Example sentences of "not [adj] [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons of compliance it was not possible to plan for longer experiments ( our experiments lasted approximately eight hours from start to end ) . |
| 2 | The Likud-led coalition , whose four-year term was not due to end for another five months , had lost its majority in January after the withdrawal of two right-wing parties , Tehiya and Moledet [ see pp. 38740 ; 38787 ] . |
| 3 | We had all arrived early — the prayers were not due to start for another half-hour — but already the vast courtyard was three-quarters full . |
| 4 | in this country are not willing to pay for other people 's children |
| 5 | There is no doubt that officialdom in Brussels turns a blind eye to anti-competitive behaviour by state-owned industries in a way that it is not prepared to do for private companies . |
| 6 | While it is now thought that they are interested in offloading part or all of this holding , it seems that they are not prepared to sell for less than the purchasing price of £1.20 . |
| 7 | Well , no , we are governed by our Annual General Meeting , but it 's not unrealistic to ask for double figures , because basically we were talking in that vein last year , and of course we eventually settled for 8.8 . |
| 8 | Outside funding is not easy to get for some of the feral animal programmes . |
| 9 | There is not much hope for national authorities to defend their rights before such a court , especially if the principle and aims of closer integration are accepted in the Treaty Amendments , because in the past the Court has used similar apparent commitments to force the pace of integration . |
| 10 | With Ali at the honouring of Schmeling was Mike Tyson , a reminder that these days there is not much hope for any White Hope . |
| 11 | With Ali at the honouring of Schmeling was Mike Tyson , a reminder that these days there is not much hope for any White Hope . |
| 12 | The Small Business Advice Bureau said there was not much call for banksia-blossom owls . |
| 13 | Needless to say , there was not much work for this legendary character as a film star ; the next film in which he appeared was Carry on Up the Khyber in 1960 . |
| 14 | Clearly , in a family dining room with several small children to cater for you are not likely to plump for any sort of exotica , or even the favourite splendours of velvet and mahogany . |
| 15 | Any review of the structures is not likely to stand for any number of years , it 's not likely to get absolutely right , erm , and so be flexible about your approach . |
| 16 | However , the amended agreement is not likely to appear for some time because , in September , the Publishers Association again appealed against the interstate decision . |
| 17 | It is not uncommon to wait for 5 hours for the result to be obtained . |
| 18 | We are not able to account for these industry level changes , but find the broad picture of " no change " of more importance . |
| 19 | But perhaps , more constructively , the results of this paper point the way to the appropriate modelling of economic behaviour when agents are not able to optimize for one reason or another . |
| 20 | ( Providing he was not first questioned for that offence in another part of the country ) . |