Example sentences of "not [be] [adj] [verb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Lithuania , Spain come to Dublin and , the way the group is shaping up , the Spaniards may not be able to settle for a point as they did in Belfast last year . |
| 2 | If they are not athletically fit they may not be able to hunt for a while and this could be critical , as most of them must kill regularly to survive . |
| 3 | Rather to the surprise of my new employers , since I had been so eager to work for them , I told them I should not be able to start for a fortnight ( I needed to recover , being exhausted by my burden of guilt ) . |
| 4 | If no countries had armaments they would not be able to provide for a UN peace-keeping force . |
| 5 | She may not be fit to sail for a month . |
| 6 | The voluntary non-statutory sector was able to extend provision because it could attract the services of people who would not be prepared to work for a public authority . |
| 7 | If people had to rely on borrowing directly from other people , there would be a problem here : the lenders would not be prepared to lend for a long enough period . |