Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This illustrates that the law does not exist simply for the protection of individuals , for if it did one would be able to refuse its help if one did not want it . |
| 2 | Although Saussure claims the arbitrary and differential qualities of language as ‘ a priori ’ they need not appear so for the user . |
| 3 | You are surprised that the Council could not do more for the World . |
| 4 | I was surprised that the Council could not do more for the World . |
| 5 | No , I shall not do so for a second , because it will prolong matters . |
| 6 | Beatrice Webb signed the Appeal , although as she recorded in her diary for 1889 , she was impressed by a reply she received from a woman who complained that her lodger could vote but she could not , and that while she could vote for her parish council and her local Poor Law Guardians , she could not do so for an MP . |
| 7 | Finally , if he was prepared to visit Sanders to make the appointment , why not do so for the lessons as well ? ’ |
| 8 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 9 | The approaching host could not head directly for the town because of the suddenly-widening river-mouth , having to swing off somewhat to the left , westwards , to reach the Spittal or Town ford , the nearest crossing , whose natural shallows had been improved by an underwater causeway of stone slabs . |
| 10 | It is at this stage that the contract is carefully examined , perhaps for the first time , and the company obtaining the software realizes , too late , that as far as it is concerned , the contract is little more than worthless and does not provide adequately for the situation . |
| 11 | In future , ministers need not look far for a way to bridge working relationships between central and local government . |
| 12 | Cornwall was no centre of radicalism , so one would not look there for a pattern of oscillation , but a detailed study of the Great Yorkshire Revival of 1792 – 6 has led its author to the conclusion that Thompson 's speculative idea gains some support from the experience of the North . |
| 13 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 14 | These provisions , of which only the barest summary has been given here , were very complex and , together with the inevitable uncertainty as to when compensation would be paid and how much it should be , resulted in a general feeling of uncertainty and discontent which did not augur well for the scheme . |
| 15 | That does not augur well for the reputation of the House . |
| 16 | The fact that the employer 's turnover ( and ultimate viability ) is to a large extent periled on supply contracts entered into because of formal tying agreements or informal ‘ understandings ’ does not augur well for the employee 's prospects unless he can show that the patent influenced the customer to buy on the scale which he did . |
| 17 | If he was able to achieve this it did not augur well for the struggles against the three Indian spinners , who had variously been described as inexperienced and nebulous . |
| 18 | That does not augur well for the future . |
| 19 | Does the Secretary of State agree that the recent announcement of 300 pay-offs in Harland and Wolff , which has just had an increase in its order book does not augur well for the economy ? |
| 20 | Without such essential information we can not plan responsibly for the future . |
| 21 | ‘ Why , here 's my mother home at last , ’ he said , and came smiling to meet her , putting forth the child by the hand to her , a little clumsily because he could not see well for the tears in his eyes . |
| 22 | The day did not begin well for the lord of Swinbrook Manor . |
| 23 | When mortality for both sexes in infancy and childhood was great , as it was at the beginning of the century , it did not take long for a cohort to advance up the age scale before females outnumbered males . |
| 24 | It does not take long for the difficulties encountered in finding a buyer at the contingent price during earlier disposals to be forgotten . |
| 25 | It did not take long for the police to trace Mrs Dyer to Caversham where she was arrested . |
| 26 | This petulant and bureaucratic state of mind did not bode well for the conduct of a battle that was now plainly imminent . |
| 27 | Hick , could be available still to play for Zimbabwe , but it does not bode well for the development of cricket in Zimbabwe itself , and I would agree with those who hoped that perhaps Zimbabwe could have been readmitted as part of South African cricket in their domestic competitions . |
| 28 | It added dryly that heavy discounting by Texas Home Care in Scotland did not bode well for the sector , and included a range of profit downgrades — from previous forecasts of between £108m and £118m down to between £100m and £110m for this year , and between £110m and £125m for next year . |
| 29 | These are probably in the region of half a million pounds at the moment , which does not bode well for the company which may be trying to raise half a million pounds of equity . |
| 30 | The situation did not bode well for the rest of the week — a particularly difficult one in the gruelling programme . |