Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the main reason why interviews prove ineffective is that the interviewer has not been properly trained and has not prepared thoroughly for the task . |
| 2 | Then Arthur Miller added : ‘ The thing to remember is that it has not gone away for ever . ’ |
| 3 | The Landscape Institute publishes no percentage fee scale , and has not done so for many years . |
| 4 | Andrew Lloyd Webber has not slept properly for weeks . |
| 5 | The 24-year-old , who injured himself while winning bronze at last year 's Olympics , has not thrown competitively for 10 months since . |
| 6 | Smith said : ‘ He has n't trained properly for six to seven weeks and needs a game under his belt . ’ |
| 7 | D' you know , the tree has n't flowered properly for six years . |
| 8 | He has n't come here for the Portrush air and must not be written off . ’ |
| 9 | The 31-year-old ex-paratrooper 's prize for retaining his title at Wembley on Saturday night was £10,000 , which does not go far for a full-time body builder who downs half a dozen eggs after his breakfast cereal and eight to 10 chicken breasts a day when ‘ bulking up ’ . |
| 10 | Homer does not go overboard for the stereotype of the well-meaning , but stressed carer who may snap once or twice out of exasperation . |
| 11 | Three tries in four championship matches , and those against a weak defence , does not speak much for potential in the Scottish backs . |
| 12 | One proponent of effects as unnecessitated does not speak only for himself . |
| 13 | The present legal position does not cater adequately for such contingencies , as Greengross ( 1986 ) has cogently pointed out . |
| 14 | This illustrates that the law does not exist simply for the protection of individuals , for if it did one would be able to refuse its help if one did not want it . |
| 15 | On average , people come to us with only fours years to go before they need the fees , which does not give long for performance . ’ |
| 16 | All of this does not mitigate well for a prospective owner to take on the airframe in an easily-delivered and/or operational manner . |
| 17 | The only difference between its policies and those of CND proper is that it does not campaign directly for Britain 's withdrawal from Nato . |
| 18 | This does not allow sufficiently for annual variations for the figures to permit strict statistical analysis , but even with these the changes are too striking to be totally ignored . |
| 19 | Where opportunities exist in realms offering longer term and , therefore , more secure futures , sport does not figure prominently for it is always precarious , invariably venturous and frequently treacherous . |
| 20 | It is at this stage that the contract is carefully examined , perhaps for the first time , and the company obtaining the software realizes , too late , that as far as it is concerned , the contract is little more than worthless and does not provide adequately for the situation . |
| 21 | The prosecution 's success rate does not augur well for the two trials which will really test the quality of Boesky 's information and the deal that he pulled off with government lawyers . |
| 22 | That does not augur well for the future . |
| 23 | The obsessive vision that propels and sustains Birdy on his long night has a once-in-a-lifetime quality about it , a quirkiness that does not augur well for a successor … |
| 24 | Enjoyment of one 's past job does not augur well for contentment in the role of housewife . |
| 25 | Does the Secretary of State agree that the recent announcement of 300 pay-offs in Harland and Wolff , which has just had an increase in its order book does not augur well for the economy ? |
| 26 | That does not augur well for the reputation of the House . |
| 27 | The fact that the employer 's turnover ( and ultimate viability ) is to a large extent periled on supply contracts entered into because of formal tying agreements or informal ‘ understandings ’ does not augur well for the employee 's prospects unless he can show that the patent influenced the customer to buy on the scale which he did . |
| 28 | It does not take long for the difficulties encountered in finding a buyer at the contingent price during earlier disposals to be forgotten . |
| 29 | The evidence suggests that variations are systematic to an extent , but that this does not account completely for the considerable differences in family support which one can observe in practice . |
| 30 | This still does not account satisfactorily for the tiger 's thick fur and the need to keep itself cool in its oriental habitat . |