Example sentences of "not [adj] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were ‘ overqualified and not cost-effective for small cases ’ . |
| 2 | Clearly the combination of malabsorption with small bowel villous atrophy and lymphocytic inflation is not specific for coeliac disease because EATCL may present in similar fashion . |
| 3 | Unfortunately , latex is not suitable for borders since it dries too quickly and is not durable for exposed and vulnerable areas . |
| 4 | This meant that , even with daily case conferences , it was not possible for one nurse either to supervise or take responsibility for the individualised care of each client . |
| 5 | The huge quantity of works which are the responsibility of the Soprintendenza means that it is not possible for all restoration campaigns to be carried out by in-house staff . |
| 6 | One problem encountered was the expectation in some of these professions that newly qualified staff should ‘ rotate ’ to different medical specialties thereby gaining varied experience , a practice not possible for all the disabled professionals . |
| 7 | If the water did enter a person 's house they were usually able to move all of the furniture and possessions upstairs where they would keep safe and dry , but this was not possible for all the residents . |
| 8 | It is not possible for all the functions of the two desks to be done at one desk in reception . |
| 9 | It is not possible for all the Eurodollars in existence to be spent within the US . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is not possible for certain types to screen themselves fully , because the noise prevents this . |
| 12 | They are not there to help us avoid heartache or hurt — that 's not possible for real , alive , relating human beings . |
| 13 | In Figure 6.3 the rapid increase of speed with depth in the outer 10 or 20 km is due largely to the increasing compaction of a fragmented medium as the overburden increases : it is not possible for solid rock to give this behaviour . |
| 14 | This is particularly important for letters travelling long distances , as it is not possible for first class letters to make the journey between certain places by the next day unless they are posted early . |
| 15 | It is not possible for those who are weak to apply this soul force for it makes great demands on those who would use it . |
| 16 | With the magazine deadline now passed , a tribute to Tom is not possible for this edition , but one will be included in the Winter 1993 edition published in January |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | For instance in general , it is not possible for most goods to trade present amounts of them for future amounts nor is it possible to make such contracts conditional on some outside events like the weather . |
| 19 | It is not possible for most horse owners to finely tune their horses diets , this is left to the nutritionists and even then this is not absolutely precise , after all we can not regularly analyse every horse owner 's grazing , or feed . |
| 20 | Methodologically , it is not possible for any researcher to get the kids to talk with much sense of ideas since the question ‘ Why ? ’ to the smashing of milk bottles is one that is not possible for the boy to answer outside the context of the whole Saturday evening … |
| 21 | So you get , if you like , a development here er of presidential authority and the perception of the presidency both from the point of view of incumbents and from the point of view of the American people and gradually in the twentieth century you get an increasing focus an increasing focus on the presidency as the engine of government , that it 's the president who makes things happen , it 's the president who fixes things , it 's the president who responds to crises and as the crises become more frequent and the crises become more intense so the focus on the president also expands and the Buchanan view is now no longer tenable , the Buchanan view it 's not possible for any president to play the dignified monarch . |
| 22 | This is not possible for obvious ethical reasons . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Under pressure from Russian nationalists , however , Yeltsin had made increasingly overt statements in the weeks preceding his visit suggesting that the time was not right for any major alteration in the status of the disputed territory , and calling for greater Japanese flexibility on the issue of the sovereignty of the islands . |
| 26 | It requires extra-strong , rigid straining posts which are not economic for short lengths . |
| 27 | This is clearly not practicable for many to follow , and the next best thing is to feed two or three times a day . |
| 28 | It er , first of all I can confirm that an announcement is being made today er secondly secondly secondly I can confirm that it is not usual for such announcements to be made by way of oral statement . |
| 29 | Although these methods of payment are not usual for normal trade credit transactions they should be considered where sizeable amounts or longer than normal credit terms are involved . |
| 30 | Because we have , for example , Olga Borodina , a young mezzo-soprano , singing Marfa — that 's not usual for this theatre . |