Example sentences of "[prep] not [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jon Gittens could be recalled after not being available for the cup-tie . |
| 2 | ‘ And , ’ said George , ‘ yer not to feel bad about not bein' able to read and that . |
| 3 | Allied to this comes guilt : guilt about being such a wimp ; guilt about being so secretive ; guilt about having been such a bitch or a bastard ; guilt about all the things not done ; guilt about mistakes and errors of judgement ; guilt , in other words , about Not Being Good Enough . |
| 4 | That 's summat else we 've had to think about not being nasty are we or anything , but as soon as you get married , your marriage certificate 'll have to go for housing . |
| 5 | I hope all these very pretty sentiments about not being strong enough to stand watching other people doing things in the war are just part of a passing phase ; or maybe it 's these ‘ books of a higher nature ’ … but I never credited you with being able to talk such utter balls . |
| 6 | " Your father , " she remarked at last , " was quite definite about not being prepared to guarantee payment . |
| 7 | Television was so quick to join the Yuppie Backlash that there is now a real danger of a Yuppie Backlash Drama Backlash , in which the viewer starts muttering about not being able to switch on the bloody set without seeing a broker being broken . |
| 8 | He remembered what she 'd said about not being able to eat eggs . |
| 9 | As ever , the amp is fan-cooled ; with the 3500 head I had expressed reservations about not being able to switch the fan off for recording , but John Henry 's insisted that it really would n't pose a problem in either DI 'd or close-miking situations . |
| 10 | SO the Government wants to tax disabled people who already feel bad enough about not being able to work . |
| 11 | I spoke about my frustrations , about not being able to read socialist and feminist books and magazines . |
| 12 | His mother felt angry and incompetent about not being able to manage this problem . |
| 13 | I tried to explain earlier about not being able to relax with people I liked , not being able to get them to see what virtues I had . |
| 14 | The way she put it was that Michel had very kindly offered to drive her to Paris , which she had never seen properly ( Simon used to grumble so about not being able to take her because of the war ) . |
| 15 | After explaining quickly about not being able to get a bed and breakfast , of being directed to the Hall , her mouth tightened when he burst out laughing . |
| 16 | Will my hon. Friend confirm that it is often precisely those authorities that complain most about not being able to use capital receipts which have used the most in the past few years ? |
| 17 | Age Concern thinks they 're being bought up by elderly people who are worried about not being able to pay the VAT on their fuel bills . |
| 18 | But listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more . |
| 19 | Full colour : ‘ Listen , you must n't think I 'm wearying about not being able to paint any more , ’ says Mary Armour . |
| 20 | The trains are so fast that the passengers complain about not being able to see any of the countries beautiful scenery . |
| 21 | But you see with him being ill , he worries about not being able to bring money in . |
| 22 | If people get the impression that the education system is in a thoroughly depressed state , erm I would want to argue against that in general , but I think it is true that the short-term cutbacks have made everybody erm thoroughly anxious and miserable , anxious about their jobs , miserable about not being able to produce resources for education . |
| 23 | She was more miserable about not being miserable . |
| 24 | ‘ So what was all that earlier about not being hungry ? ’ he asked . |
| 25 | ROBBIE After what you said , about not being dependent on my father . |
| 26 | It is in this sense , of having an abnormal number of our normal needs unmet , that I think it right to speak of disabled people as not being normal . |
| 27 | An additional comment , raised during the plenary session , was that those from ethnic communities were rarely seen as a positive resource able to offer a new expertise , but that , rather , they were regarded as being doubly disadvantaged in that they were often seen as not being fluent users of English and not being part of the British culture . |
| 28 | They must , therefore , be dismissed as not being good in themselves , or not to any considerable degree . |
| 29 | Not surprisingly these tribunals have been criticized as not being independent of the Ministry of Labour or of the Unemployment Assistance Board . |
| 30 | ‘ It 's the little things that are frustrating , ’ said Jane Olds , ‘ such as not being able to ask if they 're warm , or not understanding if they 're asking for something . ’ |