Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It argues that renewable energies are not developed enough for a higher goal , but if more money for research was made available , the future could be very different . |
| 2 | This peak was not reached again for a long period , but by 1989 it had reached 76.4 per cent ( Employment Gazette , November 1989 ) . |
| 3 | A public school was more alien to his nature than his father realized : this son was not cut out for a smooth ascent of the ladder of preferment . |
| 4 | Have you decided you 're not cut out for a permanent relationship ? |
| 5 | But Mr Pillsbury was not asked back for a second interview . |
| 6 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 7 | He had n't let up for a single moment , questioning , probing , searching for clues in her answers like a scientist searching for new bugs on a microscope slide . |
| 8 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |