Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the functionalist , then , to explain the existence of a social institution we must not look for purposive intention on the part of individuals but , rather , we should investigate the fact that the social system as a whole requires its needs to be satisfied . |
| 2 | powerful local managers may not stand for centralised decision making . |
| 3 | This was drawn up on account of the difficulty which the negotiators at The Hague had in agreeing whether or not irregular forces in occupied territory might or might not qualify for combatant status , but its words have a wider relevance : |
| 4 | In reply , Sir Derek said that though he could not speak for other directors , ‘ my resignation has been available to the board from the day all this started . |
| 5 | Coniston School principal Madeleine Harvey hit back yesterday at claims that her teachers could not cater for four-year-old Nicholas . |
| 6 | I could not sleep for sheer fatigue . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , some of the patients could not return for frequent follow up visits to our clinic because of distance and also health care costs and were therefore referred back with our treatment plan to their own physicians . |
| 8 | Mr Anderson told the tribunal he could not apply for bad debt relief until 12 months after the debt had arisen while Customs had penalised him for paying the VAT ‘ a mere 16 days late . ’ |
| 9 | Minors could not qualify for free shares under the terms of the recent Abbey conversion to a public limited company . |
| 10 | ‘ Whilst it was the physician 's opinion that she had not had carnal relations for some two years , he could not say for certain . |
| 11 | Mrs Ayers , who is still recovering from the shock , said at the moment she could not say for certain anything had been taken . |
| 12 | Appearance fits , though I suppose in court I could n't swear for stone-cold certain . |
| 13 | We could n't tender for new business . |
| 14 | Dot did n't mind about the toys and she knew she could n't ask for ginger pop because that cost money but she would have liked to have had her victory token back . |
| 15 | As for Jessie herself , she had held her in her arms and reassured her that her Robbie would be all right , even though , from the scanty information given her by the nurse , she could n't know for sure if he would be . |
| 16 | ‘ In fact , it may not turn out to be a job at all , but without you we could n't know for sure . ’ |
| 17 | Until now she had n't taken much notice of him , so she could n't say for certain whether he was handsome or not . |
| 18 | Something in the atmosphere of the room seemed to have changed in the course of the last few moments , and Liston could n't say for certain what it was . |
| 19 | I could n't say for certain what our smallest listed building is , but I suspect that some old wall-mounted pillar boxes will be strong candidates ! |
| 20 | He could n't say for sure ; when I mentioned a shot , he said he would n't have noticed it particularly . |
| 21 | ‘ Could n't say for sure . ’ |
| 22 | So , where neo-Marxists argue that the revolutionary forces in the Third World need not wait for Western-style capitalism in order to produce successful communist revolution , mode of production theorists maintain the orthodox Marxist thesis that communism can only come about when the organized working class , the proletariat , destroys the class power of the bourgeoisie through an anti-capitalist revolution . |
| 23 | We need not wait for evil to swoop out of the cosmos or ascend from the depths of hell : it is here now , not incarnate in human form but embodied in the structures and philosophies of our modern culture.l It is this contemporary culture with which we must grapple and fight . |
| 24 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 25 | The recent fundamental review of dental remuneration by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield called for ‘ a more robust approach ’ to fluoridation ‘ which would not allow for indefinite procrastination in adopting measures judged by the competent health authorities to be both beneficial and cost effective . ’ |
| 26 | De Klerk insisted that such a system would not provide for preferential treatment for any group at the expense of any other . |
| 27 | And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred . |
| 28 | Yes , we have , I mean other types of , of clips that we would n't show for different reasons , for instance we , we got one last week where a chap was decorating his lounge and he 'd locked the camera off on himself , but he had no clothes on , nothing funny happened , he was just decorating with no clothes on . |
| 29 | On the Dipper , if you had your eyes shut and your ears plugged up — so you could n't see or hear what was going on — and you just thought about how heavy or light you felt , and what was happening to your tummy — you would n't know for sure what was happening . |
| 30 | I ca n't talk for other sports but I can stress again that we 've got the highest ratio of black members of any golf body in the world . |