Example sentences of "not [verb] for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One of Jacob Rothschild 's first decisions as Chairman of the National Heritage Memorial Fund was not to acquire for the nation the most comprehensive collection in England of naive art shop signs , weather vanes , country furniture , marine samplers and quilts , made between 1750 and 1900 offered by dealer/collector Andras Kalman . |
| 32 | The question is how do ‘ cultural revolutionary ’ cadres work within a framework of democracy , a word which is not emphasized for the purposes of irony but to indicate what still remains the central principle on which cultural revolution must be conducted . |
| 33 | I am not suggesting for a moment that this kind of problem can be resolved merely by putting more resources in , but at the same time there is need to spend more money , perhaps . |
| 34 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment it does n't cross my mind nor has Mr suggested that there has been any er deliberate failures to disclose something which was thought was , which you 've got and was thought relevant , but it , things do turn out to be potentially relevant in the course of the court appearance |
| 35 | I 'm not suggesting for a moment that university people are n't as integrated as anyone else . |
| 36 | He was proud that he , and others like him , had not fallen for the con-trick . |
| 37 | A tea bush requires constant attention : if not plucked for a year it can take two years to return to normal ; if bushes have to be uprooted , new ones take seven years to come into production . |
| 38 | We could not undress for a week in case of a submarine attack , and you all got a little cross , I remember . |
| 39 | The form used was complicated but could not compensate for the deficiencies of information about a population that was still highly mobile and still undergoing the stresses of war . |
| 40 | These honours could not compensate for the misery of his diocesan life . |
| 41 | Even if she was sitting next to him , complaining about his driving , her own imminent decease would not compensate for the depression generated by his own . |
| 42 | He had changed but not bathed , and the new slogan on his T-shirt , ‘ Maggie rules , OK ? ’ did not compensate for the stench of the great unwashed . |
| 43 | Although the money MI6 has provided has given him access to Western luxuries , they can not compensate for the fact that he will never see his motherland again . |
| 44 | These examples suggest that de-centralisation in itself will not substitute for the market 's rewards and penalties , or for genuine consumer sovereignty . |
| 45 | If such cells develop as they do because they contain only some of the genes — for example , just the genes for being a gut cell — then a nucleus from such a cell could not substitute for an egg nucleus . |
| 46 | ‘ I 've not come for a drink . |
| 47 | She had not come for the sake of experiencing a bush walk — and her willingness to help had been to gain time to carry out her plan , or rather , Aunt Bertha 's plan . |
| 48 | Authoritarians do not apologize for the smack of firm government . |
| 49 | The Republic 's Foreign Minister Dick Spring yesterday insisted that Dublin was not pressing for a US envoy ‘ for the present ’ . |
| 50 | It goes on to say ‘ though he stumble he shall not fall for the Lord upholds him with his hand ’ . |
| 51 | However , ‘ fun ’ does not translate for the community relations policemen as something opposite to work : the ‘ fun ’ is taken as a serious job of work . |
| 52 | If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult . |
| 53 | ‘ Not applying for a job with Hallmark cards , then , ’ I muttered to myself , sipping at my coffee . |
| 54 | Yo , you 're not applying for a job you are applying to erm go to Australia |
| 55 | in a family , you 're not applying for a job in a family , you 're applying work in a children in a group . |
| 56 | However , stock purchased for growth or expansion is normally regarded as capital expenditure and is therefore not considered for the purposes of recurrent funding . |
| 57 | In other words , there are some activities , which although similar to investment business , are not deemed for the purposes of the Act to be investment business and therefore do not require authorization . |
| 58 | John Taylor says he thought long and hard before deciding not to stand for the Conservatives in Cheltenham again . |
| 59 | Despite the preparation of various position papers between 1943 and 1945 the United States was not organised for the task of governing Korea . |
| 60 | He did not doubt for an instant that once he explained things to his brother , once he made him see what assets were available and how they could be used , Jean-Paul would rise from his lethargy and be as engaged , as excited , and as determined , as Edouard . |