Example sentences of "[be] not [vb pp] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't it strange that we are taught about many things which may never come to pass and yet most of us are not prepared for the one inevitable occurrence in our lives ? |
| 2 | This would form the basis of a scheme for protecting all words of store from being manipulated by instructions which are not defined for the relevant data format . |
| 3 | With the Royal you are not covered for the first £100 of any claim , unless you pay an additional premium of 10% , which will reduce the excess to £50 . |
| 4 | This means that unnecessary barriers are not created for the great majority of paraprofessionals who must keep working to support themselves and their families and who often do not have the formal academic credentials necessary for university entrance . |
| 5 | It is possible to discover what factors are not needed for the normal development of a behaviour pattern by isolating young animals from hypothetically necessary factors . |
| 6 | The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book . |
| 7 | We therefore conclude that hypersensitive sites HS5A and HS5B are not required for the correct developmental expression of the gene . |
| 8 | It is clear that HS5A and HS5B are not required for the tissue-specific or temporal regulation of the gene contrary to what has been suggested previously ( 28 ) because the -300bp promoter when linked to a gene which lacks HS5A and HS5B is still expressed correctly . |
| 9 | The UK government argues that EIAs are not required for the first two schemes , on the grounds that they date from before July 1988 , when the relevant EC directive came into force . |
| 10 | But they have requested the two-storey shop units in Clark 's Yard are not used for the same type of shops already there , to prevent competition for existing business . |
| 11 | But since owners of capital control the production process , workers are not paid for the full labour time expended at work . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 13 | They 're not intended for the dedicated hiker . |
| 14 | I 'm not prepared for the deafening ‘ bang ’ as the sides of the box collapse and my moment of entry is masked by puthers of ‘ smoke ’ . |
| 15 | Inter-word boundary effects were not implemented for the first prototype . |
| 16 | They were not prepared for the thousands of young people demonstrating on the streets , apparently with Deng 's blessing . |
| 17 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 18 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 19 | This community has obvious affinities to the scrub vegetation of small islands and ravines described above , but is not recorded for the Outer Hebrides in the NVC . |
| 20 | The weather forecast is good and rain is not expected for the next few days . |
| 21 | This is n't intended for the profound jottings which occur in the back of the van after a gig ( to be auctioned at Sotherby 's when you are dead ! ) . |
| 22 | Set in a ‘ green and silent spot , amid the hills ’ , it was not intended for the Lyrical Ballads , but was a political meditation inspired by fears of a French invasion . |
| 23 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 24 | The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it . |
| 25 | Payment of income support is related to pension payment days , and she was not remunerated for the first five days of the elderly person 's occupation . |
| 26 | I did n't know what I expected ( chanting and rune casting , perhaps ) , but I was n't prepared for the tingling sensation affecting the areas of my body immediately underneath her small hands . |