Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] [adj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 I am not willing to sign any paper that would release that land to anybody . ’
2 By turning our backs , we would forfeit our right to influence what happens in the Community and I am not prepared to do that .
3 I am not going to suggest to him or to the House that I am not prepared to pay such a visit .
4 I am not concerned to defend that world ; I am merely trying to understand it , and the rules by which it lived .
5 Now , with a journey through the EC regarded as the same as an internal domestic trip , drivers are not obliged to carry any special documents .
6 We are not obliged to publish such information , and when we do we are entitled to make a reasonable charge .
7 Organisations can afford to miss orders or propose later deliveries and are not obliged to exercise such rigid control upon their labour costs .
8 Sporadic attempts to justify discrimination by proving that burakumin are not Japanese have little credibility , but serve to emphasize the importance of race .
9 There are those among the ministers and members who have little knowledge of Welsh affairs , and are not well-disposed to proffer any concessions .
10 In the community , however , people called ‘ nurses ’ are not available to do these practical things .
11 We are not prepared to say any more . ’
12 We are not prepared to do that , and that provision will not be in the treaty unless we ask for it .
13 We enjoy its company but we are not prepared to tolerate any inconvenience .
14 Even if you are not prepared to reject this form for professional accountability , as Sockett does , you might feel that simply holding the teacher responsible for the results contravenes natural justice .
15 The struggle between commercial pressure and good architecture is an unequal one , on which many developers are not prepared to expend much energy .
16 Further , you say that money is tight but whilst there is still money for increasing staff numbers we are not prepared to accept this as a major reason against .
17 So they er they agree that they have an influence on market prices , but they , they wo n't , are not prepared to pay any more than they have to .
18 The Japanese are not helping : they sided with the EC in Brussels because they are not ready to permit any rice imports .
19 We therefore ask the assembly today to authorize the panel to prepare a leaflet explaining the church 's position to parents who are not communicant members and who are not willing to become such but who neverth s still which baptism for their child .
20 Compacts are one route for recruitment but they exist alongside established recruitment routes , and employers are not likely to abandon these in the foreseeable future .
21 Other colourings are not likely to cause any adverse reactions .
22 Most oil or liquid gas tankers and dry bulk vessels , are not likely to issue many bills of lading to cover their full cargo load .
23 People who do not care so long as the passing hour is comfortable and cheerful are not likely to exhibit much of a front when they call themselves a union .
24 You are not likely to encounter any problems on the streets in Madeira , apart from the occasional drunk trying to find his way home .
25 We are not surprised to learn that over-specification is widespread , particularly for fill , hardcore and capping layers in road construction .
26 We are not surprised to learn that over-specification is widespread , particularly for fill , hardcore and capping layers in road construction .
27 The history of the divisions of the kingdom , or Teilungen as they are often known to modern scholars , is a complex one , and it is one that has to be reconstructed from narrative sources which are not concerned to describe those kingdoms , but which provide the relevant information only in passing .
28 The snail genes are not happy to pay that cost , since their long-term future depends upon the snail reproducing .
29 I agree with him that the practical objections to taking this course are not sufficient to prevent this House from establishing the law in accordance with both principle and justice .
30 Although it is almost certainly the case that most firms are not able to appropriate all the returns to innovation via licensing , this does not imply that many firms can not generate a satisfactory stream of returns in this manner ( particularly if they are not well placed to exploit the new knowledge themselves ) .
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