Example sentences of "are not [adj] [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 This is because you are not used to being shackled to the author 's words .
2 I have never been phoned by a Prime Minister before , but I imagine they are not used to being kept waiting .
3 Theories in the traditional natural sciences are usually based upon icons of generative processes rather than knowledge of the generative processes themselves , and we are not unhappy to be in that company .
4 Clearly if , if the fines were more that would help , but I do think now because of the consciousness of the general public and because of the involvement of the media in , in the environment , er that firms are not keen and the third parties , whoever they may be , are not keen to be fined in court for pollution , because public opinion is such that it 's very much disapproved of .
5 And it is not a serious mistake because all we are not sure about is what was raffle , what was door .
6 Some criteria , such as bacteriological standards are not capable of being visually assessed .
7 Countries which have a very small area are not capable of being shown on a large-scale map , so the 42 zones for Africa do not include Djibouti , Swaziland , Lesotho and Mauritius .
8 Answer guide : Qualitative factors are not capable of being quantified in terms of costs and revenue .
9 Drugs have a minor role : tricyclic antidepressants have little effect and are not suitable to be kept in households where there is a combination of young children and stress .
10 ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone .
11 Museums are not supposed to be in the business of wiping out bad memories , though , and it wo n't be long before we start getting nostalgic .
12 Unlike national parks in some other countries , these are not supposed to be wilderness or isolated areas .
13 The 1990s are not supposed to be like that .
14 All those kinds of slogans were a very good example of how er , women hating comes to the fore whenever women get in positions women are not supposed to be in .
15 In the central and southern parts where there are Moslems , a pig 's life is easy — because one of the nice things about being an ‘ unclean ’ animal is that , not only can you not be eaten , you are not supposed to be killed , even for raiding crops .
16 ‘ Chiggers are not supposed to be able to breed on human protein , but a year after the itching began again on my ankles , though not as bad as before . ’
17 Bankers and international business persons are not supposed to be natural campaigners , but they have proved themselves a match for this moment .
18 You two are not supposed to be looking at that .
19 Yeah cos they 're not supposed to , you see there again , Down 's Syndrome children are not supposed to be able to float .
20 I had arrived for my first meeting with the North Downs Steam Railway which is managed by a friendly group of enthusiasts who are not prepared to be put off by a drop of rain , even if it was one of the heaviest storms of the summer .
21 The problem , according to the Tories , is the unemployed themselves — they have a bad attitude , they lack the skills and drive , they are not prepared to be flexible , they wo n't travel .
22 The British people are not prepared to be conned by the bogus political asylum seeker .
23 Though father William probably invented the technique , it was his son James who , in 1785 , took out a patent for his ‘ new invention of Embellishing books bound in vellum , by making drawings on the vellum which are not liable to be defaced but by destroying the vellum itself . ‘
24 While I agree that orders made under section 6(2) and section 61(1) must be restricted to their proper restitutionary purpose , it is not , in my opinion , right to emasculate the restitutionary remedy available against persons ‘ knowingly concerned ’ on the ground that they are not liable to be subjected to compensatory remedies .
25 Of course , being so intimately concerned with the notion of travel , a degree of mobility may bring more rapid promotion opportunities but unlike other organisations of a similar size , there is no pressure here to relocate — should you decline a move because you are not ready to be uprooted , you will find that your reasons are respected and your prospects unaffected .
26 If things are really bad , you are getting nowhere and you feel that an argument is developing , the best action is to state politely that you are not willing to be interviewed in such a manner , that you are clearly wasting one another 's time and you have decided to leave .
27 The Palau Constitution , by way of contrast , has specific limitations on the subject-matter of international agreements which are not open to be undermined by evasive reasoning .
28 Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them .
29 Calcium If you are having a reasonable amount of dairy produce you are not likely to be short of calcium .
30 coast of Benbecula and S. Uist ( Ritchie , 1966 , 1979 , 1985 ; Currie , 1979 ) also suggest that the frequency of westerly storms must have been less prior to 4000 B.P. As Currie ( 1979 p. 227 ) suggests , ‘ the stumps remaining are not likely to be an indication of forest , but rather the evidence of such sheltered locations where small woods survived the climatic conditions , often in areas which are now submerged by the sea ’ .
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