Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Laughton pledged not to bid for any Chemics star for at least a season — unless they wanted to sell . |
| 2 | Please note that West Somerset Railway Association members ' concessions do not apply for this event , and tickets do not give free travel . |
| 3 | Biddy did not speak for some time , and stood considering them in a way that made them all feel about half their usual size . |
| 4 | ‘ We knew the dangers and my husband Sammy and son Neil did n't know for sure we would come back . |
| 5 | Having read a lot of books does not make for good rock'n'roll lyrics — you end up with a band like XTC ; you might like them , sure , but that does n't make them rock'n'roll . |
| 6 | The argument was on the semantics of how post-sixteen education is presently offered in Banbury , and whereas , of course , they had every right to use the opting out legislation as a governing body , it must be said that the possibility of success under those terms erm is somewhat untried , because of course legislation was specifically geared at Local Education Authorities that do not look after their schools , and thus schools are able to opt out of a badly run , inefficient Education Authority , and we 've seen that happen in many of the urban areas in the country , and indeed some schools have not opted for that . |
| 7 | Personal computer manufacturers have not waited for new standards but have begun to build CD-ROM drives into their products . |
| 8 | Now of that hundred and twenty five thousand revenue spending which would be coming out of County Council to match what is likely to happen in the five B programme , most of that , most of that is on economic development activities , now the kind of way we can find that money without going to the authorities and asking for growth funding , because this Committee has not asked for any and that is not common in all the committees in the Council , is actually by finding it out of things like our monies , and other projects , actually funding it yourself as a Committee , funding the ability to draw in European money into Shropshire . |
| 9 | Recent surveys in the Lake District have shown that the majority of visitors do not come for these ‘ tourist attractions ’ but rather for the fresh air and breathtaking scenery . |
| 10 | In the event , therefore , the Act did not provide for large-scale planning and redevelopment , but stimulated further direction towards slum clearance by extending new forms of subsidy directed to the rehousing of overcrowded families . |
| 11 | And this is quite unique when you go to South Africa and you see what 's happening that black leaders and blacks do not go for quick votes and quick solutions , we 're not trying to keep , tu turn people against whites . |
| 12 | The question did not arise for those settling in their state 's colonies , who could continue to remain Englishmen or Frenchmen in New Zealand or Algeria , thinking of the old country as ‘ home ’ . |
| 13 | However , RAF and Gulf Trust spokesmen said the charity laws under which the trust was established allow for payment only in cases of need , and education trusts do not qualify for this . |
| 14 | Philip Healey , Acquisitions Monthly editor , said UK companies do not go for smaller acquisitions out of choice . |
| 15 | The telephone did n't function for two days ; the mattress was uncomfortable , and the hot water was prone to run out . |
| 16 | ‘ Hurry , Wolfprince , for my work does not wait for such as you , ’ he said in his sibilant whisper , but now Nuadu detected a lick of pleasure in the voice . |
| 17 | If the so-called specialist does not ask for this information then retreat rapidly and find someone else who does . |
| 18 | If a law does not account for all that happens , then it has to be modified . |
| 19 | But in some counties the forest dwellers had not waited for these instructions . |
| 20 | It must be emphasized , however , that whether the criterion be the number of courses or the number of teacher-days devoted to this topic , the development of productive links with parents and the community did not account for more than a one-hundredth part of the Authority 's in-service programme during the evaluation period . |
| 21 | His leader did not believe for one moment the protestations of innocence . |
| 22 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 23 | Foinavon had not won for two seasons and was considered a plodder and a sketchy jumper — hardly the type for the rigours of the National . |
| 24 | The pluralist discussing large-scale societal issues of this sort does not argue for decisional methods or observation of group interaction but rather for the supposedly inevitable , though always incomplete , diffusion of central values , so that understanding political power is a matter of charting the spread or decline of these values . |
| 25 | However , dissolution does not occur for some time and the excellent tissue reactions of the hydroxyapatite coatings have a very positive role . |
| 26 | Blades boss Dave Bassett , whose team have n't scored for three games , wanted to reunite Agana with England striker Brian Deane . |
| 27 | On Saturday they travel to Ayr — where the Fifers have not won for 10 years — knowing that victory at Somerset Park would take them up if Dunfermline beat Kilmarnock at East End Park . |
| 28 | The bond 's conditions did not allow for this , so even if bought and transferred at less than par between individuals , they had to be redeemed by the Club in full . |
| 29 | Per capita distribution of wealth roughly followed this division , the industrial countries having the highest standard of living and the agricultural nations of the south and east the lowest , but the figures do not exist for precise comparisons . |
| 30 | These figures do not allow for two important aspects of the situation . |