Example sentences of "[not/n't] be for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
2 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
3 | But ‘ photographs of the Soviet Union will not be for sale , ’ he said . |
4 | At the initiative of President Sir Roger de Grey several leading European artists will be showing their works , although these will not be for sale at the Academy . |
5 | As Hilary Land reminds us in another article ( Land , 1980 ) Ada Nield Chew , a radical suffragist , wrote that women should eschew the role of the ‘ domestic tabby cat ’ and that ‘ marriage and motherhood should not be for sale . |
6 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
7 | Their overriding need will not be for advice , but for love and support , and if you provide this you will not fail them . |