Example sentences of "not [vb pp] for [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first three instruments here are obviously not intended for the serious player but for the beginner , or to be strummed once in a while as a second or third instrument . |
| 2 | They 're not intended for the dedicated hiker . |
| 3 | Not painted for a specific location and comprising canvases of different dimensions , the frieze was a pool of images from which Munch made withdrawals for sale , replacing the pictures which he had plundered with new versions of the same composition . |
| 4 | The kind of music she had not heard for a long time . |
| 5 | The right of rejection is not given for an ordinary breach of warranty . |
| 6 | The result was a vessel which was surprisingly fast and manoeuvrable for its size — few were more than twenty drem in length — but they were not designed for an extended sea journey , that was certain . |
| 7 | The big show-piece cinemas were built to pull in the fashionable trade but they were not designed for the exclusive use of a social elite ; rather they were provided for all those groups who were prepared to pay money for the movie entertainment that was being provided as part of the delights offered by the down-town city . |
| 8 | People asked exoneration from a mistake made by a group to which they belonged-the nation-not in individual innocence but in membership of a different and more immediate community that had acted well , a state that had not voted for a dishonest president . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , just make sure we 're not disturbed for the next half-hour , will you ? ’ |
| 10 | But I was not prepared for the raking over of academic arguments on defining poverty around when John Moore , then Secretary of State for Social Services , said poverty no longer existed . |
| 11 | This accounts for the high turnover in membership … the recruit having seen emphasis laid on military activity is not prepared for the political activity which must come before it . |
| 12 | No , they 're not made for a tall man er , you know my |
| 13 | He may have been joking , but his fatalistic sentiment was in the sane vein as a cruel remark made as Davies 's men departed in triumph : ‘ We understood Eastbourne were the only team who have not applied for a postal vote in the General Election . ’ |
| 14 | Most of those could be animals whose consignors have not applied for the special beef premium payment ( BSPS ) or which do not carry a CCD ( Cattle Control Document ) or passport . |
| 15 | Although they discovered they had hardly a single taste in common , he was nonetheless a witty and amusing host and she found herself laughing in a way she had not done for a considerable time . |
| 16 | The ANDF installer for Sparc produced by Praxis Systems Plc ( UX No 389 ) , was not done for the Open Software Foundation but for the DRA , which owns it . |
| 17 | These were friends not seen for a long time , visited now because there was something to celebrate . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | But they have requested the two-storey shop units in Clark 's Yard are not used for the same type of shops already there , to prevent competition for existing business . |
| 22 | The students ' performance on the problem based and lecture courses were not found to correlate with their preference for type of course , and those who had not volunteered for the new pathway did as well as those who had , even on the problem based sections of the new curriculum . |
| 23 | Independence has brought some improvement in status , but women are still not recognised for the important role they play in society . |
| 24 | ‘ I 've not played for a long time and to get a goal in the first ten minutes was incredible . |
| 25 | Hirst , who scored in his second appearance on the 1991 tour of Australasia , has not played for the senior side since that Wembley game . |
| 26 | Pearl has the unenviable reputation of being one of the more sleepy members within a sector not noted for a dynamic approach . |
| 27 | Bidders missing the deadline for offers or not shortlisted for the second phase may not be readmitted . |
| 28 | If the player tampers with those , he is blamed for hitting a sour note , not praised for a daring interpretation . |
| 29 | Dana had not appeared for the promised fitting or for the rehearsal , excusing herself at the last minute because Roman had wanted her for alterations to one of the outfits she was to wear . |
| 30 | She said she had been released half a mile away on a misty common and had not eaten for a long time . |