Example sentences of "is not [verb] for a " in BNC.

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1 But man is not made for a solitary , self-sufficient existence .
2 The post-mortems continue but the truth is , that from an operational viewpoint , the 1,500V DC Woodhead line is not missed for a moment .
3 Despite this , Federated Farmers , the farmers ' lobbying group , is not calling for a return to subsidies .
4 In Rangoon Nu announced : ‘ AFPFL is not calling for a general strike among workers at the present time .
5 If the resist is not exposed for a long enough period , it will not develop fully and so some traces will remain on the board .
6 So I really , my , my , my advice is not to aim for a hundred percent efficiency but always to programme five percent optimistically .
7 This is not to press for a reversal of the present position , but to understand that if the work of research students is to be understood in educational terms , then the first step is to accept that the role is a hybrid of research and of higher education .
8 Sometimes the tears come for no reason ( by which phrase we mean that someone is not crying for a particular reason , for something or someone in particular , but that they are crying for everything ) .
9 If you plan to eat in the living room , try to buy as generous a table as possible but one which will look quite in keeping with the room when it is not laid for a meal .
10 This standard Planner is designed to give a general purpose catchment for each centre and is not designed for a specific retail sector .
11 For that reason the acquirer may insist that the trust fund or estate is not distributed for a period , unless the beneficiaries accept liability .
12 If a property is not specified for a context that property is inherited , for each instance of the context , from the containing context .
13 If the applicant is not applying for a grant there is no obligation to consult .
14 In some circumstances , security is not required for a loan — written requirements regarding security are available from your local branch .
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