Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] is not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Goodness me , do n't start taking that as a compliment , she cares about everyone 's feelings , she 's an archetypal victim , she 's an absolute fool about other people 's feelings , and let me warn you , I may as well warn you , the more she dislikes somebody , the more somebody annoys her , the more careful she is not to hurt their feelings , in fact the only people she is ever rude to are people like me and Gabriel and Papa , I mean people she cares for enough not to worry about being fair to . |
| 2 | The Government always says how careful it is not to waste taxpayers ' money . |
| 3 | Request : Joan Hammell , his secretary , wrote to say : ‘ I am afraid it is not going to prove possible for Mr Kinnock to make a contribution as much as he would love to . |
| 4 | Editor , — Does the surgical senior registrar who seems to have performed an unnecessary internal examination under anaesthesia without consent before an appendicectomy realise how lucky he is not to have been charged with battery ? |
| 5 | 2 Take the old till roll out carefully ( make sure it is not damaged , thereby losing valuable information ) . |
| 6 | It is the task of the President of the Board of Trade , Michael Heseltine , to make sure it is not wasted . |
| 7 | David Pickles , the BIHA secretary , said : ‘ We are determined to uphold the tremendous family image of our sport and it is the reponsibility of clubs to make sure it is not tarnished . ’ |
| 8 | He must do all he can to make sure he is not deserted again . |
| 9 | Overeating through boredom is a greater danger , so you should monitor the patient quite carefully to make sure he is not putting on excess weight . |
| 10 | He got together with the head of the local shopkeepers ' association to try to make shopkeepers understand how important it is not to sell solvents to young people . |
| 11 | Such figures underline how important it is not to forget the North-South divide amid the dust thrown up by the Eastern Europe upheaval . |
| 12 | A neat little envelope that 's supporting quite firm , that 's supporting the elbow , now pin it , again , now you can see how important it is not to have lots and lots of bandage up here , cos what will you do with it then ? |
| 13 | You know how important it is not to look exceptional . |
| 14 | If Grom is slain he may still try to regenerate wounds suffered , and if successful he is not killed after all . |
| 15 | I am very sorry it is not typed out , but my secretary is ill . ’ |
| 16 | But because the case was heard in private it is not known whether the teenager is returning to her mother or remaining with her 18-year-old boyfriend 's family . |
| 17 | In particular it is not known whether they have been formed in relation to present sea level , in very much the same way as it is not known whether the wavecut platform round Britain was formed entirely in relation to present sea level . |