Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] for the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sufficient funds did not exist for the fast rehabilitation of the railways , for the immediate implementation of mass education . |
| 2 | A warning message will be displayed if it is a development version , or if that version does not exist for the given Product package at this time . |
| 3 | The first three instruments here are obviously not intended for the serious player but for the beginner , or to be strummed once in a while as a second or third instrument . |
| 4 | They 're not intended for the dedicated hiker . |
| 5 | Indeed , I remember warning her , half in joke , half in earnest , that I could not answer for the new Government lasting more than six weeks . |
| 6 | If only … if only … if only there could be some way of reaching agreement , some way of reassuring each player that the other can be trusted not to go for the selfish jackpot , some way of policing the agreement . |
| 7 | This is not catering for the indigenous population of Ayrshire and Arran . |
| 8 | Elderly people require a lot of time and effort on a GP 's part , the GP gets extra money for that but it may not compensate for the extra work . ’ |
| 9 | They could not afford to buy a horse , and although the richer peasants were more heavily taxed , this did not compensate for the wide difference in equipment , which was not taxed . |
| 10 | Such a facility would normally apply to a physically discrete or contained site ( e.g. a single pasture , groups of pastures , a wetland separated from other land ) in order that livestock from another ownership or section of land could not substitute for the agreed reduction . |
| 11 | The development of professional competence however paramountly desirable can not substitute for the academic element in language courses . |
| 12 | The reduced-rate does not count for the basic pension . |
| 13 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 14 | Jaqueline had retired from her job early to care for her 69-year-old mother with senile dementia , and was outraged to find that because she had a husband she did not qualify for the invalid care allowance . |
| 15 | Like the golfer who hits his one decent shot on the eighteenth hole and can not wait for the following weekend 's game , I felt light of heart with the warm promise of another evening in the company of the delightful Sally Drayton . |
| 16 | He can not wait for the proposed exchange of animals . |
| 17 | The squabbling is not fitting for the so-called ambassador for Liverpool . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 19 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 20 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 21 | I do not speak for the Philippine health movement , rather these are my attempts to understand how both small-scale local initiatives and a national effort can alter the historical process which to date has left the majority of the 60 million Filipino people living in dire poverty in a land of plenty . |
| 22 | Most of those could be animals whose consignors have not applied for the special beef premium payment ( BSPS ) or which do not carry a CCD ( Cattle Control Document ) or passport . |
| 23 | The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it . |
| 24 | Accordingly , the draftsman should not provide for the usual disregard of tenant 's improvements in the valuation formula . |
| 25 | Organizations do not search for the best mushroom on the prairie if they have an hour in which to find it ; they choose the first mushroom which satisfies their aspiration level . |
| 26 | It is possible to discover what factors are not needed for the normal development of a behaviour pattern by isolating young animals from hypothetically necessary factors . |
| 27 | The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book . |
| 28 | This time he moved across to her , and she flinched back , not caring for the threatening look on his face . |
| 29 | Health warnings on advertisements do not work for the same reason as health warnings on labels — they represent a token gesture which will have no material effect . |
| 30 | But they have requested the two-storey shop units in Clark 's Yard are not used for the same type of shops already there , to prevent competition for existing business . |