Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i [modal v] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was considering the applications from Foresterhill and others , I made it clear that I would not approve an application unless I was personally persuaded that the criteria would be met . |
| 2 | I did not threaten to resign but I did make it clear that I would not endorse changes I could not justify . |
| 3 | I exhibited at the exhibition for several years but abandoned this when it became clear that I could not compete with the accuracy of the machine-made product . |
| 4 | So high that I can not hear them speak . |
| 5 | I am afraid that I could not find anything objectionable in his speech or in the regulations . |
| 6 | I am afraid that I could not catch the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I agree with him about the importance that he attaches to the single market . |
| 7 | In response to R C Sneddon 's letter today , I am afraid that I can not offer any foolproof plan for economic recovery . |
| 8 | I am afraid that I can not agree with you that all rivers should simply be recognized as public rights of way , attractive though that might appear . |
| 9 | I am afraid that I can not accept the reasoning which has led subsequent Divisional Courts to limit the ambit of that decision : Benson 's case , the Divisional Court in the present case , and Reg. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department , Ex parte Walsh , The Times , 18 December 1991 . |
| 10 | ‘ I am afraid that I can not venture an opinion as to the length of the weapon , until my examination , ’ he said , withdrawing the probe and wiping it on his apron . |
| 11 | I shall certainly convey the sentiments , but I am afraid that I can not promise my hon. Friend an early debate . |
| 12 | But not too old that I can not make sure that you never forget . |
| 13 | He said I had probably done all I could ( little did he know ) , but that no one was omnipotent and I should not try to be for Jean-Claude what Maman had been — and still was , to some extent . |
| 14 | Mr Smith 's survival techniques are sound and I can not imagine that any accountant would gainsay them . |
| 15 | I try to explain to the two silver boots [ now accompanied by the projectionist , drinking tea ] what is wrong but I can not make myself heard even out here . |
| 16 | I felt an almost unbearably painful sense of beauty and order — painful because I could not imagine it would prevail . |
| 17 | The roof of the pub was so low that I could not stand upright . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sorry that I could not spare you . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Should you come to town , I am sorry that I can not offer you a home pro tempore — pro trumpery indeed it would be , if I did not make any such offer — for unless you occupied the grate as a seat — I see no probability of your finding any rest consonant with the safety of my parrots — seeing , that of the six chairs I possess — 5 are at present occupied with lithographic prints : — the whole of my exalted & delightful upper tenement in fact overflows with them , and for the last 12 months I have so moved — thought — looked at , — & existed among parrots — that should any transmigration take place at my decease I am sure my soul would be very uncomfortable in anything but one of the psittacidae . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Rest assured that I will not abandon you . ’ |
| 21 | I can imagine him so very clearly , from his photographs , his words , but I do not remember him myself — I should have , I was two years old — it 's strange that I can not remember seeing him bending over my cot , as they say he did , glass of brandy-and-soda in hand . |
| 22 | I am sorry if I can not fulfil your request on this point . |
| 23 | She was selfless and I can not fault the way she dealt with me — not the easiest of her five children . |
| 24 | One objection , however , is so obvious that I can not leave the matter there . |
| 25 | My hand gets lost in the spikes of her hair , and it is soft like I can not believe . |
| 26 | It is pretty disgraceful if I can not put to the right hon. and learned Member for Monklands , East the points which have been the centre of debate in this country for the past 10 days , but I shall do so . |
| 27 | Tell him that I am very sorry but I can not make exceptions . |
| 28 | Since the book had apparently served the purpose we asked for its return , only to be told by a shamefaced colleague : " I 'm awfully sorry but I can not remember where I put it . " |
| 29 | ‘ It was on a bearing of 280 degrees and was already west of the Falklands , so I 'm sorry but I can not see how you can say it was not sailing away from the Falklands when it was sunk . ’ |
| 30 | As you can see , it 's not easy , and sometimes it really makes one unhappy that I can not bring it out properly , since my primary audience hope ) is writing for my own people . |