Example sentences of "[not/n't] [vb infin] [to-vb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 2 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 3 | This owed something to the thoroughness with which Gloucester outmanoeuvred the opposition , which meant that he did not need to hunt for extra support . |
| 4 | Then I had to be honest , and say that I could not guarantee to work for longer than four months . |
| 5 | ‘ Ken Barlow is one character I did not expect to survive for any great length of time , ’ said the Street 's creator Warren , 55 . |
| 6 | Ianthe was trying to imagine what the room would be like and where exactly the house would be but somehow did not like to ask for further details . |
| 7 | The main thrust was to consolidate the company 's $53m debt into a low interest syndicated loan and a bond that would not begin to mature for two and a half years . |
| 8 | Tolkien had finished The Lord of the Rings by 1949 , though it was refused on his terms and did not begin to appear for another five years , on a non-royalty agreement — to be coolly received by reviewers at home and rapturously welcomed in that heartland of Anglo-Saxon romanticism , the United States of America . |
| 9 | Managers who never leave do not have to wait for another manager to retire or die so that they can fill their shoes . |
| 10 | ‘ We do not have to search for critical mass , ’ Sir Denys points out . |
| 11 | These days you do not have to go for matching suites of furniture in the dining room , any more than you have to go for three piece suites in the living room . |
| 12 | We do not have to look for conventional biological survival values of traits like religion , music , and ritual dancing , though these may also be present . |
| 13 | In department X the company would not have to pay for more labour hours but more will be worked ( instead of being idle ) . |
| 14 | I did not have to pay for this copy , so there is no need for you to send any money . |
| 15 | His wife took this to their General Practitioner to obtain a prescription to ensure a continued supply ( he does not have to pay for this ) . |
| 16 | Fife also revealed that tax-payers would not have to pay for uncollected poll tax arrears , believed to stand at up to £35 million . |
| 17 | If tax-relief-induced donations did not go to pay for mainline social service functions and elected representatives still felt it necessary to continue to provide them , they would have a lower tax base on which to raise the revenue . |
| 18 | The University does not undertake to pay for special materials , equipment , etc. required by a student in the course of research . |
| 19 | Or are you saying that the level of provision the County Council propose for employment is excessive bearing in mind that they do not propose to cater for one hundred percent migration ? |
| 20 | You can place orders on the spot with publishers you know , and it does not harm to ask for extra trade fair discount ! |
| 21 | The truth , more probably , is that he laid them aside to take on commissions for which he would be paid : at this stage in his life he could not afford to compose for sheer pleasure . ) |
| 22 | There was not enough food being grown on the farms and the government could not afford to pay for all of the grain it had requisitioned from the farmers . |
| 23 | The Government have never accepted that there are some people who can not afford to pay for local government services . |
| 24 | Tom wants someone on hand but I do n't want to ask for extra men on Boxing Day in case of trouble which might well not happen . |
| 25 | ‘ No , but Nick ( Logan ) would send you on jobs you did n't want to do for various misdemeanours . |
| 26 | His wife Doreen said : ‘ I do n't want to comment for obvious reasons but I 'm happy with what my husband says . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't want to look for another ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ He said I did n't need to work for financial reasons and how could I leave the children ? |
| 29 | They did n't appear to care for each other greatly . |
| 30 | No he do n't have to go for that |