Example sentences of "[pers pn] [am/are] not [adj] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | An excellent overview of organisational communication research written specifically with reference to the external organisational environment appears in a valuable compendium Handbook of organizational communication — a volume that in this context I am not ashamed to admit that I came across just by chance in a bookshop whilst looking for something completely different ! |
| 2 | I am not ashamed to admit that I am not overwhelmed with sympathy for muggers and molesters . |
| 3 | For I am not ashamed to admit that I am The Burpman . |
| 4 | I am not able to say that the steering group has achieved fair and equal representation of all its members . |
| 5 | When I reappear in my flat I am not surprised to learn that the two doughballs have said absolutely nothing . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I 'm not prepared to accept that their decision is carved out in tablets of stone . |
| 7 | I 'm not prepared to accept that any more than I am prepared to accept the hogwash that we heard from Bob Morgan and his Liberal Democrats , because of course it may be extremely comfortable for him to be acting like a beached dolphin on the shores of Abu Dhabi , but the fact of the matter is , of course , that the Liberal Democrats , with or without the backs of their envelopes and cigarettes packets , are extremely unlikely to be making any national legislation , so they are quite comfortable in being able to observe how others might or might not do it . |
| 8 | I think , as I said before , the pro The idea of Europe , the profile of Europe is important , and although i do n't think I should be campaign , if I win tonight , on things that interest me and do n't interest others , I 'm not afraid to say that I do want to make it , to a degree at least , a genuine European campaign . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
| 10 | I 'm not ashamed to admit that I was encountering the vast majority of the fish on show for the first time . |
| 11 | I know that the message is getting through to gay men , but I 'm not surprised to hear that it 's not getting through to heterosexuals . |
| 12 | Somehow you are not surprised to learn that Emecheta borrowed the goddess ' name , Ogwuguwu , for her publishing imprint . |
| 13 | There was always a close relationship between the Armed Forces and the railways so that we are not surprised to learn that many barracks were built by or for Service personnel . |
| 14 | We , society as a whole , must decide what we want school to do ; and if we can not agree on this we are not entitled to complain that schools , and teachers , fail to give us what we want , nor can we hope to find ways to improve the situation . |
| 15 | But there is still a great lack of clarity and we are not prepared to pretend that we know the answer , thereby running the risk of causing at least as much damage as we do good . |