Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [vb infin] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 2 | Good science does not necessarily make for good philosophy . |
| 3 | THERE was an article in The Times the other day which said that good spelling did not necessarily make for good writing . |
| 4 | American women , they learned , did not much care for murky colours but wanted bright yellows and apple greens , vibrant colours which were hardly used at all in Europe . |
| 5 | They can not only compensate for declining liquor sales , but can even arrest and reverse that trend . |
| 6 | Ideally the initial investigation should be total colonoscopy as this will not only examine for malignant lesions but offers an opportunity to assess the mucosa for angiodysplasia . |
| 7 | Although many of the larger integrated securities firms such as UBS Philips & Drew , Barclays de Zoete Wedd , Warburg Securities and Hoare Govett do not generally cater for private clients now , many other firms do , offering a whole range of services including advisory or discretionary fund management . |
| 8 | This may be a source of embarrassment ; people do not usually meet for social or business purposes dressed in this way . |
| 9 | Until now , the museum has exhibited only 900 of the 32,000 works it actually owns , though 17,000 of these are drawings , videos and photographs which do not really qualify for permanent showing . |
| 10 | We would not even pass for distant cousins let alone members of the same nuclear family unit . |
| 11 | Those whose husbands are earning will not even qualify for supplementary benefit . |
| 12 | Even the Diet did not immediately call for offensive action against Russia , but it decided to do so when the tsar refused to negotiate on the basis of anything less than abject Polish submission . |
| 13 | Even opting out of the social chapter to undercut the core on labour costs will not ultimately compensate for complete isolation . |
| 14 | What this meal means in real terms is a member does n't necessarily know for sure why they have lost . |
| 15 | Do n't normally go for Indian much actually do we ? |
| 16 | In general elections we , we do n't normally know for sure until a few weeks beforehand what the date of the election is going to be . |
| 17 | The quarter mill map does n't really cater for long flights , where a significant shift in wind direction might play havoc with the navigation at a later stage but , even then , you can cater for such circumstances . |
| 18 | But it does n't really allow for second-hand toys . |
| 19 | I do n't even care for harmless , comic coincidences . |