Example sentences of "not [verb] [noun sg] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many of those institutions would not seek incorporation for the obvious reasons . |
| 2 | Yet it would be quite proper , and indeed is necessary , for non-scientists to have views about whether or not to buy meat for the coming weekend . |
| 3 | Even with the drama of Munich and the prospect of war it seemed as though Alec Reid had not found time for the outside world . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Work for the A-level examination in English Literature means a narrow concentration on a limited number of texts , and curricular pressures do not leave time for the undirected contextual reading that would provide broader literary experience . |
| 6 | Hume 's argument , however , does not hold water for the simple reason that it assumes that the question of the possibility of significantly ascribing identity to objects as ontological existents can and should be decided via an analysis of the conditions of their identification , whereas the simple fact is that the concept of an entity as a potential topic of discourse is analytically linked with , and hence inseparable from , that of identity . |
| 7 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |
| 8 | An innkeeper must be careful however , not to refuse service for the wrong reasons . |
| 9 | Now if you do n't improve access for the disabled when you build a new station , you 'll never improve it . |
| 10 | The extra name was written by hand on the scorecard , which cost 10 centimes but did n't disclaim responsibility for the last wicket to fall ! |
| 11 | We have n't had overtime for the last couple of weeks . |
| 12 | This is a limited virial expansion in which the first term is the classical va n't Hoff expression for the osmotic pressure at infinite dilution . |
| 13 | ‘ Soon you wo n't have time for the old man . ’ |