Example sentences of "n't be [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It proves perhaps that a tree need n't be tall to be proud . |
| 2 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 3 | A hi-jacking of that magnitude would n't be likely to be quickly forgotten by the police in whose district it had occurred . |
| 4 | But observations need n't be direct to be good . |
| 5 | Do n't be embarrassed to be specific , especially if you want to co-ordinate different items . |
| 6 | Girls should n't be ashamed to be virgins . |
| 7 | Do n't be afraid to be different . |
| 8 | The now-famous Dustin Hoffman has this advice for a young actor : ‘ Do n't be afraid to be fired . |
| 9 | really what the crunch is , the price should be , they should n't be able to be cheaper . |
| 10 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 11 | I have to go to a cocktail party at the Library Association this evening , ’ he went on , ‘ so I 'm afraid I sha n't be able to be the ministering angel . |
| 12 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 13 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 14 | But nevertheless , there 's going to be a month period , plus there 'll be five weeks where people wo n't be able to be treated for routine operations here . |