Example sentences of "be [adj] not [verb] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be unfair not to recall that they did , in the long term , have a formative influence on the social history of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Diplomatically she accepted it would be better not to mention that it was jealousy about her ideas . |
| 3 | It is difficult not to infer that they grew to suffer deprivations more impatiently and to believe more strongly that earthly happiness was attainable . |
| 4 | It is difficult not to believe that they attached too much importance to Law 's availability . |
| 5 | Hunt as the Surveyor to the Dean and Chapter of the Abbey must have been involved , and it is difficult not to assume that he had a conflict of loyalties in this transaction . |
| 6 | It was impossible not to feel that she had been badly treated , but the bad treatment came from the intransigent doctors and not from a Prime Minister who , as she must have known , was immensely supportive and would not willingly have been associated with any slight on her . |