Example sentences of "[not/n't] [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Soviet Union was requested not to issue a permit for a proposed scientific catch of 90 minke whales ( which had been scheduled for summer 1991 ) , and Japan was invited to reconsider its research under special permit proposing an Antarctic catch of 300 minke whales ( plus or minus 10 per cent , scheduled for the 1991-92 season ) . |
| 2 | Lack of confidence in the ‘ Portrait of Michael Wohlgemut ’ attributed to Durer resulted in failure at £380,000 ( est. £600,000–800,000 ) while Sotheby 's must have considered themselves unlucky not to find a buyer for the rare Garofalo ‘ Calumny of Apelles ’ ( lot 41 , est. £200,000–300,000 ) , an important but difficult canvas . |
| 3 | However , in reaffirming it as an objective , Mr Kinnock was careful not to set a timescale for reducing unemployment to between 750,000 and one million , depending on circumstances . |
| 4 | But a spokesman said that even if the Foundation decided not to open a clinic for sex offenders , work still needed to be done on the building . |
| 5 | So a sensible compromise is to examine the baby to see if there is any obviously treatable cause for its symptoms , and if there is not to advise a treatment for the temperature or diarrhoea , or whatever the baby is suffering from . |
| 6 | If you decide not to have a test for HIV then you should still follow the guidelines for safer sex and safer drugs use . |
| 7 | G. decided not to take a stat for this reason , though there was every reason to , as he acknowledged . |
| 8 | In fact Charles 's childhood experiences confirmed him in his decision not to employ a nanny for his own children . |
| 9 | He stood with the drink in his hand , deciding whether or not to make a run for it . |
| 10 | The European Free Trade Association was formed in 1959 , by Britain , Switzerland , Austria , Portugal and the Scandinavian Countries , but it was not to prove a substitute for the E.E.C . |