Example sentences of "are [not/n't] [verb] for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is n't it strange that we are taught about many things which may never come to pass and yet most of us are not prepared for the one inevitable occurrence in our lives ? |
| 2 | You are not training for the next Olympics , just getting a little fitter and making your heart work more efficiently and become stronger . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | With the Royal you are not covered for the first £100 of any claim , unless you pay an additional premium of 10% , which will reduce the excess to £50 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | They are not looking for a tough fight but for a victim — someone who will cower or quake with fear like a doomed rabbit . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | You are not looking for a fast drop in weight . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . ’ |
| 11 | The assessors explain that they are not looking for the best ; ‘ that 'd be hopeless . |
| 12 | The functional characteristics of these two strong promoters suggest that they are not optimized for a tight and stable RNA polymerase binding . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I am sure you are not to blame for the iniquitous nature of this wretched will . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The Overtype , Number Lock , and Line Draw functions are not needed for the whole book . |
| 17 | We therefore conclude that hypersensitive sites HS5A and HS5B are not required for the correct developmental expression of the gene . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | The UK government argues that EIAs are not required for the first two schemes , on the grounds that they date from before July 1988 , when the relevant EC directive came into force . |
| 20 | Of course , we sophisticated Westerners may think they are not asking for the right things . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 23 | But since owners of capital control the production process , workers are not paid for the full labour time expended at work . |