Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for [art] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Health warnings on advertisements do not work for the same reason as health warnings on labels — they represent a token gesture which will have no material effect . |
2 | It should be suppressed in spoken language interpreting , but in sign language interpreting it may not be , since speech and sign , at least on the surface , will not compete for the same articulator . |
3 | Dana did not reappear for a few days , and during that time I felt I was going mad . |
4 | ‘ Well , it wo n't matter for the few yards back to the cottage … ’ |
5 | Erm , well I I could n't speak for the latter two programmes cos I do n't know enough about the arrangements there but I have got a a fair amount of knowledge on both tornado and Eurofighter . |
6 | Sometimes people ca n't speak for the same sort of reasons , but it 's always got to be something traumatic that 's happened . |
7 | You see , when we went through the asteroid storm , I did n't watch for a few seconds . |
8 | Sir Stanley 's only regret is that he did n't play for a few years more . |
9 | He says that if it 's given regular pruning there 's no reason why it should n't live for a few hundred years more . |