Example sentences of "[not/n't] work for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 2 | Under Lynch that was not part of the regime , which is regarded as a curious omission in most gyms , and it did not work for Benn . |
| 3 | Under Lynch that was not part of the regime , which is regarded as a curious omission in most gyms , and it did not work for Benn . |
| 4 | If President Mitterrand 's brand of non-socialist socialism can not work for France , is there any likelihood that Mr Kinnock 's can for Britain ? |
| 5 | Either way , they would see no increase in their direct taxes under Labour , provided they do not work for a living . |
| 6 | These changes and realizations , he credited to his experiences with LSD though conceded that it might not work for others in the same way . |
| 7 | Even drawing lightning sketches to then elaborate upon in the studio would not work for me . |
| 8 | The combination of purple-red flowers and cream variegated foliage of Buddleia davidii ‘ Harlequin ’ may not suit all tastes but least appealing of all , for me at any rate , is the purple-flowered phlox , also called ‘ Harlequin ’ , whose leaves are generously splashed with cream , a combination which does not work for me . |
| 9 | Firstly I tried the Cambridge Diet which just did not work for me . |
| 10 | Most hospital techniques are not suitable and do not work for clients at home . |
| 11 | Joan asked whether her brother would be charged with murder if she did not work for them . |
| 12 | The foreman of the drilling crew said they would not work for any company that is in dispute with the local people . |
| 13 | Managers have different talents and abilities , and what may work for one may not work for another . |
| 14 | The word ‘ appears ’ is used advisedly because , although computers have been used to show that the equation does not work for values of n up to several thousand , no one has yet been able to prove for certain that there is no number n greater than 2 for which suitable values of x , y and z can not be slotted in to produce a valid equation . |
| 15 | Even drawing lightning sketches to then elaborate upon in the studio would not work for me . |
| 16 | This is not just a ‘ Paint Program ’ but a great tool for all and I am no professional ; although a knitter all my life , I do not work for others . |
| 17 | When adult , Angels come into spawning condition readily , in the presence of other Angels ; separating pairs does not work for me . |
| 18 | Furthermore , the possibility of reversing the flow of the argument on behalf of imbeciles , mooted in the preceding section , and to wonder if our regard for them is not in part sentimentality , will not work for normal infants . |
| 19 | On the roll of a 1 or 2 the staff has run out of energy and will not work for the remainder of the battle . |
| 20 | The nineteenth-century origins of these provisions are closely tied into a desire to hold down state expenditure and to ensure that the wealthier classes did not have to dig too deep into their pockets to support people who could not work for wages . |
| 21 | Do not work for long periods without a break . |
| 22 | However , this form of shift does not work for right shift , and we need arithmetic right shift , shown in row ( d ) . |
| 23 | Nor does he consider the possibility that some pupils may find that the approach does not work for them . |
| 24 | " Why not work for one of the papers in our group in South Wales ? " |
| 25 | For the same calculation other pupils rounded 17p to 20p , a strategy which works here but would not work for £1.50 . |
| 26 | This may not work for you ; try to find out how associations assist you . |
| 27 | These women did not work for ‘ pin money ’ — their contribution to the family economy was paramount . |
| 28 | Even if it worked for senior house officer appointments it would not work for registrar appointments . |
| 29 | N.B. Languages and language learners are very idiosyncratic and what works for some may not work for others . |
| 30 | But this can only work at the individual level : it can not work for the economy as a whole since the quantity of nominal money is fixed , and so one person obtains more money by selling bonds only with the result that someone else — the person who buys the bonds — finds himself with less . |