Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb pp] [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Munn Report , therefore , started with an analysis of the present situation , which considered such issues as certificate versus non-certificate courses , the problem of lower ability children being pushed into ‘ O ’ grade examinations which they were not intended to cater for , the need to prepare pupils for life in a modern industrial society , and the importance of analysing the content , teaching methods , learning milieu , and informal aspects of the curriculum . |
| 2 | However , this is not expected to happen for some time and even when reform is introduced , the probability is that it will be phased in over a number of years . |
| 3 | 6–9 Mrs Holliday , Bowmore , applied for the baptism of her daughter in the absence of her husband who was on a voyage to Africa and not expected to return for a year , and as they were " satisfied with Mrs Holliday 's knowledge as to the ordinance and the obligation " they agreed . |
| 4 | The appeals panel is not expected to rule for several months . |
| 5 | In cases in which pain and suffering is not expected to continue for life the court has to form a view as to how long it is likely to continue . |
| 6 | It should be noted that although the total population over 65 is not expected to increase for the remainder of the twentieth century , this is due to a projected fall in the numbers aged 60/65–74 ( by 5 per cent between 1981 and 1991 ) combined with a rise in the numbers at older ages . |
| 7 | The M two motorway remains closed between junctions five and six and is not expected to reopen for several hours . |
| 8 | He had not expected to pay for any drinks tonight . |
| 9 | So while the practice of resignation has been re-established , it is still true that ministers are not expected to suffer for the shortcomings of their staff . |
| 10 | But for the activists in the Party and its affiliates , the integratory and mobilizing functions of the ‘ Hitler myth ’ were not confined to support for current attainments , but rested on the incorporation in Hitler of the ‘ idea ’ of Nazism itself , determining future utopias to be won as well as past glories achieved . |
| 11 | No shaman was present to preside or to ask for God 's blessing upon Artai 's reign , Alexei saw , for it was a fact that there was no such thing as organised religion on this world , and even casual superstition was not permitted to interfere for long in the affairs of men . |
| 12 | Black psychiatric nurses and doctors are not permitted to care for white patients ( according to a 1984 study ) while there were no psychiatrists of ‘ African ’ descent in 1982 . |
| 13 | I am just not prepared to wait for the green shoots of recovery . ’ |
| 14 | The laird of Balfunning wanted a tide waiter 's place for his son , but Buchanan was clearly not prepared to settle for promises , for he ‘ insists that he may see his son 's commision before the election ’ . |
| 15 | Not prepared to settle for this result , Gorbachev renominated Yanayev . |
| 16 | In fact , this was the only spectacle which Mrs Goreng had not had to contrive for the benefit of her guests . |
| 17 | Economic Man , seeing two boxes of chocolates , of which one is cheaper because the manufacturer has not had to pay for consequential damage to some third party , would choose that cheaper box . |
| 18 | Could he use his influence with the Secretary of State for Defence to persuade him to hand over the Ministry of Defence buildings so that the money that the Scottish Office has allocated is not used to pay for them ? |
| 19 | Customers who were not known to smile for years actually could not help making the odd comment to the cashiers . |
| 20 | It is of course very difficult for the eye to register detail when it is not trained to look for it ; it is only when true students of the Gothic , like the elder Pugin , begin to distinguish the styles of different periods , that the buildings of the past really come into focus in the novel . |
| 21 | Had not wanted to know for good and certain . |
| 22 | Out of one hundred and twenty-two horses , only three had not learned to ask for food within seven days . |
| 23 | Those who are ‘ wise ’ may keep to one purpose , but the implication is that such wisdom is not allowed to exist for very long . |
| 24 | Despite great efforts to ‘ bottle up ’ sources of funds within regional boundaries , some banks find themselves with excess liquidity which they are not allowed to use for expanding credits to local enterprises , and this has led to some inter-regional flows of bank funds ( and to the uncontrolled expansion of bank lending to firms such as Agrokomerc ) . |
| 25 | The only people who suffered were the prisoners , who were not allowed to go for walks any more . |
| 26 | they they 're not allowed to say for the company . |
| 27 | Although he is currently with the Halifax , as an existing borrower he is not allowed to apply for the fixed rate currently on offer from this society . |
| 28 | The next time I went to see Dorothy I was not allowed to stay for long . |
| 29 | you 're not allowed to speak for the rest of the week . |
| 30 | People are not advised to aim for maximum fuel savings , but to concentrate on taking what is readily achievable without affecting efficiency . |