Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] [verb] [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools in the sample were asked to provide pupils with scissors for this test , but it was clear that not all did so for in some classes no one used scissors . |
| 2 | We could not sensibly plan ahead for a doomsday-type catastrophe . |
| 3 | And obviously they have their own priorities , so they do n't necessarily , they 're not necessarily geared up for that . |
| 4 | People in late twentieth-century Britain do not necessarily do less for their relatives than they have done for the past two centuries , nor do they necessarily have a weaker sense of obligation , but they do have to work out the nature of their relationships and the patterns of support associated with them , in circumstances which are very different from the past . |
| 5 | ‘ A year which would encompass elections with economic significance in both our main areas of investment and , as it turned out , a currency crisis of substantial proportions at home , did not necessarily augur well for our capital performance . ’ |
| 6 | The world No. 1 gave the tie her best , however , but even that was not enough to make up for the shortcomings of her second in command , Claudia Kohde- Kilsch . |
| 7 | Although people were allowed to eat other foods freely , in fact when they were deprived of their refined carbohydrates they tended not to increase their intake of these alternative foods very much — not enough to make up for the calories they were saving . |
| 8 | But that one painted notice is not enough to make up for the shabby doors , scruffy brickwork , and grimy frosted glass . |
| 9 | Because we believe in stable democratic government supported by a majority of the British people , we shall not only campaign wholeheartedly for fair votes in the coming weeks , we also make a pledge for the period after the election . |
| 10 | Such ensembles were not merely gathered together for the occasional ballet ; there were , in fact , three standing oboe bands at court , or , more accurately , three ensembles whose members played the oboe much of the time . |
| 11 | Sir Ranulph Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes , 48 , had not exactly dressed up for his meeting with John Major . |
| 12 | From the party viewpoint Law 's methods were successful but dangerous ; expectations raised when the party was in full cry were not easily set aside for an eventual compromise , and the only outcome that would fully vindicate the methods was the recovery of power . |
| 13 | He says , I 'm not just running round for six hot sweets ! |
| 14 | I mean really useful , not just waiting about for the next piffling stage part . ’ |
| 15 | However , they were not normally set up for the heavy infantryman 's tactics of prolonged defence before a steady advance , although they were misused in these roles at times . |
| 16 | Er Brian has already confirmed that er he will support the Conservative resolution which in effect recognises that some of the changes in government regulation over the past er decade has not always turned out for the best er this County in particular order er other asked the Secretary of State to re to relieve some of the pressures that generates in that area and it 's for that reason er |
| 17 | They have given many parties in their time , but on New Year 's Eve they have always gone out to the gatherings of others — sometimes to several gatherings in the course of the evening , and some years separately , not always meeting even for the magic chimes . |
| 18 | This balance — this neutrality — is not carefully preserved simply for LCH 's comfort and well-being . |
| 19 | Labour ward councillor Margaret Thomas said people in the house had threatened opponents of the planning application who would not now come forward for fear of repercussions . |
| 20 | I 'm not really cut out for adoption . |
| 21 | ‘ You 're probably not really cut out for the life of brigandry and terrorism , ’ said Cornelius kindly . |
| 22 | I was right on both counts , but it did not really sink in for some time that I had joined a charity . |
| 23 | Jim had not really woken up for his breakfast and was happy to curl up in the back again . |
| 24 | A few minutes ' walk away the Boulevard Gallieni has been renamed the Boulevard Soummam but it is still spectacular : wide enough for the sun to congregate here for most of the day , not simply dropping in for an hour as it always has to in the canyon streets of Manhattan . |
| 25 | Gazza did not even come out for the second half — he had proved all he needed to prove to any disbelievers still out there . |
| 26 | Comdex/Spring in Chicago last week was for all intents and purposes a Microsoft Corp event , all the energy and sparkle belonging to the Windows World side of the house , OS/2 being a footsore also-ran and Unix not even showing up for the race . |
| 27 | As it takes some time to get the system going and prepare the animal for recording , any one experiment can run for many hours , and as a result neurophysiologists tend , even more than any other lab scientists I know , to be erratic nightworkers and ( at least when they are graduate students ) not well cut out for normal social relations . |
| 28 | Solaris ‘ degrades performance … and is not well balanced yet for multi-processing , ’ the company says . |
| 29 | Graham Taylor 's battling heroes could not quite hold on for a win that would have allowed the beleaguered England manager to say ‘ Nuts ’ to his critics . |
| 30 | As they break for food the general conversation is n't much toned down for her benefit . |