Example sentences of "'re [not/n't] [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 The latest draft of the European Commission 's plan for telecommunications seeks deregulation of cross-border services within the Community from January 1996 and of all services , domestic and international , by the start of 1998 , Reuter reports from Brussels , and phone companies expect it to press for deregulation of phone service despite the industry 's reservations — ‘ It 's far too ambitious — we 're not opposed to deregulation but this is too fast , ’ Charlotte Pins , a director of corporate communications at Belgium 's Belgacom said ; France Telecom said it backed ‘ setting sights on 1998 or 2000 ’ as a deadline for freeing the phone service , but Community-wide rules on access to national networks , costs , tariffs and public service duties would have to be agreed shortly .
2 You 'll be looked after , and it 's hardly work you 're not used to .
3 There 's a lot of competition to get your space , specially with the Latins ; they 're not used to a woman doing the same job as well as they do . ’
4 ‘ Well I 'm not keen on selling you one if you 're not used to it . ’
5 If you 're not used to bending strings up with your first finger these will probably take a fair amount of practice to master …
6 It is n't always easy to receive compliments , especially if you 're not used to them .
7 ‘ We 're not used to it .
8 Be careful of them , though ; they 're not used to foreigners , " he finished ominously , as Abu , a villainous-looking Makassarese Ali Baba , was ushered in to meet us .
9 You 're normally never alone in prison , especially being in a dorm with eight people , and if you 're not used to it , the constant noise of people around you all the time is awful .
10 Thai food is to be approached with caution if you 're not used to it .
11 ‘ The jacuzzi can be rather too much of a good thing if you 're not used to it . ’
12 It 's counter see you , the reason , the reason that this seems difficult to understand at first is we 're not used to thinking of it that way .
13 You see , all these foreigners come from abroad with germs we 're not used to .
14 Do n't you remember Jules Verne 's story about the professor who goes to the moon and accidentally kills off all its inhabitants because when he goes there he 's got a cold and they 're not used to it . ’
15 Those things are treacherous , and you 're not used to them .
16 I am afraid you 're not used to the ways of the bazaar , Captain Owen .
17 straight and erm a lot of people make that , very experienced sales people still make that mistake cost they 're not used to it .
18 You 're not used to this heat .
19 When you 're not used to it it 's
20 also they 're not used to the way that we 're used to living .
21 Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like .
22 I mean , I do n't mind it if he comes and sits by me well they 're not used to him you see .
23 They 're not used to little Sammy !
24 Yeah , does make you a bit tired when you 're watching a big screen like that , it makes your eyes ache after a while , cos you 're not used to it , but still you can have a nice lay in tomorrow ca n't you , cos you 've got no playschool tomorrow
25 Because it seems something you 're not used to eating
26 they 're not used to girls being round till they 're
27 We 're not used to thinking in those terms .
28 You 're not new to the area though , just to this bit ?
29 but they 're not relevant to that so when you actually come to that you fill in all the relevant details
30 And I know it 's important to be equal in careers and to have equal opportunities and I 'm not arguing against that , but I also think that perhaps , in doing so some women also lose the pride in being a woman , and e equality is n't being a man , which I think some feminists take that view , that they 're not equal to a man unless they 're earning money .
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