Example sentences of "[not/n't] be [verb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LIFESPAN can be set to automatically offline modules which have not been accessed for a configurable latency period . |
| 2 | This section describes those facilities available within LIFESPAN to transfer modules to offline storage automatically when they have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 3 | Alternatively , an automatic offline requestor ( STOREMAN ) is available to select modules which have not been accessed for a configurable period of time . |
| 4 | There were two posts allocated for social workers , but these had not been filled for a long time . |
| 5 | That means programs have still not been written for a whole range of complex new tasks that GPs will be asked to do . |
| 6 | The clothes had not been disturbed for a long time and were as thick and tangled as jungle foliage . |
| 7 | After all , in 1,189 densely-printed pages , space has not been found for a single illustration . |
| 8 | Yet even though in my part Welsh has not been spoken for a long time , and indeed the natives have even forgotten the Welsh pronunciation of our Celtic place-names , it would not cross my neighbours ' minds that just living there makes me Welsh . |
| 9 | Dust layered the bottom of the chamber pot ; it had not been used for a long time and was probably meant for show . |
| 10 | London Ambulance Service workers claimed the system crash last October led to people 's deaths , but yesterday 's document said an examination of 26 cases considered by coroners ' courts showed the LAS had not been blamed for a single death . |
| 11 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 12 | But there were Schonfeld supporters who came perilously close to arguing that , if Jewish children could not be saved for a particular sector of the faith , they were not worth saving at all . |
| 13 | ( 2 ) It is generally acceptable to state that an offer will not be made for a particular period of time . |
| 14 | Sean Murray of Philip Morris said that their considerable arts programme will not be affected for a long time , and that the legislation is designed to prohibit brand promotion , not corporate publicity . |
| 15 | They also may not be prepared for a long walk to a phone . |
| 16 | On June 21 Kurt Waldheim , 72 , announced that he would not be standing for a second term as President in the elections due in 1992 . |
| 17 | effects would not be known , would not be known for a considerable period of time . |
| 18 | The precise outcome of these changes will not be known for a little while , but regrettably it will almost certainly result in a lower financial provision for IT and many other areas in the longer term , and quite probably a significant lower level of commitment to new grants in all areas in the current academic session , since the sharpest adjustment needs to be made for 1991/92 . |
| 19 | The unique Client name is already known to LIFESPAN and therefore can not be used for a new Client name . |
| 20 | A Palace spokesman said : ‘ The letter is a forgery but we will not be pressing for a criminal inquiry . |
| 21 | Choose an open , sunny site where brassicas have n't been grown for a few years . |
| 22 | So he went up and had a scan and they s they checked it and of course when they checked the scan they noticed that his kid one of his kidneys had n't been functioning for a long time . |
| 23 | ‘ He had n't been beaten for a long time , and was very confident so I think defeat came as a bit of a shock . |
| 24 | it does n't matter because all of them are as it happens fairly er new and indeed as Kevin says quite correctly , dry because they have n't been used for a long time . |
| 25 | ‘ I 've told her he 's travelling between America and Mexico and ca n't be reached for a few days . |