Example sentences of "[not/n't] work for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 These changes and realizations , he credited to his experiences with LSD though conceded that it might not work for others in the same way .
2 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 .
3 N.B. Languages and language learners are very idiosyncratic and what works for some may not work for others .
4 The same fate will await any terms which restrict the ex-employee 's future employment prospects to any great extent ; for example , a term which states that a computer programmer can not work for computer software companies in the United Kingdom for five years following the termination of his employment .
5 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 .
6 Even if it worked for senior house officer appointments it would not work for registrar appointments .
7 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 ?
8 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 .
9 Most hospital techniques are not suitable and do not work for clients at home .
10 For the same calculation other pupils rounded 17p to 20p , a strategy which works here but would not work for £1.50 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 Do n't Work for Examinations
14 You do n't work for examinations , but to understand the subject thoroughly ; success in examinations is a by-product of knowledge and techniques , and the techniques are extremely important .
15 You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us .
16 He does n't work for Templeton 's but a firm producing sheet metal .
17 He does n't work for Miss Havisham any more .
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