Example sentences of "not [be] [verb] [adv prt] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | That claim has not been borne out for today 's designs , but such contracts can not easily be broken . |
| 2 | However months later he was able to start talking about his wife and the fact that they had not been getting on for some time and had begun divorce proceedings . |
| 3 | About the year 1737 , were found in St Margaret 's church-yard , Westminster , in a dry gravelly soil , at the depth of about 18 feet , or less , which had not been broken up for above fifty years before , three entire fir coffins ; the two largest clampt together with iron , as boxes sometimes are . |
| 4 | At present about 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes in selected countries : unlucky countries that have not been singled out for earmarked money are vulnerable to savage cuts . |
| 5 | Elderly people have not been singled out for special consideration either , but for quite a different reason : their needs are broadly the same as those of younger adults , and specialist mental health services for elderly people are now developing all over the country as a direct response to the enormous growth in the numbers of people with dementia . |
| 6 | From the survey , it would seem that many bureaux which own the microfilm system find many uses for it within the bureau when it has not been taken out for an outreach advice session ; it is used for training purposes in order to demonstrate access to and use of information in CAB advice work and it is also used for giving talks to outside groups . |
| 7 | Sotheby 's will be hoping that their clients ' wallets have not been laid up for the winter together with their yachts . |
| 8 | The second is that many processes simply can not be shut down for the weekends . |
| 9 | My father had recruited three young gypsies who had not been and could not be called up for the Navy . |
| 10 | But the development of a child 's body and mind in the first three years of life is absolutely vital — any stunting of growth in these years can not be made up for in later life . |
| 11 | It also presents the most difficult problem for those who , like myself , are convinced on practical grounds that a sufficient case can not be made out for the restoration of capital punishment . |
| 12 | The selectivity and control of conscious attention remains poorly understood ; very clearly it is not at all coextensive with information processing for much of this is never observed and can not be summoned up for examination . |
| 13 | The boys queued in sets of five outside the headmaster 's room , each clutching his signed slip and praying he would not be singled out for special treatment . |
| 14 | Your supply will not be cut off for at least fourteen days ( 21 in the case of gas ) to give the council time to help . |
| 15 | It does not assume any proof demonstrating its validity , and therefore it can not be knocked down for not offering it . |
| 16 | That stage can not be put off for ever . |