Example sentences of "not [verb] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While I appreciate that in many cultures a woman 's failure to marry can have serious socio-economic implications which may not exist for many women in the UK , I was distressed by AI promoting this view of marriage as the raison d'etre of a woman , and of a woman whose hymen has been perforated as ‘ damaged goods ’ . |
| 2 | The sooner an agreement is notified the longer the period of protection from fines is likely to be , since such protection does not exist for any period of operation of an agreement prior to notification . |
| 3 | After this flight the aircraft was de-rigged again and not flown for several weeks . |
| 4 | Delegates from Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth told a meeting in Manchester hosted by a group of ‘ nuclear free ’ local authorities that they would be pressing the Government to ensure the money is not diverted for this purpose . |
| 5 | No I will not want for this company again . |
| 6 | Australian Cricket Board manager Graham Halbish said doctors had ordered Waugh not to bowl for several months after diagnosing a stress fracture of his lower back — a legacy of the recent Ashes tour of England . |
| 7 | He was educated at Mill Hill School under Dr Thorowgood and was not intended for any profession until family losses made it necessary . |
| 8 | Similarly , if debts due to the company are subject to a floating charge , the interest of the floating charge holder will be subject to any lien or set off that the company creates with respect to the charged assets prior to crystallisation , for a floating charge is not regarded for this purpose as an immediate assignment of the chose in action , it becomes such only on crystallisation . |
| 9 | One type of authoritarian rule had been followed by another , not allowing for that kind of unsettling liberalization which is so conducive to uprisings among minorities . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | The twenty heads of British missions abroad in 1816 , when the effects of the country 's long political isolation during the Napoleonic wars were still being felt , had increased to thirty-seven by 1860 ( mainly because of the emergence of new independent states in Latin America ) ; but the changes of the 1860s swept away many of the smaller legations in Germany and Italy , and the establishment of diplomatic representatives in China , Japan and one or two other non-European countries in the second half of the century did not compensate for these losses . |
| 13 | The first three also damage stratospheric ozone , while ozone produced in the troposphere does not compensate for this loss , but in fact behaves as another greenhouse gas . |
| 14 | They should only be used on paths , etc , or to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear a derelict patch of ground that you want to clear but not replant for some time . |
| 15 | They did not know then , were not to know for many years , were never fully to understand what it was that held them together — a sense of being on the margins of English life , perhaps , a sense of being outsiders , looking in from a cold street through a lighted window into a warm lit room that later might prove to be their own ? |
| 16 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 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 | A decision by the Environment Secretary is not expected for several months after the close of the inquiry . |
| 19 | A first flight is not expected for another year . |
| 20 | Then , towards the end of August , Eachuinn Odhar got the message he 'd not expected for another month . |
| 21 | If lost , the ferret can not survive for any length of time . |
| 22 | 1.1 Duty not to compete within the duration of the employment contract This aspect of the duty of fidelity requires the employee not to work for any person who is or who might be in competition with his employer during the working day . |
| 23 | But we shall not know for some time yet . |
| 24 | The idea of the emergent Pacific was not in anyone 's mind , and in any case the reality of it was not to appear for many years . |
| 25 | Consequently , Re concentration data are not reported for these analyses , but the Os data are reported to illustrate the level of reproducibility of these measurements . |
| 26 | The Local Government ( Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1976 is not designed for that purpose and it is dubious whether it could be used in that way . |
| 27 | In theory , you can convert a road shoe to cross-country shoe or vice versa , but as midsoles and uppers are not designed for such changes , it would not always to wise to try to . |
| 28 | Their categories of structure and événement ( though not designed for these purposes , and thus serving them only crudely ) , allow a place for both holist and individualist explanations without requiring that they should always fit neatly together . |
| 29 | — it is also possible to draw on materials not designed for this purpose ; |
| 30 | Gifts made within three years of death do not qualify for any relief and the tax will have to be paid in full . |