Example sentences of "not [verb] for its [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 2 | In a market , bargaining is constrained by threats of imminent termination of any existing or proposed contracts ; opportunism is controlled by the readiness of people to sever their dealings with other resource owners ; and continuity of an agreement between people is not valued for its own sake : transactions are administered in an impersonal way , typified by the ‘ faceless ’ bargaining of competitive market models . |
| 3 | The World Bank is not celebrated for its radical reforming zeal . |
| 4 | Efford , challenging Peter Bottomley in marginal Eltham , is a London taxi driver — a breed not noted for its left-wing sympathies . |
| 5 | Tough it may be , but Washington is one who defied the odds to achieve world status in a sport not known for its liberal representation of blacks . |
| 6 | When the Military Service Act was introduced in January 1916 , the Labour Party Conference , while dissenting , agreed not to campaign for its reappeal , thus enabling the Party leader , Arthur Henderson , to remain in the Coalition Government . |
| 7 | Why should the Tory party not pay for its own advertising out of party political funds rather than constantly using taxpayers ' money to try to get its message across ? |