Example sentences of "[pron] do not feel [adj] " in BNC.

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1 While I have great sympathy for the doctors of twenty years or more ago who did not realise the addictive effect of such tablets when they began to prescribe them , I do not feel equal sympathy for those doctors ( fortunately their number is growing less ) who still hand out similar prescriptions to their patients and then fail to monitor their progress or to help them give up the medication as soon as possible .
2 In this epistle he indicates that he himself , at the time of writing , is a solitary attracted by the disciplined life of service in a religious order , but does not feel any burning conviction that that is his calling : I confess , alas , that I do not feel that burning spiritual desire for entry into religion , inspired by that divine grace , as it ought to be felt by those who from zealous devotion and pure desire of the mind plan to enter religion …
3 In fact , barring these two statements by Mr Kinnock , the parties have confined themselves to offering me choices which I do not feel competent to make .
4 I do not feel competitive with Pamela as I do with other women , because Pam , in her unwitting splendour , is not pretty as other women are .
5 The conference was helpful in suggesting ways to act and by providing solidarity so that I do not feel alone .
6 My people , I do not feel powerless .
7 He said : ‘ I do not feel any mercy for the IRA .
8 So many of our dreams , however , are mixtures of fact and fantasy that I do not feel any great reliance can be placed on what seem to be insights into our former lives when we are asleep .
9 ‘ What I meant to say is , I do not feel any animosity to you , signorina . ’
10 I do not feel able to postpone an order for possession for more than a very short time indeed .
11 I fully appreciate and feel the force of the narrowness of the distinctions which are taken between what is admissible and what is not admissible , but the exception presently proposed is so extensive that I do not feel able to support it in the present state of our knowledge of its practical results in this jurisdiction .
12 I do not feel able to speculate as to whether or not it will recover sufficiently over the period in which we are dealing as to be again a and situation .
13 To hold a meeting to educate those who do not feel well enough informed and to allow the free flow of debate on all the issues .
14 Those members of the party who do not feel inclined can perform a service for those who do by returning in the car to Leck and there taking a side road past Leck Church to the village of Ireby ; here they can await the arrival of their more resolute companions .
15 A detailed explanation of this correction is given in our book and was approved recently by Age and Ageing : ‘ If you do not feel confident that you understand the Gompertz-Makeham equation , nor the distinction between age-specific mortality and the force-of-mortality , then this book is a must for you . ’
16 There are countries where you might enter and be looked after in a hospitable way ; you do not feel that could happen in England .
17 This is a likely problem after holidays or long weekends ; you do not feel tired at the new bedtime but do feel tired when it is time to get up .
18 If you are aware that you do not feel tired , try staying up a little later — it has to be better than lying there wondering why you ca n't get to sleep .
19 You do not feel inhibited because you have n't prepared adequately or fear that other people might catch you out or ridicule you .
20 If you do not feel competent enough to fit them then entrust the job to someone who is Instructions are not available but a
21 You must make sure that you are occupied to the point where you do not feel bored .
22 And , ii seven o'clock comes and you are aware that you do not feel hungry — do n't eat .
23 If you do not feel ready yet to return to practice without attending a re-entry programme there is no need to feel inferior or cowardly compared with friends who are more confident .
24 You do not feel competitive so much as creative and co-operative .
25 If you do not feel creative there are two further ‘ Jones Tones ’ accessories to help you .
26 It seems to me that parents as well as their children have rights , so if you do not feel comfortable about letting the couple share a bedroom in the family home , you should be free to say so .
27 There is the social acquaintance you do not feel comfortable being near , for it is as if she sucks something out of you and you come away feeling tired and dispirited .
28 Kernaghan added : ‘ We have played so many cup-ties this season that we do not feel any pressure . ’
29 A complicated thing is one whose existence we do not feel inclined to take for granted , because it is too " improbable " .
30 The most successful weepers are those who have integrated a loving carer into their experience , so that even when they are weeping alone they do not feel abandoned or frightened .
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