Example sentences of "not [verb] for [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 2 | When syntactic information is not needed for further processing , it may be cleared from the short-term store . |
| 3 | We could not wish for greater clarity . |
| 4 | Should disaster overtake him and the dreadful rumours become reality , she Joan , alias Anne Mowbray , would not wish for longer life … |
| 5 | One surely could n't hope for greater understanding . ’ |