Example sentences of "not [adj] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Availability is less meaningful as a measure of performance since it is not possible to be sure the plant would be available to produce full load unless it is actually in operation , which proves whether or not it is working satisfactorily . |
| 2 | Cawkell 's study related to acoustics , but Price 's work does not refer directly to any particular subject field , so that it is not possible to be sure that like is being compared with like . |
| 3 | These ‘ friendships ’ , however , tended to involve a third party , for as Bair stresses , it was not possible to be close to de Beauvoir without becoming involved with Sartre as well . |
| 4 | There were a number of lengthy songs on the subject of the Seven Ages of Man , and it is not possible to be certain which one CD is referring to here . |
| 5 | Sometimes , if elderly relatives are living at a distance , it is not possible to be certain , in spite of advice from us , and help from neighbours with the shopping , that they are eating properly , but if they can only be persuaded to drink a pint of milk every day and eat some fresh citrus fruit , wholemeal bread , cheese or eggs , margarine or butter and a bowl of bran cereal , we shall know that they can not come to any serious harm from a dietary point of view , even though a much more varied diet would be more suitable . |
| 6 | He told a Common select committee : ‘ It is not possible to be certain the recession is over , but there seem to be enough indications to say in all probability it is . ’ |
| 7 | However , it is still not possible to be certain about world sea levels before the last quarter of a million years . |
| 8 | I consoled myself ; for if it is not possible to be free , perhaps to be hidden is the next best thing , and Lili 's presence gave me , as the hours went by , the feeling that I was growing less visible . |
| 9 | Is it not possible to be fat and happy ? |
| 10 | The owner said it 's not right to be mean to working class people . |
| 11 | He was not disposed to be easy with her . |
| 12 | They were not afraid to be concerned about the misery and unhappiness of men and women in society , and to ask whether and how positive happiness could be attained . |
| 13 | They 're not afraid to be bald and they 're not afraid to appear naked in magazines . ’ |
| 14 | What I like about Mark is that he 's not afraid to be funny with the crowd . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Alix began to think that perhaps , after all , it was not wrong to be happy . |
| 17 | In any case it is not easy to be sure about how an illness will progress or what the outcome of a treatment will be . |
| 18 | It is not easy to be sure of their function or functions . |
| 19 | Again , it is not easy to be dogmatic in answer to the question whether a court is exercising a judicial function when it entertains a reference from the Attorney-General as to what the law is on a particular point . |
| 20 | The influence of an international market is not easy to be precise about , though the appearance of work in a Biennale or an art fair can be impressive in itself . |
| 21 | One obvious problem in establishing and using age norms is that , for any given child , it is not easy to be precise about when any specific skill has been mastered . |
| 22 | It is not easy to be precise here as a gentle curtain is drawn . |
| 23 | Clearly it is not easy to be precise about the numbers of mentally disordered persons who need help , but some figures of those actually receiving care or treatment are a rough guide to the size of the problem . |
| 24 | With the Editor 's name on the cover , it is not easy to be objective about Sally B — A Very Special Lady ( Midland Counties Publications , 48pp , illus , sbk , available from B-17 Preservation Ltd ) but as all the contributors have given over their royalties to keeping Sally B in the air , we can slip a ‘ plug ’ in . |
| 25 | Quality standards also require you to report on the progress of the case but this is not likely to be standard advice . |
| 26 | Free chlorine in small amount ( 0.1–0.2 p.p.m. ) , such as might come from water sterilization , is not likely to be troublesome , but , if in excess of this , it could be objectionable . |
| 27 | The last of these must be the overriding consideration ; it would be of little use to develop a unit on an unusual system not readily available to the target population in schools , and not likely to be available in the near future . |
| 28 | Alcohol is not likely to be available . |
| 29 | It is a sad fact that a number of adult dogs obtained from rescue organizations are returned because of this type of problem , which is not likely to be apparent when the dog is chosen . |
| 30 | But , even within such a system the role of nations was not likely to be central because the main players in such a game would be units far larger than the states that most of the characterist , ie , separatist , nationalist agitations of the late 20th century were designed to form . |