Example sentences of "[am/are] [not/n't] [adj] [prep] [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 | I am not ashamed of being moral . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | I am not accustomed to be kept waiting . " |
| 8 | This is because you are not used to being shackled to the author 's words . |
| 9 | I have never been phoned by a Prime Minister before , but I imagine they are not used to being kept waiting . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And it is not a serious mistake because all we are not sure about is what was raffle , what was door . |
| 13 | Some criteria , such as bacteriological standards are not capable of being visually assessed . |
| 14 | Countries which have a very small area are not capable of being shown on a large-scale map , so the 42 zones for Africa do not include Djibouti , Swaziland , Lesotho and Mauritius . |
| 15 | Answer guide : Qualitative factors are not capable of being quantified in terms of costs and revenue . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ If they do not have a lifelong partner , they are not supposed to be sleeping or have sexual relationships with anyone . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Unlike national parks in some other countries , these are not supposed to be wilderness or isolated areas . |
| 20 | The 1990s are not supposed to be like that . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 24 | Bankers and international business persons are not supposed to be natural campaigners , but they have proved themselves a match for this moment . |
| 25 | You two are not supposed to be looking at that . |
| 26 | Yeah cos they 're not supposed to , you see there again , Down 's Syndrome children are not supposed to be able to float . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The British people are not prepared to be conned by the bogus political asylum seeker . |
| 30 | 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 . ‘ |