Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] for [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Are there ideas which were not right for the time but which could be revived and used , ow ? |
| 2 | My men , whom I had instructed to keep close together and sing from the time they left the camp until they joined me on the forest road , were not due for an hour and a half , and during this time it was more than likely that the tigress would break cover and try to stalk or rush me . |
| 3 | I have several friends and relatives who are in that position , two who have been left by a husband and it 's absolutely not ideal for a child but compensation can be made by a loving relationship with extended family . |
| 4 | In retrospect , it was not ideal for the Promenade and Fleetwood route , with its more resilient sleeper track and the blowing sand , which affected the roof-mounted control unit . |
| 5 | And it is not unusual for The Independent and The Guardian to indulge in unofficial lobbying of this sort . |
| 6 | But if you did and said can you sell me some erm emulsion paint , which is non-drip , and they sell you some matt paint , which drips , then clearly they 've sold you something which was not fit for the purpose that you had specified . |
| 7 | The USA has a two-party system in which it is not uncommon for the executive and legislative branches of government to be controlled by different parties . |
| 8 | ‘ Not good for the bedu but it 's good for a rest . ’ |
| 9 | If a boat heeled right over it 's not good for the boat and it slows you down , it is far better to reef , the technique is just the same afloat as it was ashore . |
| 10 | Chris believes that the constant temperatures provided by heaterstats are not good for the fish and he does have a point — where in the world does the water temperature remain stable all year round , both day and night ? |
| 11 | It is not advisable for an expatriate and family to arrive in Britain without some steps having been taken in advance to arrange accommodation . |
| 12 | but when I made enquiries about taking up the loan , I was told that I was not eligible for the funds because I was an existing borrower . |
| 13 | This solution , however , is not suitable for a crossing that consists of one simple span supported at the ends . |
| 14 | It 's not nice for the audience if I ca n't speak their language . ’ |
| 15 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
| 16 | And I think in some hospitals they 're not keen for the midwife and mother to know each other personally . |
| 17 | In order to be commercially successful it is not sufficient for a product or a process to be technologically innovative , though this will stimulate interest — from the competition as well as the customer . |
| 18 | The Irish Director of Public Prosecutions , Eamonn Barnes , said in a statement that the evidence provided by the British Crown Prosecution Service was ‘ not sufficient for the purpose and accordingly a prosecution could not be justified ’ . |
| 19 | In Nielson-Jones v Fedden [ 1975 ] Ch 222 it was held that it was not sufficient for the husband and wife to sign a memorandum to the effect that the husband was to have a free hand to sell the property and use the money to buy a new house for himself although in Burgess v Rawnsley [ 1975 ] Ch 429 it was held that a beneficial joint tenancy was severed by the oral agreement of one joint tenant to sell her share in the property to the other even though that agreement was not specifically enforceable . |
| 20 | He was blindfolded for part of the time , which had the effect of making him ‘ look inside of himself ’ and he admitted that he was not ready for the experience and some of the discoveries he made . |
| 21 | Among the other abuses of the day it was not unknown for a managing-owner and a master to conspire to defraud merchants by stealing their goods before " casting away " the ship in which they were being carried , or similarly defrauding the underwriters concerned with marine insurance , with consequent losses of crewmen . |
| 22 | It is not unknown for a philosopher or scientist , lured by the song of the sirens , which is to say an interpretation of Quantum Mechanics , to drift off course to a proposal as to a better or improved conception of causation . |
| 23 | Not bad for a company that did n't exist four years ago . |
| 24 | Not bad for a company that five years ago was worth $100 billion less than Big Blue . |
| 25 | And that 's not bad for a Londoner that die-hard Tykes believed would n't stay five minutes when he came north after a disastrous spell at Watford . |
| 26 | Not attractive for every subject but for the where you get these old erm broken walls or summat like that , it 's ideal for showing up er textures and so on , this type of lighting . |
| 27 | I had heard Mum say to Grandma that it was n't healthy for a brother and sister to share , and it seemed to be true because Davey had n't caught my cold . |
| 28 | But the University was n't responsible for the cuts or the erosion of lecturers ' salaries . |
| 29 | It was a wonderful show , ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , but it was n't practical for a tour so we all thought that if we got the Broadway experts to put it together , it would be the best thing possible — but it was n't . |