Example sentences of "[be] not [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 2 | I am not willing to be interviewed only to be compared with the chief executive of some Midlands council . |
| 3 | It is obvious that we should have talks but I am not willing to be told that the talks can only take place at one location and I am not willing to accept an invitation to a slanging match . |
| 4 | I am not ashamed to be regarded as sympathetic to the anxieties of those whom life appears to be treating harshly . |
| 5 | When I read a novel the emotions aroused in me bring the experience of the events of the narrative into the present , but I am not likely to be misled into thinking it is actually happening for there are enough indicators in the environment to assure me that it is not . |
| 6 | I am not accustomed to be kept waiting . " |
| 7 | This is because you are not used to being shackled to the author 's words . |
| 8 | I have never been phoned by a Prime Minister before , but I imagine they are not used to being kept waiting . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Unlike national parks in some other countries , these are not supposed to be wilderness or isolated areas . |
| 15 | The 1990s are not supposed to be like that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 19 | Bankers and international business persons are not supposed to be natural campaigners , but they have proved themselves a match for this moment . |
| 20 | You two are not supposed to be looking at that . |
| 21 | Yeah cos they 're not supposed to , you see there again , Down 's Syndrome children are not supposed to be able to float . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The British people are not prepared to be conned by the bogus political asylum seeker . |
| 25 | 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 . ‘ |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Those who are not responsible for raising taxes are not likely to be responsible about spending them . |