Example sentences of "not be for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not till the next time you come , anyway , and that might not be for ages . ’ |
| 2 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 3 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 4 | But ‘ photographs of the Soviet Union will not be for sale , ’ he said . |
| 5 | At the initiative of President Sir Roger de Grey several leading European artists will be showing their works , although these will not be for sale at the Academy . |
| 6 | As Hilary Land reminds us in another article ( Land , 1980 ) Ada Nield Chew , a radical suffragist , wrote that women should eschew the role of the ‘ domestic tabby cat ’ and that ‘ marriage and motherhood should not be for sale . |
| 7 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 8 | Such people have been dubbed ‘ carbohydrate cravers ’ by researchers , but many now think that the primary craving may not be for carbohydrates but for fats . |
| 9 | Their overriding need will not be for advice , but for love and support , and if you provide this you will not fail them . |