Example sentences of "not [adv] [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kathleen Kenyon 's notable effort was not wholly successful for two reasons : firstly , it was not appreciated at the time that there was only one major construction phase and not two ; secondly , the knowledge of pottery dating was then inadequate . |
| 2 | It is likely that most small towns contained a tannery since the processes and equipment needed for the production of leather were not entirely suitable for domestic use , apart from the exceedingly unpleasant smell generated . |
| 3 | Morphemic complexity and syllabic complexity are in gross terms reasonably equivalent ; but they are not necessarily equivalent for individual words ; for example , six-th-s contains three morphemes , but only one syllable ; establish , on the other hand , contains only one morpheme , but three syllables. ( ii ) An idiom may be roughly defined as a sequence of two or more words , the meaning of which is not predictable from the meanings of the constituent words ; eg get by , as it were , under the weather . |
| 4 | Few communities adopted it in toto , but it provided a useful source of material , even if those responsible for it fell into the common trap of producing texts which were not necessarily Appropriate for musical setting . |
| 5 | If normal good sleepers are woken from Stage I sleep or Stage 2 sleep , and asked whether they were awake or asleep , they tend to report definitely feeling asleep only In Stage 2 sleep , " 2 although this is not necessarily true for poor sleepers , who may deny they were asleep even when the EEG traces show clear signs of Stage 2 sleep . |
| 6 | Is it not perhaps inevitable for all creatures with imagination , all creatures which can say no ? |
| 7 | This finding , however , conceals the fact that working-class males in these two categories of illness are likely to visit their doctor to obtain sickness certificates — a procedure which is not so necessary for professional employees who receive sick pay from their employers . |
| 8 | It will also mean that prices of lustre pottery will rocket upwards — a good thing if you have some , but not so good for those collectors just starting out . |
| 9 | Erm which are okay for fact recognition but not so good for more sorts of analysis problems . |
| 10 | Punch : Very fast but not so good for weaker fighters . |
| 11 | But it 's not so brilliant for any shareholders who sold at the float price . |
| 12 | The degree of divisional-HQ interaction was not so extensive for diversified firms . |
| 13 | This conclusion is not only true for this group of executives . |
| 14 | All this hippy chic is not terribly exotic for British men who grew up with long hair , earth mothers and hipster jeans . |
| 15 | Optical and ultraviolet observations show that the dividing line in the H-R diagram coincides approximately with the onset of cool , massive stellar winds , but we show that these winds are not sufficiently dense for simple X-ray absorption to be the cause of the disappearance of coronal emission . |
| 16 | Some six hundred hectares of that land is actually designated as greenbelt , but in addition within that a number of those areas are er prevented from development in perpetuity we 'd argue because a large part of that area has got a historic status as stray land , which is a form of common land , which means it 's actually not not available for any form of development , similarly the flood planes of the river Ouse in particular is for physical development reasons er prevented from development in many areas , and those of you who were here this weekend will have no noticed the reason why , it was a flooding that took that took place on the Ouse valley , in addition to those constraints , open space within the city is at a premium erm the city falls below the Emperface standard , erm by er something like erm half a hectare per thousand population , so compared with the Emperface standard of two point four per thousand , the city reaches a quite a generous erm categorization of the recreational space we have available , only a total of two hectares per thousand , therefore , and this is very relevant to the Greater York debate , erm , really the only land for development within the city is recycled land , there are limited number of er sites which have not been developed in recent years erm which can be identified for development , and are being identified for development in our draft local plan . |
| 17 | This pattern of behaviour , typical of so many dieters , is not just bad for physical health , it is detrimental to psychological and social well-being too . |
| 18 | Damages are not normally available for this sort of misrepresentation , although the court does have a discretion to award damages instead of ( but not in addition to ) rescission — Misrepresentation Act 1967 , section 2(2) . |
| 19 | However , jewellery may be stolen , cattle may die and grain deteriorates in quality with the passage of time , thus wealth in these forms is inherently risky and to a certain extent illiquid , i.e. not usually suitable for instant transfer or use . |
| 20 | Since these forms of compulsion are not directly relevant for present purposes , it is unnecessary to elaborate them ; but I think it pertinent to observe that the concept of duress has in recent years been expanded to embrace economic duress . |
| 21 | However , such a procedure is not always suitable for explanatory research since , in this case , the aim is to achieve sufficient cases for analysis rather than a representative sample of some population . |
| 22 | ‘ It takes an enlightened boss to realise that standard textbook career progression is not always right for certain people , ’ says Kate Hargreaves . |
| 23 | It is not always possible for low-ranking officers to anticipate the situations which ‘ Action Men ’ need to avoid , and some instances were observed where the aggressive manner of the policeman acted as a form of ‘ amplification of deviance ’ ( Young 1971 ) , transforming a minor situation into ‘ big crime ’ . |
| 24 | It is not always possible for short journeys such as yours to have all services available from one stop ( e.g. buses to Cameron Tool are available from both stops ) but the arrangement serves a very substantial proportion of bus users . |
| 25 | The publishing world is not always ready for new writers . |
| 26 | The effect of such clauses seems to be that the party relying on them is in breach of contract in the circumstances covered by the clause , but is not legally liable for that breach . |
| 27 | Because ADA is a new language and not really suitable for introductory teaching , many students will have learnt other languages first . |
| 28 | We seem to have a labour party that treats education as some kind of middle class hobby that thinks of education spending as something spent only on the bourgeoisie , something to do with a university , something not really important for ordinary people . |
| 29 | On the other hand , the lesser light-grasp is not really important for most kinds of viewing . |
| 30 | Indeed , this type of group is not particularly suitable for those individuals in such a crisis , as they may not be able to concentrate on the material presented . |