Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] for many " 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 | 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 ? |
| 3 | As promised , his regime had delivered a degree of governmental stability that France had not enjoyed for many years . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Naturally an appeal was made by the McLaren team but the dispute was not resolved for many weeks . |
| 6 | He let himself think , as he had not done for many years , of Célestine , of their year together in London , and as he had known it would , the memory made him deeply unhappy . |
| 7 | He put his arm around her shoulders , as he had not done for many years . |
| 8 | It is hitting even my constituency in a way it has not done for many years . |
| 9 | Mr. Major said that the inflation figure was remarkable in a way not seen for many years . |
| 10 | Partly because of such difficulties the development of meaningful and quantifiable output measures has not occurred for many areas of departmental activity . |
| 11 | If the tradition still exists today — and it appears that it very much does so — it implies that the United Kingdom does not have for many loyalists a natural character of statehood in the way the Southern state has for catholic nationalists . |
| 12 | Darwin 's theory on evolution does not mean for many Christians , no some Christians do not accept Darwin 's theory of evolution . |
| 13 | The Confederation of British Industry says that the recovery will not come for many more months . |
| 14 | It often does not reappear for many more miles . |
| 15 | Although working people are now more likely to be contributing to an occupational or personal pension , even in future years not all people will have been able to accumulate sufficient provision to support themselves in retirement — for example those people who have not worked for many years because they were unemployed or disabled or caring for relatives . |
| 16 | Much of the mill 's corn milling equipment , as well as the iron water wheel , still survive , although not worked for many years . |
| 17 | The speculator 's sole intention is to secure a profit without providing any input , even if this is not achieved for many years . |
| 18 | In part , as the UNCTC considers , this is due to a ‘ widespread impression that service industries consist largely of technologically stagnant , small-scale personal services based on unskilled labour working with little capital in ways that have not changed for many years ’ . |
| 19 | These may not account for many university graduates ( although relatively more in Scotland ) , but they are rather more important in the polytechnics and colleges , especially in the latter where such multi-subject combined or general degrees are quite common ( outside Scotland ) . |
| 20 | You need n't worry any more , because you arouse nothing in me and have n't done for many a year . |
| 21 | Clearly the tiny outpost was awaiting demolition , but maybe that would n't come for many years . |
| 22 | But how can we expect the Brazilian Government to care for trees when it does n't care for many of its people ? |
| 23 | It was disappointing , though , that he seemed to be knocking the efforts of those with other aims : ‘ How can we expect the Brazilian Government to care for trees when it does n't care for many of its people ? ’ |
| 24 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |
| 25 | Having got this far there 's no reason why John Peel should n't continue for many years to come and it 'll certainly be a sad day if he ever does decide to hang up those headphones . |