Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] a [noun sg] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would not make a case for Pears to be better than Manchester United 's Peter Schmeichel , but there is no-one more consistent . |
| 2 | Moreover , except by consent , the court can not make an order for possession against the tenant in the application ; so that if the tenant refuses to leave at the expiry date of his tenancy , the landlord will be compelled to take fresh proceedings against him . |
| 3 | A paper bag is best as you do not need a nozzle for flooding , and a hole can be snipped into the base of the paper cone at the last minute . |
| 4 | Where a child has sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , a court can not include a requirement for examination unless satisfied that he consents ( para 4(4) ( a ) ) . |
| 5 | Truelove and Witt 's criteria were originally developed to classify acute disease attacks and therefore do not include a category for remission . |
| 6 | Whichever he sues , he can not include a claim for damage done to the component or to the larger item which was supplied with the component comprised in it . |
| 7 | Consequently , these results do not exclude a role for PYY in the mediation of the ileal brake mechanism . |
| 8 | Significantly , it does not give a deadline for Mr Yeltsin to present a new law on the government , ending his emergency powers . |
| 9 | But a spokesman said that even if the Foundation decided not to open a clinic for sex offenders , work still needed to be done on the building . |
| 10 | This situation where current pensions are paid for out of current income does not present a problem for governments , as they should always have the power to raise funds through taxation . |
| 11 | The Children Act provides a structure for working within them ; but it does not provide a base for practice . |
| 12 | If she could not provide a remedy for life 's major troubles , she accepted a way round . |
| 13 | In a telling phrase Lord Scarman argued : ‘ The social conditions in Brixton do not provide an excuse for disorder . |
| 14 | It dawned on him that he had not had a date for weeks , and his first one would be with her at the Edwardian Ball . |
| 15 | He had not had a woman for weeks — not since that last trip to the Wilds — and that had been a sing-song girl , all artifice and expertise . |
| 16 | The 40 per cent rule was introduced to make sure that the EBRD did not become a prop for state industries , but rather helped to build market economies . |
| 17 | However , it is important that after-care does not become a substitute for attendance at meetings of the Anonymous Fellowships or for actually working the suggested 12 Steps of recovery or for establishing a continuing relationship with a sponsor . |
| 18 | Now I would not ignore hunches , insight or occasional flashes of brilliance that can come from anybody , as long as they do not become a substitute for objectivity and professionalism . |
| 19 | Cos she said I 'm not paying a fortune for stuff that I wo n't wear afterwards . |
| 20 | It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices . |
| 21 | So Rediffusion engineers do not see a future for monomode fibre except for trunk lines . |
| 22 | One agreement stipulated that provision of enhanced responsibility and autonomy with a view to job enrichment " would not constitute a basis for job upgrading " . |
| 23 | These issues will not be pursued further here , however , since in addition to the limitation of the duty to cases of insolvency or near-insolvency , the authorities do not suggest a need for behaviour at variance with the demands of profit maximisation . |
| 24 | There was nothing incongruous about the fact that the headmistress , Zoe Neill , was incapable of uttering a sentence which did not contain a word for excrement or a word for copulation . |
| 25 | They applied for judicial review of the Secretary of State 's decisions and sought orders of certiorari to quash those decisions and declarations that the Secretary of State could not set a period for retribution and deterrence for a mandatory life sentence greater than that recommended by the judiciary , that he was required to tell the applicants the period recommended by the judiciary , and if he departed from it his reasons for so doing , and that the applicants were entitled to be given the opportunity to make representations to the Secretary of State before he determined the period and for that purpose to be told of any information upon which the Secretary of State would act which was not in the applicant 's possession . |
| 26 | And I always feel it 's a reverse situation , you know , about Stanley Morrison saying he would prefer to pay Monotype not to put an ad in , erm to pay The Times not to put an ad for Monotype . |
| 27 | Thirdly , he is not getting a game for Wales . |
| 28 | They did not demand a search for set words ; they demanded instead that a disposition be scrutinized to see if it satisfied the law of trusts ( the principles of benefit and intention were the minimal requirements ) . |
| 29 | Those whose gifts and tastes lie in a certain direction — people who do not have a head for mathematics — may well have been influenced by this in an early career choice . |
| 30 | He had been fond of his uncle , Thomas had been a bluff hearty man but unfortunately he did not have a head for business . |