Example sentences of "not [be] [vb pp] for [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it has a Solex carb then this is probably worn out as they have not been fitted for many years .
2 Although it has not been seen for some time , the manuscript may contain a specimen of Mary Leapor 's handwriting .
3 And he had not been seen for some days .
4 Restlessly , she returned to the office , then recalled that the answering machine had not been checked for several hours .
5 Up-to-date valuations of such properties had not been undertaken for many years previously , partly because of business people 's complaints that any revaluations of commercial properties could inevitably lead to an increase in their total tax bill .
6 I think to do that erm to chairman , to define the Greater York area then to ten miles that would of course require a consistent calculation of the housing need requirement both the local need element and the hundred percent migration element which arises within that ten mile er area , to be consistent with erm the rest of the policy , and of course that calculation erm that consistent calculation er has not been done for that area .
7 The Court of Appeal decided to undertake a review of the basic principles of the law in this area and as this has not been done for some time we now set out in detail what they held .
8 Altogether she followed up 345 white American children who had been referred to the child guidance clinic for anti-social behaviour , 130 other referrals and 100 individuals who had attended neighbouring elementary schools who had not been referred for any specialist help , and who therefore provided a comparison group .
9 In answer to the second part of my hon. Friend 's question about population planning assistance to the former Soviet Union , although we have not been asked for such help , last week I agreed that £2 million-worth of medical aid should be spent in the republics of the former Soviet Union .
10 TYPE , PFND The Module type has not been specified for this module or is not S , F or M. Please specify a valid module type , S for a SOURCE module , F for a FOREIGN module , or M for a PMODEL module .
11 And because Barlaston had ceased to function as a house in the 1930s , and had not been modernized for many years before that , it was in a remarkably unaltered state and thus an important archaeological document .
12 It was owned by the Baron de Rochefort and his family , and visitors had not been encouraged for some time , as the Baron did not enjoy the best of health .
13 The money has not been used for that purpose .
14 Microprocessors have not been used for this work up to now and the first-ever system for a PWR is currently being installed by the French at their new power station at Paluel .
15 At what I called the Winter Marsh inlet , though it was not called anything on the map , there was a wooden quay in what struck me as remarkably good condition for a structure that presumably had not been used for several years .
16 Do n't be discouraged by this , as it is a good sign that you have stretched muscles that have not been used for some time .
17 On the Moscow Petrograd line workers reported in the middle of February that they had not been paid for all January ; in the Caucasus the backlog in August stretched back to October 1921 .
18 The UN knows that much of the Cambodian army has not been paid for some time , so , until a new government takes over , it is considering paying the troops itself .
19 The door is locked and the windows are covered with grime ; in the silence the whole place looks as if it has not been occupied for several weeks .
20 The Pensions Act which became law in August 1908 granted a pension of between 1s. and 5s. per week to those over the age of seventy with incomes of between £21 and £31 10s. p.a. , provided that they had not been imprisoned for any offence , including drunkenness , during the ten years preceding their claim , were not aliens or wives of aliens , and could satisfy the pension authority that they had not been guilty of ‘ habitual failure to work according to his ability , opportunity or need , for his own maintenance and that of his legal relatives ’ .
21 Cereals for human consumption have not been ground for some years .
22 One thing about him that was widely known was the fact that he was a businessman , and so it was as such that he was welcomed ; the party could even claim some credit for being the first to elect a businessman as its leader — much as it claimed credit in 1975 for electing a woman , although Margaret Thatcher had certainly not been chosen for that reason .
23 A novelist I know has devoted the last 20 years to writing stuff that is completely impossible to film , with the result that he has not been published for some time .
24 If any forester do find any trespasser wandering within his liberty … within the forest … and after hue and cry made to him to stand unto the peace , will not yield himself , but flee or resist … if the forester do kill any such offender , he shall not be impeached for this felony .
25 I have ordered dinner but it will not be served for another hour .
26 Seeing he would not be served for several hours , the mullah went off back to the caravanserai in which he was staying .
27 Other areas , such as worker 's rights or indirect taxation , remain politically controversial and legally complex and legislation may not be adopted for some time .
28 If you have not paid Public Liability Insurance , for private classes , during the past year you will NOT be covered for this period .
29 Their effects may not be noticed for many years .
30 It 's just possible Mr Deputy Speaker , it 's just possible I may not be selected for all kinds of reasons but if I was selected it might at least give the people of that lovely part of the world the chance of having the referendum they never had over Maastricht because of the shameful way in which the Labour party was not willing to allow the people to have their say on that vital issue .
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