Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Nevertheless , it must be recognized that co-operation by itself can not compensate entirely for inadequate funding .
2 It 's interesting that gay men on Switchboard found it much easier to accept that they did n't automatically know best for lesbians than white people on Switchboard find it to accept that they might not know best for Black people .
3 The top two are connected but the bottom two are not ; but any small portion of either of the bottom two also appears somewhere in one of the top two , so any node whose inputs are restricted to some small region can not behave differently for connected and disconnected inputs .
4 Why , then , do they not do more for small business and look again at legislation on the late payment of debt ?
5 But do not look here for specific advice .
6 Eat self-blanching celery as soon as possible as it does not keep well for long periods .
7 Of course , people do not work simply for economic rewards , and there may be other social and psychological losses on retirement ( though equally there may be gains ) .
8 First , individuals do not work only for pecuniary rewards .
9 It did not take long for moral earnestness to clash with secular utility .
10 ‘ We are not a national daily ; we do not go in for moral crusades . ’
11 Parker did not go in for German beer .
12 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 .
13 If he then varies or strays from the agreement in an unsatisfactory way you are only asking for trouble if you do n't act promptly for full recovery .
14 ‘ Why I wo n't speak up for fat people ’ by She-Devil star Julie T Wallace
15 WHY I WO N'T SPEAK UP FOR FAT PEOPLE !
16 ‘ I already wear a lot of Joe Bloggs ’ stuff because I do n't dress up for special occasions .
17 But 11 entries for novice chase and 17 for the handicap chase do n't augur well for big fields .
18 It did n't take long for Brown Owl to find out the whole story .
19 ‘ And she did n't go in for violent amateur dramatics with a bunch of friends ? ’
20 ‘ I do n't go in for other stuff , ’ he said .
21 I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’
22 ‘ It 's just that I do n't go in for casual encounters . ’
23 I do n't go in for serious boyfriends .
24 Anyway , I do n't go in for sharp manoeuvres much myself .
25 They are n't moody ; they do n't go in for sexual harassment
26 ‘ But we do n't go in for top models , ’ she said .
27 Though he kept a folder packed with suggestions for new volumes , he was keen to emphasise their serious didactic nature : ‘ We do n't go in for quick quack books . ’
28 Enya does n't go in for intellectual analysis of her music much , but when I tell her these first reactions to her heart- breakingly beautiful new album , ‘ Shepherd Moons ’ , she lights up with a certain delighted relief that two years of studio work seems to be hitting the right target .
29 ‘ We do n't come here for economic reasons — we come here to seek life . ’
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