Example sentences of "be not [adj] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , personally , am not convinced that the proposals should be adopted , although I appreciate the competitive pressures that have prompted them . |
| 2 | I am not convinced that the ‘ conceptual map ’ of our subject has changed a lot in the last decade . |
| 3 | However , I am not convinced that the most relevant biochemical questions have yet been asked , partly at least because so much attention has been devoted to the intimate synaptic processes involved in the initiation of LTP that surprisingly little has been directed towards what seems to me most interesting about it — the very long-term nature of the phenomenon . |
| 4 | I am not convinced that the new labels of Euro-sceptics and Euro-federalists are much more helpful , for ’ federalism ’ seems to be a misused and contested term . |
| 5 | However , I am not convinced that the Government 's proposals are right or workable . |
| 6 | I AM not sure that the XJ220 , costing £400,000 and capable of 200mph , represents the most suitable symbol for Jaguar in these recessionary times . |
| 7 | I am not sure that the problem lies in ‘ lack of interest ’ . |
| 8 | Mr. Wakeham : I am not sure that the Hon. Lady 's views are fully shared by all Hon. Members or , indeed , by all members of the sub-committee . |
| 9 | I am not sure that the hon. Member for Leicester , East ( Mr. Vaz ) renders Mr. Hall 's case particular assistance in raising it in this fashion . |
| 10 | Therefore , I am not sure that the hon. Gentleman has as good a point as he thought . |
| 11 | I am not sure that the right hon. Gentleman has told the hon. Member for Dunfermline , East ( Mr. Brown ) that , but perhaps the hon. Gentleman is putting down an early marker for after the next election . |
| 12 | ‘ I am not sure that the extra hours will bring in significant extra business , but staff will have to be paid for longer hours and security will become more of a problem . |
| 13 | I was left wondering exactly what he meant , and I am not sure whether the Minister realised what he was trying to say . |
| 14 | I am not sure where the hon. Gentleman gets his figures from — perhaps from the same Labour party briefing on which the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) relies . |
| 15 | I am not certain that the honorary colonel of the regiment was given the notice that he could expect . |
| 16 | And I am not willing and the majority of the people are no |
| 17 | I would say simply , having regard to certain observations by Mr. Park in his judgment at p. 8 , shortly before the passage which I have cited , that I am not satisfied that the requirements of paragraphs ( a ) and ( b ) would necessarily not have been satisfied . |
| 18 | Moreover I am not satisfied that the defendant 's application for rectification would not come under clause ( b ) as being made by a person who is aggrieved by an entry in the register . |
| 19 | Next I am not satisfied that the carrying out of the registrar 's order , though extensive and highly inconvenient for the appellants , will create such a precedent that a flood of such orders will follow which would disrupt the business of major auditing firms in the City who carry out these administrations . |
| 20 | That is to say I am not satisfied that the age of 11 is the one and ideal age at which children should decide upon their future lives . |
| 21 | In the light of that , I am not clear where the Labour party will stand on this aspect of the Bill when we debate its Second Reading next Tuesday . |
| 22 | HAVING watched M. Desclaux 's performance at Cardiff I am not surprised that the French are always complaining about referees . |
| 23 | I am not surprised that the Minister failed to mention the condition of schools in Greater Manchester . |
| 24 | I am not surprised that the Minister declines to give us the figures because is not the truth that about 60 to 80 times the amount of money is being spent per capita on students at the city technology college than is spent on pupils at secondary schools in Sunderland and surrounding boroughs ? |
| 25 | I am not surprised that the right hon. Gentleman avoided the first point , because the report to which my hon. Friend the Member for Poole ( Mr. Ward ) referred produced the following answer within the Labour party : ’ Some argue it will highlight one of our weaker points ’ . |
| 26 | I am not surprised that the Minister has not mentioned redundancy payments for miners when they are closing pits willy-nilly . |
| 27 | I am not surprised that the Minister looks away with some embarrassment . |
| 28 | Courts which have employed the doctrine have accepted that there can be matters on the X level which are not jurisdictional and the term merits includes these items . |
| 29 | Such broad groupings are only possible when many separate thin section analyses are grouped together ; they are not applicable where the study is of one sandstone sequence from one particular area of a sedimentary basin . |
| 30 | This is likely to be unacceptable in certain underground storage systems where personnel are not present unless the system is ‘ locked off ’ . |