Example sentences of "[be] n't [adj] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are n't reasonable enough to accommodate ourselves to such a shift in moral attitudes . |
| 2 | He picked up the gun , and held it to his temples , ‘ One 's arms simply are n't long enough to pull the trigger . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Very useful things , ladders , especially when you 're on the top of one — there 's nowhere for you to run , which I get the feeling you are contemplating , and I think even you are n't callous enough to push me off backwards . ’ |
| 4 | I thought that I 'd let all you people who are n't fortunate enough to get the yorkshire evening post ( YEP ) know what 's going on in their weekly United Insight column . |
| 5 | If people are n't comfortable enough to volunteer . |
| 6 | " We are n't free either to pursue our political beliefs . |
| 7 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 8 | I 'm sure they were n't meant to be there , but the solo probably felt so good that they decided the Ds were n't horrific enough to worry about . |
| 9 | ‘ You were n't stupid enough to wash your hair ? ’ |
| 10 | The Italians lost to North Korea , showing us what negative , cowardly football they exemplified ; the Germans looked arrogant but were n't strong enough to stop themselves being beaten by England ‘ again ’ ( as in two world wars ) ; while Argentina misbehaved temperamentally at the ‘ home of football ’ , Wembley . |
| 11 | If you think about it , as you were n't strong enough to respond on the first round , you can hardly want to redouble now to play . |
| 12 | Do n't despair if you were n't lucky enough to win this time . |
| 13 | Do n't despair if you were n't lucky enough to win this time . |
| 14 | We also saw several foxes ' earths but were n't lucky enough to get even a glimpse of the inhabitants . |
| 15 | Suppose her mother were n't conscious enough to make an Act of Perfect Contrition in the second before she died , well , she 'd probably have to go to purgatory for a bit and burn . |
| 16 | You were n't mature enough to realise that running a large and expanding business concern requires a huge amount of concentrated hard work . ’ |
| 17 | OTHER BITS THAT WERE N'T BIG ENOUGH TO HAVE THEIR OWN HEADINGS |
| 18 | While these looked good in the marina , we found that these were n't big enough to maintain a firm grip while at relatively acute angles of heel , particularly when it got bumpy . |
| 19 | As they reached the privet hedge fronting the Newleys ' garden , he was fervently grateful to have a last-minute reprieve : the drawing-room curtains were n't thick enough to conceal the light behind them . |
| 20 | CHEESE AND TOMATO : Hard cheese is n't moist enough to encourage bugs to grow , and tomatoes are rarely contaminated from their greenhouses . |
| 21 | Physio Greg Craig said : ‘ It is a Grade One plus sprain which is n't serious enough to warrant X-rays , but still needs lots of treatment . ’ |
| 22 | It is n't serious enough to spoil your enjoyment of the car but is hard to understand from a company that spent millions developing the Lexus , the car that banished noise , vibration and harshness . |
| 23 | It is n't feasible just to search aimlessly and at random . |
| 24 | And perhaps the most striking of all ; a pink caned plant which unfortunately is n't hardy enough to survive outdoors . |
| 25 | There is n't much else to say . |
| 26 | You are rather forced to tell the story as there is n't much else to do ! |
| 27 | Well when they 're just standing there in a vest and shorts then there is n't much else to look at is there , really ? |
| 28 | and he used to come home looking as white as a sheet sick to the teeth and he used to just go to bed and collapse in a heap , he is n't strong enough to do it and it 's pointless for him to try but other than that he can do anything he fancies . |
| 29 | A barn owl is n't strong enough to hold tight to a glove in a strong wind . |
| 30 | The Wall Street Journal figures current management is n't strong enough to meet the mounting crisis but does n't know yet whether Akers is loosing the support of his board . |