Example sentences of "[verb] not [verb] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Women pledged not to use feathers for decoration , and when the Society for the Protection of Birds was first founded in Britain , men were excluded — just as women had been excluded from the ranks of many scientific societies . |
| 2 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 3 | Surprisingly , his library did not contain works for flute . |
| 4 | success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' . |
| 5 | Only one farmer did not have grass for grazing . |
| 6 | During the first six months , only a very small number of patients ( 11.11% ) did not require dilatation for recurrence . |
| 7 | I wish I 'd brought the environment committee before so I could quote from it but from er recollection it says that that organisation did not have a consistent record of producing a significant number of jobs and that the expenditure on funding them did not provide value for money . |
| 8 | ( Some countries do not pay compensation for damage . ) |
| 9 | Generally , no fee is charged for pupillage , but local authorities do not give grants for maintenance , which has the unfortunate result that students without adequate parental means may find it impossible to establish themselves at the Bar . |
| 10 | If I and many members of the Institute do this because Institute courses and publications do not offer value for money , this can only cause the Institute 's already poor financial situation to deteriorate . |
| 11 | Otto Reinhold , an East German ideologue , reinforced this gloomy view by insisting : ‘ We do not want reform for reform 's sake , but changes which will help the further development of socialism ’ . |
| 12 | Occasionally leases do not require consent for sub-letting and this may be a more suitable structure . |
| 13 | Second , they do not seize opportunities for credit and new inputs , while large farmers are frequently able to look after themselves even without the aid of extension agents . |
| 14 | By contrast , ‘ born in Asia ’ is an excellent match for areas where people do not use electricity for cooking . |
| 15 | Er , if anybody has , did n't have spinach for lunch , I have a purloined thing of scissors . |
| 16 | Defries did n't have time for talk . |
| 17 | If they did n't have food for breakfast for us , they would n't wake us up in the morning . |
| 18 | We do n't give marks for glass that 's marked . |
| 19 | Many of us got caught this way years ago , but I do n't think yarns for weaving are sold at Knitting Shows anymore — at least I have n't heard the complaints that I used to do . |
| 20 | Because I do n't think wages for housework is the same thing as saying that when women have to give up their jobs when their kids are little , or if there are n't no nurseries , that they should have bigger family allowances , that is n't the same as saying wages for housework , is it ? |
| 21 | Maybe in ten , fifteen years the situation may change , but I do n't think enlargement for enlargement 's sake is going to be of benefit to the E C. |
| 22 | A recent survey by law firm Eversheds shows that a quarter of senior executives of medium and large-sized companies are considering changing their accountants , bankers or solicitors because they do n't get value for money . |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't sell tickets for Box 5 ! 20,000 francs a month ! ’ |
| 24 | The MCC do n't have players for selection as such , so it 's the only way we can honourably make our protest . ’ |
| 25 | You need a certain kind of front to breeze in from an alternative reality in the back of a time-travelling Volvo and sit in a Presley City bar , with a two-headed nipper on your lap , complaining to a private dick from the twenty-fifth century that you do n't have time for nonsense . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't have time for lunch , ’ said Sara . |
| 27 | When asked several times for an explanation he eventually said very plaintively , ‘ Daddy , you do n't say grace for porridge ! ’ |
| 28 | They do n't hang women for murder any more , no more Ruth Ellises . |
| 29 | They complain that Asian women do n't attend clinics for mother 's groups and discussions . |
| 30 | Which is why we do n't use D for distance . |