Example sentences of "[adj] [that] he [vb mod] [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And now that she was clearly going to have to give up her job — Ross had made it clear that he would n't approve of her returning to work , and especially not when she was expecting a baby — having something to get her teeth into , such as restoring an ancient building , sounded a great idea . |
| 2 | It seems certain that Louis-Napoleon would have preferred a prolongation of his power by legal means , but in the long run it was equally clear that he would not shrink from a confrontation with the opposition . |
| 3 | The President approved this measure , but made it clear that he would not sign further legislation to keep government going unless a satisfactory agreement was reached on the budget . |
| 4 | On 6 October the Scottish Sunday Mail revealed in an excellent piece of investigative journalism that , in a draft letter to the Secretary of State for Energy , the Secretary of State for Scotland had made it clear that he would not object to fuel from an Iraqi nuclear reactor , damaged during the Gulf war , being sent to Dounreay for reprocessing . |
| 5 | He had briefly been in the Army but had left when it became clear that he would not get commissioned . |
| 6 | David Boren , the Oklahoma Democrat who holds the swing vote on the committee , has already made it clear that he will not vote for the current package , dubbing it ‘ Stimulus 2 ’ , a reference to Mr Clinton 's ill-fated emergency spending package . |
| 7 | The Danish prime minister , Mr Poul Schlüter , has made it clear that he will not initiate a further referendum on the basis of the existing text . |
| 8 | Try as he might it is clear that he can not make the economic figures add up , creative accounting or not , in a way which will make the parliamentary Tory Party arithmetic secure . |
| 9 | It is clear that he can not object solely on the ground of the freedom of the individual or because that particular doctor usually examines for insurance companies . |
| 10 | The deputation which arrived soon after the unfortunate events that attended their arrival had made it quite clear that he should not surrender such precious captives . |
| 11 | On the other hand , it is conceivable that he would not have been in a position to appreciate the differences very clearly . |
| 12 | There was a box of matches in his top pocket , but when he got them out his hands were so wet that he could not make them strike . |
| 13 | After the dozenth girl Killion began to be afraid that he would not recognize her ; but when she came out , even with a single dimmed-out light bulb behind her head , she was so much more than his memories of her . |
| 14 | She only managed to hail a taxi after fifteen minutes of running , and when she did she was almost afraid that he would not drive her because of her soaked condition , but , after a stream of highly ominous muttering in French , he finally let her in . |
| 15 | I knew I looked so different that he would not recognize me , but I was afraid all the same . |
| 16 | A week earlier , Michael Heseltine , whose challenge in the leadership election contest brought about her fall , had still been adamant in public that he would not stand against her . |
| 17 | I si think it 's very possible that he would n't have erm died under today 's |
| 18 | If Kirwan is serious — and hooker Sean Fitzpatrick assures us he is — then it is possible that he will not wear the silver fern again because , even though Alex Wyllie is no longer in contention , there 's no guarantee that Hart will get the job . |
| 19 | And he is not yet so low that he can not bring down many a better man . |
| 20 | ‘ Duke Michael is very sorry that he ca n't welcome you himself , ’ explained Rupert of Hentzau . |
| 21 | ‘ But you can rest assured that he wo n't bother you again , ’ he added grimly . |
| 22 | But to his surprise the drink was light , young , and faintly flavoured with honey , together with another taste , so subtle that he could not identify it . |
| 23 | Strange that he should not support his hometown club do nt you think ? |
| 24 | Given his many commitments and the preparations for the new play , his second , The Family Reunion , on which he probably worked harder than on any other — it was understandable that he could not consider sparing more than an evening away . |
| 25 | By June he had tried seven different prospective designers without finding one who could give him what he wanted , but was emphatic that he could not work at a distance with Hanns or other Johannesburg artists , ‘ so that 's that ’ . |
| 26 | It was so dark that he could not see who was bending over him . |
| 27 | She loved him , so much that it seemed impossible that she had lived her life this long without him , impossible that he could n't know it from her response . |
| 28 | For that reason the House of Lords held that he could not recover . |
| 29 | Five doctors said that his condition was now so serious that he would not last the night : he was rushed to hospital , paralysed on his left side and in a deep coma . |
| 30 | Still , the dream had felt so real that he could n't resist ringing her from the office to ask if she had a sixteen-year-old sister he could meet . |