Example sentences of "be [not/n't] [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | But sadly the works of art are not destined for any gallery … they remain a very private and personal part of Kylie 's life . |
| 3 | The key point about all the objects collected is that their provenance is known ; they are not collected for aesthetic merit alone . |
| 4 | They may take themselves rather too seriously and are full of ‘ in ’ jokes and references , but then they are not intended for general consumption . |
| 5 | The test results for each stove are for guidance only and are not intended for direct comparison . |
| 6 | Please not that you are not covered for consequential loss under this service . |
| 7 | Please note that you are not covered for consequential loss under this service . |
| 8 | You are not covered for consequential loss . |
| 9 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 10 | Living persons are not fitted for such transmission , and even the dead must be guaranteed by their " solid achievement " ( political , literary , military , or other ) . |
| 11 | Us women are not to blame for this AIDS |
| 12 | Clay icons are classified as ‘ temporary ’ or ‘ occasional ’ and are not designed for permanent installation in temples . |
| 13 | These findings indicate that nociceptive neurones control mechanisms of defence against acute injury but are not required for rapid repair of injured mucosa . |
| 14 | But Wittgenstein has been seen to argue convincingly that naming is a subsidiary use of language and that many substantives are not used for this purpose ( the psychological participles like ‘ thinking ’ being the obvious example ) and , furthermore , that naming itself is not a sort of primal act of speech acquisition but a clutch of language-games that need to be mastered like any others . |
| 15 | Because they are not paid for this service , there may be a socially less-than-optimal amount of bee-keeping . |
| 16 | Therefore , we 're not , other than the specific items that appear on your additions list , we 're not looking for any growth in the base budget at this stage , over and above that that 's already built into your budget base . |
| 17 | Juliet , I 'm afraid you 're not prepared for this search at all , you do n't know what you 've got into , and I think you ought to call it off right now . |
| 18 | Because when you are 12,000 miles away you 're not playing for any country . |
| 19 | ‘ You have n't been listening , Claudia ; we 're not parting for one moment until I find Garry — and it 's time you called me Roman . ’ |
| 20 | I said you 're not working for forty pound a week |
| 21 | I 'm not looking for some sinecure of a job with the cosy family firm , Lucy ! |
| 22 | Now I 'm not suggesting for one moment that anybody who has all the problems that dear Mr has there , but I think we might be able to learn something , do you ? |
| 23 | I 'm not suggesting for one moment it 's easy , but I mean is it possible that , you know erm accepting that this is a major conflict , it does involve all of us whether we like it or not |
| 24 | I 'M NOT asking for preferential treatment . |
| 25 | she says we 're just not gon na be able to use drawers that 's all she said I 'm not going for another bed |
| 26 | Yeah I 'm only I 'm not working for two pound fifty . |
| 27 | I tell you , I 'm not giving you a penny more for clothes , I 'm not paying for any driving lessons when you 're seventeen , I 'm not shelling out for another disco , I 'm not giving you another lift to a party that everyone else in your year 's going to and you 'd be a freak if you missed it . |
| 28 | You know I 'm not closed for any area because erm er I adapt I 've adapted to change you know . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not waiting for any session to finish . |
| 30 | ‘ This is just another demonstration that they are n't fighting for any cause . |