Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As stressed earlier , I am not arguing for a revived regional geography per se , but rather for ‘ a regional perspective that informs all geographical activity ’ Johnston , 1990b , p. 135 ) . |
| 2 | This would form the basis of a scheme for protecting all words of store from being manipulated by instructions which are not defined for the relevant data format . |
| 3 | Like gangs , bullies are not looking for a stand-up fight , but for a victim ; the best way to beat them is to give more trouble than they can handle . |
| 4 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 5 | But the athletes are making an unprecedented demand for a slice of the lucrative financial action and Tom Jennings , the agent spearheading their case , countered : ‘ We are not looking for a militant takeover , just a share of the wealth . |
| 6 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 7 | Digital Equipment Corp says that its Alpha second source agreement with Mitsubishi Electric Corp is not an exclusive pact and that it is talking with other firms that may become second sources of the chip ; ‘ We are not looking for a large number of semiconductor partners , however we are having discussions with other semiconductor companies ; those relationships could happen at various levels , ’ — DEC may still seek other firms to design versions without the marketing that Mitsubishi is providing . |
| 8 | On the other hand , we certainly are not looking for the bland , but rather for the anodyne which is also intriguing and interesting and has a sense of positive enthusiasm . ’ |
| 9 | The functional characteristics of these two strong promoters suggest that they are not optimized for a tight and stable RNA polymerase binding . |
| 10 | This means that unnecessary barriers are not created for the great majority of paraprofessionals who must keep working to support themselves and their families and who often do not have the formal academic credentials necessary for university entrance . |
| 11 | I am sure you are not to blame for the iniquitous nature of this wretched will . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book . |
| 14 | We therefore conclude that hypersensitive sites HS5A and HS5B are not required for the correct developmental expression of the gene . |
| 15 | It is clear that HS5A and HS5B are not required for the tissue-specific or temporal regulation of the gene contrary to what has been suggested previously ( 28 ) because the -300bp promoter when linked to a gene which lacks HS5A and HS5B is still expressed correctly . |
| 16 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 17 | In such conditions , where drug combinations are not used for an adequate length of time , resistant strains have every chance of profiting from the destruction of their more sensitive relatives , and establishing a reservoir of intractable organisms . |
| 18 | But since owners of capital control the production process , workers are not paid for the full labour time expended at work . |
| 19 | No , they 're not made for a tall man er , you know my |
| 20 | They 're not intended for the dedicated hiker . |
| 21 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 22 | No what amazes me Mr Chairman is that here we are , we 're being cost conscious on every ground and we 're saying we 're making a statement that we enter into an exercise that we have no idea , we 're not asking for the actual cost , we are asking , we are asking you must of had an idea what it would cost or I feel Mr Chairman that that , can I put it mildly , lack of planning and certainly financial planning possibly |
| 23 | I 'm not prepared for the deafening ‘ bang ’ as the sides of the box collapse and my moment of entry is masked by puthers of ‘ smoke ’ . |
| 24 | No I 'm not , I 'm not looking for a new penknife at all boy |
| 25 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |
| 26 | I 'm not looking for the exotic in my photographs . |