Example sentences of "not be [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up to now , the manufacturers had not been accounting for dismantling personal computers in their construction , so it 's still a very difficult process . |
| 2 | Gabriel said nothing ; she had not been looking for a life-story . |
| 3 | Perhaps one of the most important groups for the stimulation of change is that which falls between these two poles : those teachers who I would see as belonging to the 25 to 35 year-old age group , or perhaps those who have not been teaching for more than six , or less than three , years . |
| 4 | It turned out that he was a heavy drinker and smoker , who had not been running for about the last 20 years . |
| 5 | both players have agreed their personal terms long ago and at least haaland will travel to england to join forest on new years day.none of these two players would have had a chance under the old rules for work permits — both are under-21 's for norway and both have not been playing for norways world cup team . |
| 6 | Mr Pearse said : ‘ Do not think that we have not been fighting for the price of Midland shares that we have just received . |
| 7 | We in the PAC have not been fighting for the crumbs from the master 's table . ’ |
| 8 | I 'm sure I would have missed it had I not been waiting for somebody nearby . |
| 9 | Although fitted with an alarm courtesy of the Venice in Peril Fund , this had not been working for some time . |
| 10 | We had not been going for more than half an hour when the driver of the sick man 's bullock cart came to me and said that all was now well , we need go no further . |
| 11 | I understand that the Government have not been negotiating for that . |
| 12 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 13 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 14 | We expect candidates to communicate effectively — but will not be looking for perfect Business English . |
| 15 | They may not be looking for treatment or rehabilitation but er what we can offer them is clean injecting equipment er free condoms , because H I V is transmitted sexually as well , probably more than , more often than in Oxfordshire , er and also we have been prescribing from an assessment clinic in the city centre . |
| 16 | I conceive that the promise would not be binding for want of a previous request by the testator . |
| 17 | He would not be moving for much longer . |
| 18 | Five of the banks which had been expected to take part in the scheme , however , had on Dec. 20 , 1989 , announced that they would not be participating for commercial reasons , although the following day , John MacGregor , Secretary of State for Education and Science , had stated that the objectives , principles and framework of the scheme remained unchanged . |
| 19 | He was awakened by a seaman who told him that the ship would not be leaving for seven days , and there would be no place for him to hide as timber was being loaded under German supervision . |
| 20 | Mr Grosz said that he would remain ‘ active in the movement ’ but would not be standing for any elected post . |
| 21 | After thanking the committee for their work during the year , Mr. King announced that John Edelsten , John Sayer and Eddie Bryant would not be standing for re-election . |
| 22 | A TORY county councillor will not be standing for re-election next month because he fears his business affairs could lead to his disqualification from office . |
| 23 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |
| 24 | President Francesco Cossiga , 63 , who had been elected in July 1985 , had made it clear that he would not be standing for re-election . |
| 25 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 26 | Former Irish international Dr Geraldine Barniville from Dublin has been nominated as the new president but it is understood that Ulster 's Billy Bell and Paddy McAuley the outgoing treasurer and secretary will not be standing for election. , It is widely acknowledged that Paddy McIlroy , past president of Ulster , and the outgoing Irish vice-president , made a major contribution in drafting the new constitution and by-laws . |
| 27 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 28 | Chartered accountant worth their salt would certainly not be working for any health service or trust hospital . |
| 29 | And in some organizations they would not be working for us any more |
| 30 | He never writes a memo saying you know we are supporting or attacking this government as about this election campaign , never , but journalists know what his view is and they write in a code with that view and if they did n't they would quickly find out where they should be and it would not be working for one of those newspapers and the thing that 's quite perverse about it is the . |