Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 2 | She did not stay for coffee . |
| 3 | He did not stay for coffee but left the hotel and walked down the almost deserted main street . |
| 4 | I shall not stay for coffee . |
| 5 | There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label . |
| 6 | So the question of the soundness of Atkins L.J . 's dictum did not arise for decision in that case . |
| 7 | What the position would have been if , say , half of the contents including the signature had been written on one occasion and the rest of the contents on another , later , occasion , with the deceased indicating on the later occasion to the two witnesses that he regarded his signature as authenticating the whole of the contents , does not arise for decision and need not be decided now . |
| 8 | Conservation safeguards exist in the UK , particularly for SSSIs and , to a lesser extent ( under a voluntary arrangement ) in the National Parks of England and Wales , but such afforestation Proposals outside designated areas would not be subject to any significant level of control , particularly because prior approval does not exist for grant aid . |
| 9 | In spite of the attractions , Guide has not adopted this uniform approach , mainly because unifying rather different types of object does not make for simplicity . |
| 10 | This reciprocal position did not make for sincerity and real understanding . |
| 11 | What is more , by using a more polite or polysyllabic manner of discourse , you will be telling the client so ; as well as implying that you are a loftier being which does not make for rapport . |
| 12 | Of course he had some other assets , but the collapse of the central part of his fortune did not make for buoyancy . |
| 13 | A car manufacturer does not design for failure because he believes that his cars will not fail . |
| 14 | Not all such performances are inspiring , however , and a plenitude of decibels does not compensate for lack of quality . |
| 15 | Education about alcohol in schools can not compensate for home and community , it is argued , and education should value alcohol use and encourage individual responsibility . |
| 16 | For a while it proved a highly successful combination , but eventually it became apparent that the Japanese spirit could not compensate for inferiority in industrial strength and natural resources in dispelling any sense of national insecurity . |
| 17 | Charles and his contemporaries did not appeal for authority to individual judgement or experience : instead they invoked shared role-models and peer-group pressure . |
| 18 | Remember that a writ can be issued by fax in an emergency ( RSCOrder 6 , r 7 ) , that the day of the accident does not count for limitation purposes , that if the limitation expires on a Sunday you can issue on the Monday and that if the plaintiff is deceased , limitation runs from the date of death . |
| 19 | She pledged that the Government would safeguard those that did not opt for trust status , but she expected this to be a minority . |
| 20 | For households that did not qualify for council tax discount , data on adults other than the liable person did not appear to be necessary . |
| 21 | Most do not qualify for redundancy pay , pensions , sick pay or national-insurance benefits until they have been with a firm for two years . |
| 22 | The ruling means an employee working fewer than eight hours a week still can not qualify for redundancy pay or unfair dismissal , regardless of the number of weeks worked . |
| 23 | But you may not have realised that in between these two splendid , well-run national tournaments lie a large number of middle-strength clubs who do not qualify for participation in either . |
| 24 | There are 15,000 places for married women who do not qualify for benefit in their own right . |
| 25 | In their case the statute of limitations only started to apply once an actual fault was discovered , but their PI payments did not qualify for relief because they had stopped working . |
| 26 | Furthermore , many pensioners who are struggling financially , do not qualify for income support . |
| 27 | A home-owning pensioner over 75 who does not qualify for income support gets a mere 50p a week extra rate . |
| 28 | Millions of poor people who did not qualify for income support would be ‘ hit savagely by this increase in the basic cost of living ’ . |
| 29 | It does n't resolve the problems of those who do not qualify for income support , yet are in receipt of paltry levels of pay or other benefits . |
| 30 | MY neighbour , a pensioner who does not qualify for income support , was melodramatic in her condemnation of the Chancellor . |