Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [vb infin] [noun sg] for the " in BNC.
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1 | Is it not an absolute absurdity that that person should spend an extra week in prison and my elderly pensioner couple should not get compensation for the damage that they suffered as a result of the burglary ? |
2 | One central committee member , Ognjen Krstulovic , resigned because he could not accept responsibility for the implementation of the policy . |
3 | The published policy of the Secretary of State was that he would not grant consent for the total or substantial demolition of a listed building unless he was satisfied that every effort had been made to continue the present use or find an alternative use . |
4 | Many of those institutions would not seek incorporation for the obvious reasons . |
5 | Nabiyev agreed to all the US proposals for weapon control , specifically to restrictions on sales of arms components , and gave assurances that Tajikistan would not sell uranium for the use of weapons production . |
6 | Although they are an unreliable indicator of the conditions of these markets , the results can not inspire confidence for the more important sales taking place later this month and at the beginning of December . |
7 | ‘ You can not accept responsibility for the life of another . ’ |
8 | Please bear in mind , however , that we can not accept responsibility for the contents of the reports as the valuers act independently from the society — except in certain parts of the country where we employ in-house valuers . |
9 | At the EC level , and after 13 years in power , the Government can not escape responsibility for the operation of the CAP . |
10 | Yet although culpable for serving him , Jax can not take responsibility for the three further moral crossroads through which the boy drove against the red lights — namely the decision to get drunk ; the decision to drive in that state ; and the decision to drive recklessly . |