Example sentences of "[vb -s] [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | Homer does not go overboard for the stereotype of the well-meaning , but stressed carer who may snap once or twice out of exasperation . |
| 3 | The royal family does not go in for oratory , so the policy is evident mostly in endless American- and British-made videos on television , boasting of Saudi Arabia 's military and industrial prowess . |
| 4 | The Old Testament does not go in for saints . |
| 5 | Genesis does not go in for saints ( though Joseph will , perhaps , approach that status ) . |
| 6 | ‘ One does not go out for a meal just for the food , ’ he added , hardly improving the situation . |
| 7 | Mr Collor 's problem is that although money is no obstacle to his multi-million dollar campaign , it does not make up for the thousands of enthusiastic party militants campaigning for his rival . |
| 8 | In other words , technology does not make up for Europe 's high labour costs . |
| 9 | McManus notes that ‘ aggression does not pay off for girls in the way some boys find it does for them ’ , with the result that many girls adapt to the social world of school in a different way . |
| 10 | Three tries in four championship matches , and those against a weak defence , does not speak much for potential in the Scottish backs . |
| 11 | One proponent of effects as unnecessitated does not speak only for himself . |
| 12 | The present legal position does not cater adequately for such contingencies , as Greengross ( 1986 ) has cogently pointed out . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | But give him his due , he does not give up for a scratch or two , and not even a dagger could hold him off for ever . ’ |
| 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 | Now it is worried that , despite the reality of the single market , the flow will slacken if the country does not sign up for Maastricht . |
| 18 | The only difference between its policies and those of CND proper is that it does not campaign directly for Britain 's withdrawal from Nato . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | That does not augur well for the future . |
| 25 | 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 … |
| 26 | Enjoyment of one 's past job does not augur well for contentment in the role of housewife . |
| 27 | 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 ? |
| 28 | That does not augur well for the reputation of the House . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It does not take long for the difficulties encountered in finding a buyer at the contingent price during earlier disposals to be forgotten . |