Example sentences of "have not been entirely [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They can therefore be viewed as an attempt to translate the methodological rigours of economic science to the sphere of political behaviour in which , as we have seen , the attempt to develop a scientific approach has not been entirely successful . |
| 2 | If this has not been entirely successful , some recognition of the problem has at least been achieved . |
| 3 | Pinot Noir , Burgundy 's top red grape , is less willing to travel and has not been entirely amenable to efforts to tame it in Australia . |
| 4 | Though the hoped-for explosion of educational television has not happened the effect has not been entirely negative as far as literacy goes . |
| 5 | She found herself regretting she 'd not been entirely open with him . |
| 6 | Robyn felt herself growing warm with resentment of his rudeness , mingled with the consciousness that her own conduct had not been entirely blameless . |
| 7 | Against Chamberlain it was remembered that he was a Liberal Unionist ( as was Lansdowne , who led the Unionists in the Lords ) and that he had not been entirely loyal to Balfour since the referendum pledge . |
| 8 | As they left he was surprised to learn that his colleague 's appreciation of the proceedings had not been entirely lecherous . |
| 9 | ‘ The Cloak of Invisibility in addition to all else ? ’ said Taliesin lightly , and Fael-Inis said , ‘ Exactly , ’ and Taliesin looked up sharply , because although he had not been entirely flippant , neither had he been altogether serious . |
| 10 | The journey had not been entirely uneventful , I discovered later . |
| 11 | In a war-time article on Smollett he remarked that several writers had recently tried to ‘ revive the picaresque tradition ’ , instancing Waugh and Aldous Huxley — adding that the experiment had not been entirely happy , if only because they had betrayed a sense of strain in an effort to be shocking . |
| 12 | Her plea of a headache had not been entirely false . |
| 13 | To judge by his continued expression of smug amusement , it had n't been entirely successful . |
| 14 | And Pete , who had n't been entirely unaware of some of the paths that such a newly-founded relationship might follow , suddenly found himself shifting into back-off mode . |
| 15 | Maxim had n't been entirely wrong about the Fight Game . |
| 16 | So Guido had n't been entirely wrong , after all ! |
| 17 | Iberia 's forays into Latin America have not been entirely happy . |
| 18 | Some bookmakers have not been entirely happy with their new placing in the Down Royal set-up and there had been grumblings about taking the matter to a higher authority . |
| 19 | ‘ I have n't been entirely honest with you , Inspector . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm afraid I have n't been entirely honest . ’ |