Sentence examples for clever not to from inspiring English sources

"But the Polish people are too clever not to see this intention.

The coach Raymond Domenech has been clever not to change his system.

Hellman was far too clever not to wonder whether he and Ripley were in the same racket.

It was clearly clever, not to mention fun, to make a big box into an architectural and engineering conjuring trick.

Strayed was a shrewd choice; it was clever not to choose Strays, which implies a refusal or inability to change.

He went on, "Some people have protested to us and asked, 'Why didn't you arrest Khatami, Mousavi, and Karroubi during the unrest, when their involvement was revealed?' But it was very clever not to arrest them, because it finally showed their true faces".

I suspect that he is far too clever - not to mention too much of an outsider himself - to be a truly devout snob.

Private equity and Exxon are both clever enough not to need special tax breaks.

"We'll find enough clever people not to have a civil war," he said.

Besides, Lucas has been clever enough not to make the mistake of explaining everything.

Very clever, but not to your average 4-year-old, unless she is a graphic-design prodigy.