Example sentences of "not [adj] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said yesterday that it was not profitable for the new trust members to speculate on why the Scottish Office had not appointed a member of the medical school . |
| 2 | it 's not uniformed for the whole sentence |
| 3 | And he admits : ‘ It is not normal for the Spanish people to leave the place where you were born for long spells . |
| 4 | It was not possible for the NFER project team to study in any detail the role of investigative work in a graduated test scheme , partly because few schools associated with the project had gone very far towards introducing it into their curricula . |
| 5 | Drawing on an analysis of American inter-organizational relations Lindblom argues that it is simply not possible for the central state to impose its wishes on the local state . |
| 6 | If it feels like an extreme observation — and , in parts , not unprescient for the great financial débâcles of the nineteenth and late twentieth centuries — Johnson was also voicing an intellectual 's fashionable enquiry into the lastingness of common interest . |
| 7 | It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound . |
| 8 | Clearance and redevelopment took their toll in a planning system which decreed that the densities deemed acceptable by the Victorian house builders were not appropriate for the late twentieth century . |
| 9 | In the event that the defender contends that the case is not appropriate for the Optional Procedure , argument to that effect can be made , but insofar as the Diet Roll will be heard approximately eight weeks after service of the Summons , a decision as to how to proceed will require to be taken at an early stage . |
| 10 | SSP is not payable for the first three qualifying days in a PIW . |
| 11 | Housing benefit is not payable for the first £16.25 of rent outside London or £23.45 of rent within London for any student . |
| 12 | This is because of the eight-month lag in indexation , which means that the bond is not inflation-protected for the last six months of its life . |
| 13 | Many of the chalets are set on a hillside reached by steps — not ideal for the infirm or very young children . |
| 14 | It is quite possible and not unusual for the transsexual man or woman to marry and have children . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not unusual for the big equinox tides to bring 'em in . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm expecting him to report and , with five matches in the next four weeks , any player who is not fit for the first game will not necessarily miss the rest of them , ’ said Taylor . |
| 17 | Ranulf and Maltote disappeared like will-o'-the-wisps whilst Corbett received one of Maeve 's lectures about the need to rest , as well as the dangers of charging about on the King 's business in weather not fit for the worst of sinners . |
| 18 | LISTENING BACK now to Michael Gira 's agonised wailing combined with N Westerberg 's non-guitar , Harry Crosby 's deep-seated bass and Roli Mosimann 's drum thunder , you feel transported to the future — not nostalgic for the mid '80s . |
| 19 | It was not hard for the British , whose influence remained powerful in Teheran , and who had a spy in Mossadeq 's own Council of Ministers , to portray him as a madman to lead Iran into the Soviet camp . |
| 20 | It is not uncommon for the same Commission officials concerned with proposing draft legislation to be responsible for the enforcement of that legislation against member states when it is passed . |
| 21 | It is not healthy for the 45 million people of England to be so dependent both economically and politically on decisions made at the centre . |
| 22 | By his order dated 14 July 1992 the judge granted a declaration that it was not unlawful for the first or third defendants to administer a blood transfusion to T. if they considered that it was in her best interests to do so . |
| 23 | This was not feasible for the current project , hence these tags were replaced by more general tags . |
| 24 | Where parents or children were not present for the whole conference they should receive as a minimum " written confirmation of the main findings of the conference , a note of who attended and who was absent and confirmation of the decisions and recommended plan of action " . |
| 25 | In an urban environment , basement flats are not advisable for the single dweller . |
| 26 | In this way a defence that the property was already damaged and that the defendant is not responsible for the present damage can be countered . |
| 27 | Day works should be bed as they provide no incentive for a contractor to be efficient because he or she is not responsible for the efficient use of resources , the profit is guaranteed and there may be a risk of double payment . |
| 28 | Furthermore , in type I diabetic patients , hyperglycaemia redyces gastric emptying indicating that insulin is not responsible for the inhibitory effect of hyperglyucaemia on gastrointestinal function . |
| 29 | There was a connection of sorts — Carolan was Stavanger 's son-in-law , but fathers are not responsible for the political views of the husbands of their daughters , and there was no evidence — apart from the election address in his desk — that Stavanger took much interest in the political life of the Carolans . |
| 30 | The mean time taken to achieve a normal cry , although shorter in the artemether group , was not significantly so , and the difference was not responsible for the significant difference in coma resolution times . |