Example sentences of "[is] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Legacies of past hurts , neglected childhood needs , parental over indulgence and over-concern often set the stage for later stress because the individual is not prepared realistically for handling the events of life . |
| 2 | Generally speaking , the amount of sleep lost is not made up for entirely on the recovery nights . |
| 3 | Both cars are supported in proper metal slings , and while a safety gear is provided under each , this is not connected up for operation owing to the small size of the model . |
| 4 | The family eats here regularly — and the dining room is not kept exclusively for entertaining . |
| 5 | For movement and dance , the Pineapple Studios in the same part of town seems to be one of the best there is , though it is not intended primarily for dancers and actors — people from all sorts of professions come along to keep fit . |
| 6 | As I said in an earlier chapter , the principle of speaking is not to go on for more than a few minutes without getting your audience to do something — applaud or laugh or raise their hands . |
| 7 | The opening fourteen chapters of Scale 1 provide a context of definitions for Hilton 's particular address to a recluse asking advice on the contemplative life which , in the first chapter , he acknowledges to be a demanding process : Although in defining active and contemplative life Hilton makes it clear that contemplative life belongs especially he , characteristically , makes it clear that it is not ruled out for actives . |
| 8 | ‘ The Godstowe business is not going well for you , is it ? ’ |
| 9 | she was in this hospita , the , the City Hospital in Chester which is not used now for that . |
| 10 | Coercion is not needed today for most people in these areas , for the evolution of mankind has led to the internalization of these prohibitions ; the super-ego , which develops in most children in modern societies , controls these . |
| 11 | But real life , both human life and plant and animal life , is not set up for the benefit of spectators . |
| 12 | He will admit that he is not running just for his own enjoyment , but against himself to see what he can achieve . |
| 13 | Restorative proctocolectomy is not recommended knowingly for Crohn 's colitis , as recurrence is eventually anticipated and there is a high incidence of complications . |
| 14 | Urea formaldehyde foam used to be the most common and the cheapest method , but this is not recommended now for use in high exposure areas such as hillsides , or in tall buildings . |
| 15 | The government consultation paper insists that it is not gunning specifically for county or for district councils . |
| 16 | Whatever it is , it is not doing much for business , as any Manager will tell you . |
| 17 | Boro boss Lawrence , meanwhile , is not lined up for a summer move to Spurs despite rumours sweeping the NorthEast . |
| 18 | Serratosa 's coverage of organic synthesis is too fragmented and too personalised to make the book an undergraduate text , and it is not advanced enough for postgraduates . |
| 19 | Yeah , he 's not pulling in for me , he 's pulling in for himself I think actually . |
| 20 | Well , yeah , because it was a traditional grouping , but , the use of the , of the , of the long round shape for an s , was an early form , anyway , and you see , it 's used , it 's not used just for s t , there are several cases where it 's used , as purely as an s . |
| 21 | it 's not cutting out for the for the thingy |
| 22 | It is a sick government that is proud of the fact that it 's not signed up for a Social Chapter . |
| 23 | He 's not going in for any pretending over a baby unless he comes in for a share of the cash , bloody ridiculous it is . |
| 24 | No , he 's not washing up for you . |
| 25 | This place is n't run just for your benefit , you know . |
| 26 | The comedy is pumped up by cherished characters from In Living Color — including the bad , brash , man-eating Wanda The Ugly Woman — but the film is n't played just for laughs . |
| 27 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
| 28 | Novell Inc Japan , which will be Univel Inc 's distributor there , is n't waiting around for the Japanese version of UnixWare to start its assault on the market . |
| 29 | It is n't working out for me , I 've been told I 've got ta increase my payments to a hundred and one pounds fifty two a week for my two children from my previous marriage , and I 've been told by Social Security that the hundred and one pound fifty two a week will take my ex-wife and her husband off income support , so I will be keeping her family and their child . |
| 30 | But maybe your Ministerial colleague is n't going right for the very top , McLeish thought with unreasonable conviction , and you were going to stop her working at Yeo Davis when you could . |