Example sentences of "was [not/n't] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culturalists will point out — as C. S. Lewis once did — that much poetry of the past was not written for aesthetic ends , but for religious , political , or other social purposes . |
| 2 | The house was not vacated for several months . |
| 3 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 4 | It is likely that Gorbachev 's Mediterranean initiative was not intended for serious negotiation . |
| 5 | He was educated at Mill Hill School under Dr Thorowgood and was not intended for any profession until family losses made it necessary . |
| 6 | The pastry crust that had topped the pie during its parade through the village was not eaten for hygienic reasons , so 50,000 squares of puff pastry had been baked separately and these were reheated — not too successfully — in a mobile oven in the huge open-sided marquee into which the pie , on its trailer , eventually came to rest . |
| 7 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
| 8 | Specific ethical approval was not obtained for physiological recordings , which were considered part of clinical management . |
| 9 | Together with this evidence must be the proof that the passenger was not licensed for that class of vehicle etc . |
| 10 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 11 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 12 | Analysis to this level was not undertaken for all sub-systems , only those where some significant change was implied , as even the secondary expansion was extensive and time-consuming . |
| 13 | The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons , but from financial necessity . |
| 14 | They were charged that they did contrive , design and plot to murder MOIR NcILCHENICH widow of Ellister for mere avarice and covetousness to attain to her money which they supposed she had lying by her in her house and in pursuance of this plot did upon some day of April 1698 in dead time of night murder her by strangling her with her own belt and thereafter threw her body over a rock into the sea so that the deed was not discovered for some time . |
| 15 | To add to W. 's problems , as if she had not enough already , the clinical psychologist treating W. left the area in March 1991 , W. then being nearly 15 , and was not replaced for five months . |
| 16 | Sir Denys , a 58-year-old Scot and a lawyer by training , took over from Sir John Harvey-Jones in 1987 ( who is now chairman of The Economist but was not consulted for this article ) . |
| 17 | Despite the mixed response from critics , Dustin felt pride in his achievement and confidence in the film itself , so he expressed his anger when Little Big Man was not nominated for any Oscars . |
| 18 | The lock was not designed for rough treatment . |
| 19 | Napoleon is believed to have been warmly in favour even though the tunnel was not designed for military purposes . |
| 20 | She retired quickly after her friend into the kitchen , overcome by a sense of invaded privacy ; a garden , to her , was not meant for such intimacies . |
| 21 | She was not found for 16 hours . |
| 22 | The white queen rolled under the table and was not found for several weeks . |
| 23 | ‘ It was to be , ’ he recalled , ‘ the first of the kitchen-sink comedies , but , unfortunately , it was not released for three years , making it the last of the kitchen-sink comedies . ’ |
| 24 | Naturally an appeal was made by the McLaren team but the dispute was not resolved for many weeks . |
| 25 | The Bull & Gate surely was n't built for this sort of punishment . |
| 26 | The family of a woman who died from cancer are claiming that she was n't fed for four days while she was in hospital . |
| 27 | This man was n't prepared for deep interrogation . |
| 28 | I wanted specifically to address myself to one rumour which seems to be a circulating dilemma , a great deal of enthusiasm and I heard that at er Chichester Railway Station today erm the staff at Chichester Railway Station seem to be under the impression that the erm the emergency planning authorities er have imminent proposals to breach the railway line south of to allow the flood water to escape to the sea , with the result so I was quite earnestly and er without any doubt that the railway will be closed for six months erm the , the Chairman of the County Council just raised this issue with the Emergency Planning , I understand that this is er an unsubstantiated rumour and er that there be a an immediate er destruction of the railways is not imminent but er I think perhaps it shows that erm probably due to the the great media interest and all sorts of stories are er doing a round but it goes without saying of course that the railway was n't closed for six months to the railway , but I do n't think there is any er any prospect to that , but I think the Chairman Council feels that . |