Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Such a situation can not persist for long since firms would go out of business . |
| 2 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 3 | Fabia found an answering encouraging smile , but her smile did not remain for long when after a second or two of studying her Cara stated , quite clearly , ‘ You . ’ |
| 4 | If the feeding tube were withdrawn Tony would not survive for more than two weeks . |
| 5 | The president and the vice-president are elected for one year and they are eligible for re-election , although they may not serve for more than three years . |
| 6 | He did not sing for long because he was old , but it was enough . |
| 7 | The parliament can not sit for more than six months of the year ( Article 28 ) ; the agenda is entirely determined by the government , its legislative duties are restricted to a specific range of policy areas ( Article 34 ) and its ability to hold ministers to account and to scrutinise and amend legislation is pitifully small . |
| 8 | I began to realise that life like this could not last for ever and so I asked to go back to the Cheshire Home for a holiday . |
| 9 | However , the effect did not last for more than two days at a time because Owen 's diet was still too high in white sugar and chemical additives . |
| 10 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 11 | The practices did not last for long and soon we were off . |
| 12 | But it can not last for long because at this level our exporters ca n't compete for sales across the Atlantic . |
| 13 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 14 | Contemporary observers were quite clear that the modest decline in marriage around 1870 could not account for more than 10 per cent of the fall in births ( Yule 1906 ) . |
| 15 | As regards content , the convention established that , where practicable , a majority of European works should be screened ; as regards advertising , it established that advertisements should not account for more than 15 per cent of daily transmission time . |
| 16 | Holdings of unlisted shares must not account for more than 15 per cent of total investment . |