Example sentences of "not the [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the figures that we worked out are not the figures for commitments within the six to ten mile area of search . |
| 2 | Digital 's Equipment Corp 's new DECpc AXP 150 is not the machine for people that want to run shrink-wrapped Windows applications quickly . |
| 3 | The DECpc AXP 150 is not the machine for people that want to run shrink-wrapped Windows applications quickly . |
| 4 | Reference to the ‘ pièces de Marais ’ are probably the Pièces à une et à deux violes ( 1686 ) rather than the Pièces en trio pour les flûtes , violon & dessus de viole ( 1692 ) , since the viol pieces ( and not the ones for flute ) are found in Jacques 's posthumous inventory . |
| 5 | Nice men all but surely not the management for South Africa 's first major tour since 1981 . |
| 6 | This is not the case for persons in receipt of Supplementary Benefit . |
| 7 | Nationalised industries usually have an advantage against their ‘ sponsoring ’ ministry in that their management is more continuous than that of ministers and mandarins , but this was not the case for Citrine . |
| 8 | He suggests that IBM has been using cash to offer attractive financing to help sell mainframes to generate the revenue growth to cover the cost of its 180,000-strong mainframe-oriented sales and service organisations , and needs to work out how to make the mainframe business the cash cow it should be , focussing on the near $20,000m in sales , general and administrative costs , not the $6,500m for research and development , pointing out that saying it is cutting $1,000m off this , mainly on mainframes , while not making a proportionate cut in costs , is a recipe for disaster . |
| 9 | Not the clothes for cross-country , and he would stand out like a beacon on the fringes of the villages and collectives that he must circle like a fox coming to the dustbins for food . |
| 10 | The essential matter which has been argued before me is whether or not the order for payment out to Crossman Block should now be confirmed . |
| 11 | Hardy , in contrast , with his traditional ‘ sponge and bucket ’ approach to treatment , was not the man for Chapman , who wanted an up-to-date training and medical department that could deal with injuries quickly and effectively . |
| 12 | In a televised speech on May 1 , Zia appealed for national unity , saying that " there may be differences of opinion in a democracy … [ but ] this is not the time for differences " . |
| 13 | This was not the time for prayer . |
| 14 | ‘ It is not the time for vaulting that five-bar gate , ’ he says . |
| 15 | ‘ For God 's sake , Laura — this is not the time for conversation ! ’ |
| 16 | Tory smallholdings spokesman Coun Michael Hedley said : ‘ We agree the county council should keep the future of the estate under consideration but now is not the time for change . ’ |
| 17 | They have not the time for speech training , and are perhaps afraid to embarrass you , and by criticising your speech to add to your shyness in discussion . |
| 18 | SIR — I agree with Louise Denny ( letter , April 6 ) that this is not the time for composers and other music copyright holders to be spineless . |
| 19 | Now was not the time for emotion , but for logic . |
| 20 | That 's not the reason for God doing anything . |
| 21 | But this was not the reason for Chrissie 's restrained tears . |
| 22 | Finally I was given the number , but not the code for Guildford , connection being broken before I could ask for it . |
| 23 | That 's not the place for entertainment — it 's for your knitting and your eating and your bit of slap and tickle . |
| 24 | ‘ Colette says a lounge is not the place for books . |
| 25 | While I do not regret spending the time with my children in their early years , I feel that the medical world is not the place for people trying to combine a family and career . ’ |
| 26 | However , in our experience the matter is less clear-cut and what is right for some is not the solution for others . |
| 27 | Finally , on Sunday morning Emerson woke up to find it raining — and Monza is not the track for rain , nor is rain a help to someone on the third row of the grid . |
| 28 | Promotion for Hilde was not the cause for celebration she had expected : |