Example sentences of "this [vb mod] [not/n't] be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many widows like to stay in the home of a family member for a few days or weeks afterwards , but if she is going to return to her own home at some time , this should not be delayed for too long . |
| 2 | This should not be taken for ‘ yet another diet book ’ ; if anything it is the opposite . |
| 3 | It is difficult to provide any comparable data over the last thirty years and though the general impression is one of slight reduction in socio-economic inequalities in GP consultation , this should not be taken for granted . |
| 4 | Age specific mortality was used throughout the study taking into account increasing age , but in Asians unlike Europeans this could not be adjusted for changing mortality rates from year to year as these data were unavailable . |
| 5 | However , the full effect of this will not be felt for four years since the government has provided resources to cushion the transfer from rates to the community charge . |
| 6 | This can not be taken for granted , however , and it is worth fending off inevitable disappointment by making enquiries before signing any contract of employment . |
| 7 | We should not , however , expect a question for the initial verb alone since this is only possible in English for verbs which describe something as being , in some as yet ill-defined sense , " done " to their objects : ( 69 ) what did Rafferty do to the cistern ? and this can not be claimed for the verbs preceding clausal adjectives any more than for a verb which precedes an explicit subordinate clause . |