be careful not to trip |
15 | In particular , the Kitchen herbs are liable not to be used unless they are very close to hand for the cook ; in the rush of making up food amongst all the other demands being made at the same time , a trough or window-box of herbs on the Kitchen windowsill or just outside the backdoor will ensure that culinary herbs are used daily . |