Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Please note that West Somerset Railway Association members ' concessions do not apply for this event , and tickets do not give free travel . |
| 2 | The argument was on the semantics of how post-sixteen education is presently offered in Banbury , and whereas , of course , they had every right to use the opting out legislation as a governing body , it must be said that the possibility of success under those terms erm is somewhat untried , because of course legislation was specifically geared at Local Education Authorities that do not look after their schools , and thus schools are able to opt out of a badly run , inefficient Education Authority , and we 've seen that happen in many of the urban areas in the country , and indeed some schools have not opted for that . |
| 3 | Personal computer manufacturers have not waited for new standards but have begun to build CD-ROM drives into their products . |
| 4 | Recent surveys in the Lake District have shown that the majority of visitors do not come for these ‘ tourist attractions ’ but rather for the fresh air and breathtaking scenery . |
| 5 | And this is quite unique when you go to South Africa and you see what 's happening that black leaders and blacks do not go for quick votes and quick solutions , we 're not trying to keep , tu turn people against whites . |
| 6 | However , RAF and Gulf Trust spokesmen said the charity laws under which the trust was established allow for payment only in cases of need , and education trusts do not qualify for this . |
| 7 | Philip Healey , Acquisitions Monthly editor , said UK companies do not go for smaller acquisitions out of choice . |
| 8 | These films do not make for easy viewing . |
| 9 | On Saturday they travel to Ayr — where the Fifers have not won for 10 years — knowing that victory at Somerset Park would take them up if Dunfermline beat Kilmarnock at East End Park . |
| 10 | Per capita distribution of wealth roughly followed this division , the industrial countries having the highest standard of living and the agricultural nations of the south and east the lowest , but the figures do not exist for precise comparisons . |
| 11 | These figures do not allow for two important aspects of the situation . |
| 12 | The disconcerting ‘ first-disk ’ string sound may be down to miking difficulties ; likewise the booming timpani and overly forward woodwind , and these things do not make for comfortable listening . |
| 13 | Then , when price is low firms do not know for sure whether it was because someone cheated ( produced a larger than agreed output ) , or because demand was low . |
| 14 | In 1911 , the nation 's leading economic journal noted : " the money wages of seamen in many ports have not altered for twenty or thirty years . |
| 15 | The evaluation runs mentioned above indicate that the results with mid-class representations do not hold for connected speech . |
| 16 | Theories do not make for liberating music . |
| 17 | Blackthorn blossom , gold of cowslip and kingcup , and blue of periwinkle and speedwell do not atone for unclothed branches . |
| 18 | Scientists working within a paradigm do not look for major discoveries ; they simply try to solve the problems posed by the current paradigm . |
| 19 | People who come into frequent contact with domestic animals may become transiently infected but the symptoms do not last for any appreciable period . |
| 20 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 21 | Court permission has been granted to sell the property and advice is being sought as to the best way to approach this but the state of the building and the effects of the economic situation do not make for easy decisions . |
| 22 | However , the structure and design of houses are very important , and if feminists do not argue for better standards , women will be subjected to working in rotten conditions , bearing the brunt of the cuts in housing expenditure , greater costs of heating , more accidents in the home and endless other problems . |
| 23 | However , in order to accept that such examples are evidence in favour of a Stem + Lexical Rules Hypothesis of entries in a mental lexicon , it is necessary to show that similar patterns of dissociation do not occur for other word-final fragments . |
| 24 | Wivenhoe have not won for eight games — included in that run is a 3–0 defeat at St. Albans . |
| 25 | Computer is sad that humans have not spoken for fifteen thousand years . ’ |
| 26 | Gandalf and the others do not ‘ catch up ’ with Frodo and Sam till chapter 5 of Book V , but then they continue once again to the 25th March , which the two hobbits do not reach for another three chapters . |
| 27 | If the costs and benefits do not differ for alternative opportunities under consideration these costs and benefits will be irrelevant to decisions . |
| 28 | It thus seems that B II conformations do not occur for these steps . |
| 29 | Edwards and Ladd ( 1983 ) suggest verbs do not inflect for tense or person in BSL , but though this is true for a number of verbs it is not true for some of the most frequently used verbs . |
| 30 | Gifts made within three years of death do not qualify for any relief and the tax will have to be paid in full . |