Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [not/n't] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The results tend to agree with Mandler and Johnson ( 1977 ) for English but not for BSL . |
| 2 | The other track is to be preferred , leading directly to the corrie and the most exciting aspect of the mountain , but the way is very rough and not for feet in sandals . |
| 3 | Critics claim the technology is 1980s passe and not for Unix and that it would take a tremendous amount of engineering to make it suitable for modern enterprise-wide client/server applications that demand object-oriented solutions . |
| 4 | The so-called ‘ Loony Left ’ , much invoked before the general election of June 1987 , was in some places responsible if not for vagaries in the total school curriculum , then at least for the expenditure of scarce resources on teachers , and publications , dealing with subjects dear to their hearts , like racism , sexism , and peace-studies , unpopular with government and with many parents . |
| 5 | It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched . |