Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adj] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | University protocol means it 's not possible for a degree to be collected by proxy , but the attention her nomination brings to her cause is welcomed by her husband who was at the ceremony . |
| 2 | But surely it 's not possible for a man to live so long ? ’ |
| 3 | With this level of distortion , it is not possible for a rise in the corporate tax to reduce ( w/r ) , and this illustrates how the existence of market imperfections may significantly affect the incidence of taxation . |
| 4 | An application for a warrant of further detention can be made up to 42 hours from the commencement of the detention clock , in a situation where the 36 hour period runs out at a time when it is not possible for a magistrate 's court to sit . |
| 5 | It is not possible for a lexicon to provide full coverage of language . |
| 6 | Is it not possible for a person to ‘ remember ’ something he never did ? |
| 7 | ‘ it seems to me that it is not possible for a person in the position of the bank to exclude the discretion of the court , but one nevertheless starts from the position that the contractual position between the parties is that the costs will be paid on an indemnity basis . |
| 8 | Our ordinary sense of language suggests that it is not possible for a person to use words or conduct ‘ towards another person ’ if he is unaware of that person 's existence . |
| 9 | To say that sounds can be switched off , can no longer affect you , is not possible for a musician . |
| 10 | Because of the Uncertainty Principle , it is not possible for a molecule to have zero vibrational energy ; if it had , we could specify both the positions and the momenta of the atoms precisely . |
| 11 | But it is not right for a member of the teaching staff to so present that disciplinary framework that the student is unable to view it from the outside or is discouraged from officering an alternative perspective from another discipline . |
| 12 | Yes , the frustrated mother ca n't be generous and so forth with her child , and on the whole I think the emphasis that people used to put on mothers staying at home was very misguided , because a mother who 's having to sacrifice all her outside interests for the sake of her child is just a frustrated mother , and it 's not good for the also the problem is that you then have fairly energetic women devoting all they have to children , then they over-invest in the child 's own achievements , so in fact you are putting a great psychological burden on the child because it has to grow up fulfilling expectations of an adult , which is not right for a child . |
| 13 | And it is not right for a family to be separated . ’ |
| 14 | Apart from the purely oppressive aspect — that these people felt that women must be seen and not heard , that taking part in an industrial struggle was not right for a woman — there was the undeniable fact that in these families money was desperately needed . |
| 15 | As there has recently been a revision of codes , I am bound to say that my right hon. Friend may feel that the time is not right for a review . |
| 16 | The patient had been removed from her previous general practitioner 's list six months previously and was at the material time on no doctor 's list , and the Crown Court had held that it was not practicable for a doctor who had acquaintance with the patient to make the recommendation . |
| 17 | ‘ It is not usual for a king to be left alone in the field at the end of a withdrawal . |
| 18 | The line she was taking was not proper for a Hearing , he said . |
| 19 | The fact that it is not linear for a glass transition led to the development of the Williams-Landel-Ferry ( WLF ) relation ( 1955 ) . |
| 20 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 21 | A member state was entitled to discriminate in the ages at which men and women became entitled to state pensions but it was not acceptable for a distinction to be made between the sexes as to the age of retirement : see Marchall v Southampton and SW Hampshire Area Health Authority ( Teaching ) ( 1986 ) ICR 335 ; Roberts v Tate & Lyle ( 1986 ) ICR 371 . |
| 22 | It is not easy for a person with one sort of conceptual background to understand an account which presupposes a different conceptual background . |
| 23 | It is not easy for a hyper-base to be used concurrently by a number of different readers or for multiple authorship . |
| 24 | I do n't know what it 's like for a girl , but it 's not easy for a fella to get hold of contraception . |
| 25 | He sits there looking like John Knox being unimpressed by Mary Stuart , and just as I think he 'll never let me increase my overdraft he says , ‘ Aye , life 's not easy for a woman alone with no head for business . |
| 26 | But it was not easy for a motor mechanic to find a start . |
| 27 | If you have any doubts about what is or is not appropriate for a child of a given age , then seek advice from your doctor , a child psychologist or health visitor , or from other parents , particularly those whose children are older than yours . |
| 28 | I have several friends and relatives who are in that position , two who have been left by a husband and it 's absolutely not ideal for a child but compensation can be made by a loving relationship with extended family . |
| 29 | Not ideal for a woman who has never been pregnant . |
| 30 | And is it not natural for a gentleman to love a pretty woman ? |