Example sentences of "[be] [adj] not [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sorry not to be present in Cardiff today . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Ian is going to do my farm work , such as it is , but I 'll be sorry not to be able to attend to Mr Jarvis 's pigs . ’ |
| 4 | She would have to be blind not to be aware of it . |
| 5 | Quite frankly , young man , we would be insane not to be vigilant . |
| 6 | This roused the Ruffians from their lethargy and they were unlucky not to be level when a Sharman shot was deflected on to a post . |
| 7 | It 's awful not to be able to stop crying . |
| 8 | Hilton comments : All through Scale 2 Hilton implies that the pursuit of this inner calling is open to all : He is careful not to be over-precise in formulating rules of practice which might not be helpful to all temperaments and all needs . |
| 9 | ‘ Since part of this inquiry 's purpose is to allay any fears the public might have on health grounds , it is inappropriate not to be able to direct my questions to medically qualified people , ’ he said . |
| 10 | If one takes the not inconsiderable trouble of following his analysis right the way through , it is hard not to be impressed by the picture he draws of an intricate network of equivalences and contrasts , corresponding to the different possible metrical divisions in the poem , and layered one upon the other in a kind of elaborate verbal counterpoint . |
| 11 | British realism is distinctive not in being realistic but in being exportable , embarrassment and all ; and it is hard to resist the conclusion that the world buys it , including the American and Soviet worlds , because it is curious about what it is to be British . |
| 12 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 13 | It is important not to be brutal in this respect : one can not expect a puppy to go all through the night and be clean in the morning — it is physically impossible . |
| 14 | However , his appreciation of the dangers from militant continental Catholicism did not blind him to the threat from the more radical varieties of Protestantism at home , and as Kenneth Fincham and Peter Lake have commented : ‘ it is difficult not to be impressed by the skill with which he handled both anti-Puritan and anti-papal stereotypes to create the ideological space within which the royal will could manoeuvre and policy be formulated . ’ |
| 15 | It is difficult not to be angry , when you are in prison for twenty years . |
| 16 | And it 's best not to be late for meals , in this house . ’ |
| 17 | I was sad not to be able to go back to Fulham for St Cecilia 's Day . |
| 18 | Here it was impossible not to be happy . |
| 19 | It was difficult not to be ashamed of his behaviour at that time . |
| 20 | Joey was disappointed not to be able to wear a ‘ monkey suit ’ as he called it , but Carmella was adamant . |