Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and I 'm not convinced , I am not convinced that they , that they are anywhere near the standard they used to be when they were last in Europe a few seasons ago |
| 2 | He produced newspaper cuttings proving that BB came to Nefta but I am not convinced that she stayed in the Hotel de la Liberté , whose plumbing leaves everything to be desired . |
| 3 | But I am not convinced that he truly stays this extra five furlongs , and BURGOYNE will stretch his stamina to the limit . |
| 4 | She said : ‘ If the tape is real — and I am not convinced that it is — it is without doubt damaging to the monarchy . |
| 5 | ‘ I am become an object of universal abhorrence , ’ he is reported to have said , and in a letter to his sister Emma ( Lady St.John ) he wrote ‘ I am not ill but I am not well and I feel the sort of depression which you have often felt … . ’ |
| 6 | But I am not sure that they add to it , either ; this is the whole problem of the fresco . |
| 7 | I am not sure that we would think the dancing , except by some of the principals , quite so wonderful by today 's standards , but we saw it with different eyes then , and John would have for comparison his memories of the Cape Town Ballet Club 's brave but handicapped attempt at the last act of the ballet , Aurora 's Wedding . |
| 8 | we are safe , but I am not sure that it is a good thing on the whole . |
| 9 | I agree with the statement but I am not sure that it is our particular job to convey this message . |
| 10 | Bid array also has an odd local cult , or did have , for I am not sure that it is still practised , in the worship of a headless and anonymous saint in a cave nearby . |
| 11 | Q : I am not sure that it 's an appropriate title . |
| 12 | If that sentiment was intended to sound like the deathbed conversion of Scrooge , I am not sure that it was entirely convincing . |
| 13 | I am not sure that it will be frightfully effective if it is that big . |
| 14 | ‘ Important as that is , ’ he said , ‘ I am not sure that it is worth five thousand pounds . |
| 15 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 16 | In fact , I do n't think that I 've mentioned anything since March , but I am not sure that I did anything really productive during April . |
| 17 | I am not sure that I can do so , but with even × 7 binoculars they are clear enough . |
| 18 | Nozick wants to show us that we can suppose this ; but I am not sure that I really want to ( or ought to want to ) . |
| 19 | But even had I been told something of the nature of their relationship , I am not sure that I would have understood or believed , or felt betrayed . |
| 20 | I am not sure that I listened to much more of what Didier had to recount on the subject of Montaine 's death . |
| 21 | Mr Maude : I am not sure that I regard the nation states of Europe as the lower orders . |
| 22 | Even in these relatively heated times , I am not sure that I would wish to use such a word as fraud against the hon. Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) . |
| 23 | I am not sure that I can give the hon. Gentleman the first information that he requested . |
| 24 | I am not sure that I can agree with the last sentiment that my hon. Friend expressed . |
| 25 | I am not sure that you will agree with me , but I have no doubt about it ; our Parry on the old lines will have no future in the life of this Country ( Hear , hear ) . |
| 26 | I am not sure that she even knows the word ‘ special ’ ; and phrases like ‘ learning difficulties ’ , ‘ becomes anxious ’ , ‘ experienced ’ are not necessarily familiar . |
| 27 | I am not sure whether we replaced your copy of that incongruously named book ‘ Sunshine Miners ’ . |
| 28 | As I am new to this post I am not sure whether we sent you copies of new Community Care leaflets when they were first produced so I now enclose a set for your information . |
| 29 | I am not sure whether we shall get the support , but the plan includes the elements mentioned by the right hon. Gentleman , and encouragement for the concept of a United Nations peacekeeping force once the appropriate conditions exist . |
| 30 | I am not sure whether we have found a professional group that the Government have as yet failed to offend , but if one exists , it is a growing sector of Shewsbury 's business community . |