Example sentences of "not be [verb] [adv] for [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 2 | The store had not been trading profitably for some time indicating there simply is not enough money circulating in the area to sustain it . |
| 3 | For example , Goody and others have argued that the labelling of pre-colonial West African states as ‘ feudal ’ has obscured the all-important fact that the control of the ruling class did not operate through the control of land , and that therefore Marx 's ideas can not be used directly for these societies . |
| 4 | The government is predicting real GNP growth of 7% this year , and Mr Choi will not be blamed even for such a ‘ disappointing ’ figure . |
| 5 | For instance , some drugs can not be taken together for this reason . |