Example sentences of "not [adj] for [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were ‘ overqualified and not cost-effective for small cases ’ . |
| 2 | Of course there are times when this is not possible for practical reasons , but the more you are able to stay in tune with your body , the better you will feel . |
| 3 | It is not possible for certain types to screen themselves fully , because the noise prevents this . |
| 4 | In the tradition of Advaita or non-Dualism he refers to the soul , ( Ātman ) , and God , ( Brahman ) , as knowers rather than objects of knowledge and claims that it is not possible for mortal beings by the use of reason alone to know the knower of knowing . |
| 5 | Identification among the members of a crowd , or group , leads to demands for all to be equal ; given the numbers involved , it is not possible for particular individuals to be the favourite , so a reaction-formation grows up , expressed as a group demand for social justice and equality . |
| 6 | Where location filming is not possible for exterior scenes , very often it will fall to the Designer to create realistic backdrops to maintain the illusion of a city or a forest stretching miles away into the distance . |
| 7 | It requires extra-strong , rigid straining posts which are not economic for short lengths . |
| 8 | ‘ Facsimile transmissions are not acceptable for legal purposes ’ , said Richard . |
| 9 | It is not easy for young children to learn to ‘ wait patiently ’ , ‘ ask nicely ’ , and to be generous , considerate and self-sacrificing . |
| 10 | It is not easy for twentieth-century children to see any profound link between the real world and the mantra described as " magic syllables " and the action of the priest in " bringing the goddess to life " . |
| 11 | Six trades in GPA debt may not sound like a ground swell , but deciding to sell is not easy for secured creditors . |
| 12 | With 29 metres between east and west window elevations , the building was not ideal for open-plan studios . |
| 13 | However , it is not unusual for existing permissions or potential new reserves of aggregates to be found in such areas . |
| 14 | However , it is not unusual for existing permissions or potential new reserves of aggregates to be found in such areas . |
| 15 | It was not unusual for young ladies to do nothing at all ; unless they occupied themselves with Berlin woolwork or the making of shell boxes , there was practically nothing genteel to do . |
| 16 | Remember that it is not unusual for strong winds to be associated with high pressure , although strong winds and gales are more frequently encountered in low pressure systems . |
| 17 | It is not unusual for unaccompanied children to travel as refugees . |
| 18 | It is therefore not unusual for junior nurses to feel that it takes them some time to " settle in " on a surgical ward . |
| 19 | Frost-hardening may affect some tissues but not others ; it is not unusual for well-established tissues to be hardened but for buds and growing shoots to be nipped by frost . |
| 20 | IT IS NOT unusual for scientific predictions to be made long before techniques are available to test them — and it is particularly satisfying when such predictions are at last fulfilled . |
| 21 | It is not unusual for Arabic paragraphs to consist of one sentence . |
| 22 | Where a company is engaged in more than one kind of business , it is not unusual for significant differences to arise from year to year between the separate segments . |
| 23 | As a result monstrous tower blocks , not fit for human souls , were erected to replace the neat streets of individual terraced houses , vast impersonal motorways supplanted the agreeably irregular network of real roads , and as part of the dehumanization process , the Great railway stations , the local cinemas , and the corner shops , the familiar landmarks of a lifetime , were swept away . |
| 24 | French Aubusson and Savonnerie carpets of the 17th and 18th centuries , for example , followed the Baroque and Rococo elegance of the time with their bright colours and floral opulence , and it was not uncommon for 18th-century carpets to echo the ceiling designs of the rooms for which they were made . |
| 25 | It was not uncommon for stolen animals to be transported along paths and roads for as far as fifty kilometres . |
| 26 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
| 27 | Indeed , it was not uncommon for Irish abbots actually to have bishops under their jurisdiction . |
| 28 | It is not uncommon for young surgeons in our hospitals to work an 80-hour week . |
| 29 | It was not uncommon for foreign representatives in Sweden to be given a quantity of copper , the only Swedish product for which there was a ready international market , which they could sell on their return home . |
| 30 | It was not uncommon for German children to be taught in Polish , and there was a principle in Pomerania of bilingual education . |