Example sentences of "be [not/n't] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw no inconsistency between such temporary infatuations and the matrimonial ideal he presented now to Hooton , as he had already discussed it with Helen : ‘ I am not at all sure that there is anywhere a loftier , while there could be no sweeter , perfection than that of a household ’ . |
| 2 | I am not at all interested , Isabel . ’ |
| 3 | For a painter in the 1990s to attempt this sort of transcendent landscape is rather startling , and , frankly , I am not at all sure that it comes off . |
| 4 | I did get a little warm milk from Rosa ( but I am not at all keen on milk ) and the warmest place at Low Birk Hatt , in fact , was the cow byre . |
| 5 | However , I am not at all surprised that many who would have profited had they won did not so vote . |
| 6 | Sir , — I am not at all surprised to read ( EADT March 10 ) that Mr Ken Steward of Cross Green Farm , Cockfield is unhappy about people objecting to Atlas Aggregates proposal to excavate sand and gravel from his land , as he has a vested interest in the project being approved . |
| 7 | But again I stress that light-grasp is all-important , and I am not at all happy about the very small telescopes which can be bought cheaply . |
| 8 | It is clear enough , though large and dim ; any higher magnification shows it well , though even with × 20 I am not at all sure that I can begin to resolve it into stars . |
| 9 | the difficulty quite frankly is that everybody wants to join the Study Groups on foreign affairs or economic policy and I am not at all sure that electorally these are the two most important . |
| 10 | I am not at all persuaded that if offers a way of coping with human agency . |
| 11 | He told them how Howard 's words had shaken him , and said , ‘ There were things we did with the Security Forces in the forests of which I am not at all proud . |
| 12 | ‘ I certainly did n't want to take part in the play and I am not at all at ease with those — those people . |
| 13 | I am not at all sure that she will ever speak to me again . ’ |
| 14 | I have no doubt that a brilliant article will appear but I am not at all fooled that someone of your peculiar talents would either be asked or would agree to such an easy exercise . |
| 15 | I saw the report to which my hon. Friend referred and I am not at all surprised that the Opposition tried to shout him down , for the simple fact is that the report revealed that the majority of people in this country recognise that the Labour party has now promised to increase spending on just about everything under the sun , which would mean higher borrowing , higher inflation and much higher taxes . |
| 16 | " I am not at all devious , " Sara said offhandedly . |
| 17 | Now I am not at one with technology such as electricity and things like that . |
| 18 | Most patients coming to hospital after an overdose are not at serious risk . |
| 19 | Children are not at increased psychiatric risk if their mother goes out to work , for instance , providing the alternative day care arrangements are of good quality , ensuring continuity of caretaking , adequate love and attention and opportunity for play and conversation . |
| 20 | If you stall accidentally it is almost always because you are not aware of the low speed , etc. and therefore all the training in the world will not prevent you from responding instinctively because you are not at that moment aware that you are stalled . |
| 21 | ‘ You are not at all satisfied , ’ Susan said softly into the President 's ear . |
| 22 | Time always mellows my impressions , if they are not at all strong . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ You know , my dear , the gospels are not at all clear on that point . |
| 24 | Some individuals are not at all photogenic and really do look much better in real life than in pictures . |
| 25 | These are not at all original or exotic but are based on the ordinary things that most people tend to eat . |
| 26 | In other ways , too , the evidence of coins needs to be used with sensitivity , since the depictions on coins are not at all like modern photographs . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ You have made the music very clear , the fp here , the accent there ; but these are not at all important . |
| 28 | In certain areas , particularly on islands and in places where there are species which are not at all adapted to cope with cats as predators ( and that includes the whole of Australia ) , there have been dramatic adverse effects on populations of a variety of species of small animals because cats are allowed to roam around . |
| 29 | Likewise , pluralist and class-based politics are not at all unknown in national states . |
| 30 | But many of the layers of sediment are not at all uniform and may be relatively thin in places . |