Example sentences of "[that] it [be] [adj] not " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But it 's so strict that it 's impossible not to think about it sometimes .
2 They say that it 's OK not to want sex just after your child is born .
3 It is suggested that it is helpful not to emphasise the problem or disability , as some old people are reluctant to face their inability to continue to cope independently .
4 I 'm positively not the person to advise anyone on cut-price marine systems or to encourage the idea that it is possible not to compromise such principles by going down market .
5 We think that it is appropriate not only that King 's Cross should be the terminus for a rail link but that underground and Network SouthEast facilities should be improved at that station .
6 Pope has commented that it is hard not to detect in Ælfric 's statement in Wyrdwriteras that we sceolon secan æt Gode sylfum urne ræd mid anrædum mode ( we should seek our counsel from God himself with unanimous spirit ) " an allusion to the unræd so unhappily associated with Ethelred " .
7 This need not be the case , for advancements in the use of technology within the catering kitchen have progressed to the extent that it is unusual not to find a catering establishment using high technology within the work-place .
8 I think that it is important not to lose sight of the fact that the judgment relates specifically to Claus Ramrath 's circumstances and , in particular , the fact that Mr Ramrath had already obtained authorisation locally as a reviseur d'entreprises .
9 A review of recent research led Coleman ( 1986 ) to conclude that reminiscence therapy could not be said to stand on a very solid base , and that it is important not to make generalizations about the value of reminiscence to any particular individual .
10 The issue points to a more fundamental tension at the heart of professional education , which is that it is concerned not only with knowledge and skills but with norms and attitudes .
11 But the belief that it was necessary not simply to lessen poverty but to improve the moral standards of labourers and also of capitalists remained central to the debate .
12 Clara did not enjoy her sausage , for it was burned black on the outside and raw in the middle , and her mother had told her that it was impossible not to get worms from raw sausage meat , but the taste of the damp mince with its bitter crust remained a strong reminder of illicit pleasure .
13 I lived in a room off the kitchen , so thin-walled that it was impossible not to hear what was happening in the dining room unless Wu had a gadget going .
14 My own guess , in the latter case , is that sheer ecstasy came with the discovery that it was possible not only to walk out of a marriage , but to do so and flourish , and that the rest of her life was devoted to recapturing this outrageous , outcast joy .
15 Democracy was demanded , and admitted , on the ground that it was unfair not to have it in a competitive society .
16 I found artefacts dating back a century and felt that it was important not just to preserve them , but to use them in the education of today 's children . ’
17 The men who inserted these phrases knew what they were doing , and they knew also that it was important not to overdo the subject of the primacy .
18 So thin , in fact , that it was difficult not to share the view of Rogan Taylor , former chairman of the FSA , that the FA 's real motive was to restore Hillsborough 's status in support of their bid for the finals of the 1996 European Championship .
19 We heard stories of such sadness and desolation that it was difficult not to be moved to tears .
  Next page