Example sentences of "[be] not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not looking for maximum performance or power . |
| 2 | I am not arguing for shoddy commercials . |
| 3 | ‘ It will start all sorts of speculation that we are getting back together and I am not going for that . ’ |
| 4 | But sadly the works of art are not destined for any gallery … they remain a very private and personal part of Kylie 's life . |
| 5 | But should we assume the same training is required by the lion 's share of our undergraduates who are not destined for academic careers ? |
| 6 | You are not aiming for some exact scientific precision ( if absolute precision is needed , you can use pen and paper ) , but you are meeting and communicating with another adult human being . |
| 7 | The key point about all the objects collected is that their provenance is known ; they are not collected for aesthetic merit alone . |
| 8 | These doubts are not examined for academic purposes , nor are they treated in a critical way . |
| 9 | Anyway , GPs are not trained for either of these . |
| 10 | They may take themselves rather too seriously and are full of ‘ in ’ jokes and references , but then they are not intended for general consumption . |
| 11 | The test results for each stove are for guidance only and are not intended for direct comparison . |
| 12 | Please not that you are not covered for consequential loss under this service . |
| 13 | Please note that you are not covered for consequential loss under this service . |
| 14 | You are not covered for consequential loss . |
| 15 | They are not looking for some chopped-down Open University course . ’ |
| 16 | Dr Alun Gee , NRA technical manager for the Welsh region , said , ‘ We are not looking for any relaxation in current standards ’ and the objectives will contain a ‘ no deterioration ’ clause . |
| 17 | Police say they found a hammer in the house and are not looking for any other weapon . |
| 18 | Autocar & Motor is unobtainable at 99 per cent of newsagents ; they wo n't sell it because they are not reimbursed for unsold copies . |
| 19 | Living persons are not fitted for such transmission , and even the dead must be guaranteed by their " solid achievement " ( political , literary , military , or other ) . |
| 20 | All claim that they are not writing for clever people but this does not mean that theirs is the voice of a simple , unlettered piety . |
| 21 | Because of this amnesty requirement , Hanoi is insisting that each separate name has to be cleared , to ensure that individuals are not wanted for ordinary offences . |
| 22 | Us women are not to blame for this AIDS |
| 23 | In theory , you can convert a road shoe to cross-country shoe or vice versa , but as midsoles and uppers are not designed for such changes , it would not always to wise to try to . |
| 24 | The exercises , though , are not designed for any one standard just for all those who are committed to improving at whatever level . |
| 25 | Clay icons are classified as ‘ temporary ’ or ‘ occasional ’ and are not designed for permanent installation in temples . |
| 26 | Side walls are not needed for curved steps : they create their own supporting structure |
| 27 | The values of dissociation constants given in Table I are not corrected for this measured activity of the enzymes . |
| 28 | Though I had small scale maps at three inches to a mile for some areas they are not produced for all the Sahara , nor could I have afforded the hundred pounds they would have cost if they had been . |
| 29 | Blood from a donor infected within the past three months would not be picked out because the test detected antibodies that are not produced for three months . |
| 30 | This table gives the numbers of each moneyer 's coins in each hoard ; an x denotes that these are not known for certain . |