Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] [verb] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had plenty of time to prepare this great phrase , for the outrage was said to have happened in 1731 and he was not asked about it until 1738 , but the delay led to no awkward questions ; by the late 1730s Parliament was growing increasingly annoyed with Spanish interference with British trade , and it was not willing to let Walpole go on with his peaceful policy . |
| 2 | One of Stirling 's problems was that he was not content to let others do the raiding from time to time , though he had proved his own courage and nobody would have thought the worse of him had he decided to concentrate on sorting out the many administrative problems that beset L Detachment . |
| 3 | Not content to let surgeons perform unguided , she remains conscious to give instructions and read aloud from books of psychoanalysis . |
| 4 | It is not unusual to see management prepare one business plan and profit projections for the benefit of the company 's owners , to be used by them in determining the price at which they will be prepared to sell ; and another more optimistic plan and projections for themselves . |
| 5 | However , it is not unusual to see pilots take off towards a heavy rain shower on a good soaring day instead of waiting until it has passed . |
| 6 | ‘ Oh , aye ; it 's not good to let people know about human nature , is it ? |
| 7 | Magureanu was not able to help Dobre settle down in his new calling as an apparatchik in the service of Ceauşescu , though he kept a ‘ paternal ’ eye on the erstwhile rebel over the next decade . |
| 8 | It is not advisable to let patients travel outside the country with a pump . |
| 9 | So in writing about life it is not difficult to have things happen . |
| 10 | She felt that it was n't children 's job or children 's responsibility to look after the world , it was our job , and that it was not fair to make children feel responsible for doing that erm I mean that seems to me to be a legitimate viewpoint and erm but it 's one of many and I mean other people may feel that in order to save the planet , or indeed prevent wars in the future , it is important to expose children to the dangers of , you know , the current situation . |
| 11 | Would n't that make Michael laugh ? |