Example sentences of "not [adj] for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the tradition of Advaita or non-Dualism he refers to the soul , ( Ātman ) , and God , ( Brahman ) , as knowers rather than objects of knowledge and claims that it is not possible for mortal beings by the use of reason alone to know the knower of knowing . |
| 2 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |
| 3 | The results of the simultaneous state and local elections in the neighbouring state of Hidalgo were not due for official release until Dec. 2 , but preliminary results indicated that the PRI had won 81 out of the 84 municipalities . |
| 4 | It should be noted that , while maiming or wounding are not justifiable for simple recaption of property , yet they may well become justifiable for another reason — self-defence . |
| 5 | Remember that it is not unusual for strong winds to be associated with high pressure , although strong winds and gales are more frequently encountered in low pressure systems . |
| 6 | Frost-hardening may affect some tissues but not others ; it is not unusual for well-established tissues to be hardened but for buds and growing shoots to be nipped by frost . |
| 7 | IT IS NOT unusual for scientific predictions to be made long before techniques are available to test them — and it is particularly satisfying when such predictions are at last fulfilled . |
| 8 | The tide went out as fast as it came in , and it was not unusual for large fish to be stranded in one of the various sized lakes left behind in the sand hollows . |
| 9 | It was not uncommon for stolen animals to be transported along paths and roads for as far as fifty kilometres . |
| 10 | It is not uncommon for young surgeons in our hospitals to work an 80-hour week . |
| 11 | It was not uncommon for foreign representatives in Sweden to be given a quantity of copper , the only Swedish product for which there was a ready international market , which they could sell on their return home . |
| 12 | It was not uncommon for German children to be taught in Polish , and there was a principle in Pomerania of bilingual education . |
| 13 | It is not uncommon for different members of the same court to be in agreement as to the contents of the procedural duty , but to differ as to whether they describe this as resulting from natural justice or fairness . |
| 14 | This means , in effect , that these gases are not effective for local application to a fire within racking . |
| 15 | Medical treatment was classified as mimicking physiological processes and , therefore , presumably not applicable for congenital abnormalities of the abdominal wall , abnormalities of the diaphragm , or oesophageal atresia . |
| 16 | For , surprisingly , it is not illegal for other conditions to be treated by medically unqualified people as long as such people do not claim to be doctors . |
| 17 | Moreover , the workings of the partly suspended sentence were complex and difficult to explain to those who had been convicted ; the sentence was not available for young offenders under the age of twenty-one ; and there were confusing anomalies with parole entitlement . |
| 18 | It could be claimed that it is unacceptable for public money to be used to fund the Commissioner , especially when it is remembered that legal aid is not available for legal representation before Industrial Tribunals , for example , for unfair dismissal claims . |
| 19 | Surely , if only 13 of the 100 crossings are unsafe , it is not unreasonable for British Rail at least to propose alternative crossings at some of those points . |
| 20 | Every other kind of map must be a ‘ map-to-read ’ and requires some study ; it is implicit in experiments carried out by Kraak ( 1989 ) that such maps are not suitable for temporary display on a computer screen . |
| 21 | It looked as though the donnish youth would go straight back to donnery and be a don for the rest of his life ; perhaps he was not suitable for other kinds of clergyman . |
| 22 | In consequence some authors suggest that the conventionally applied log-normal probability law is not suitable for universal applications in grain size analysis . |
| 23 | While it contains some sensitive commercial information , and is not suitable for free distribution to everyone , I know they will draw on it further in their discussions about creating the new structure . |
| 24 | It is not suitable for extended use beyond three years , without modification and revision . |
| 25 | He suggested that accountants were not liable for casual remarks in the course of conversation , statements made by accountants outside their work or for statements not made in their capacity as accountants . |
| 26 | For automatic recognition of both script and speech the information physically present in the signal is not sufficient for unambiguous identification of words . |
| 27 | The length of the synthetic sequence should be long enough for a pattern to emerge ; the length of the four sequences given above is not sufficient for reliable conclusions to be drawn . |
| 28 | ‘ We are not ready for big venues like Wembley yet , maybe next time but not now . |
| 29 | In the barony of Lewes it was not unknown for heritable copyholds to be entailed , to such an extent indeed that even though the common law harboured reservations as to its legality , the judges ‘ haue bene sparinge to deliuer their opinions because it concerned very many of the kinges subjectes ’ . |
| 30 | I was quick to snap her up before you changed your mind she was n't right for national accounts at that time she 'd been good in the groups role |