Example sentences of "not be [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As for the hair which used to be trimmed by a top London stylist and had swung in a smooth shoulder-skimming bob , it had not been cut for months and was now bundled unceremoniously on to the top of her head . |
2 | His hair , which had not been cut for weeks , fell in silky waves around his face . |
3 | I refer to your recent application for the above position and regret to advise that you have not been selected for interview . |
4 | He built out of that illusion a political cause which stirred the British electorate as it had not been stirred for decades and which has left its imprint on the Conservative Party and on British trade policy down to the present . |
5 | The other thing to remember is that women who have sex with women may be at risk of HIV infection if they share needles or syringes to inject drugs , or use semen that has not been tested for HIV if they want to get pregnant through self-insemination . |
6 | Application has reportedly not been made for CAA approval for the kit for G-AYIH or for any other UK registered aircraft . |
7 | Charles Innes , an experienced lawyer who advised Lord Dundas in political matters , had no doubt about the desirability of acting to meet Glassford 's wishes , pointing out that Carrick had not been dismissed for malversation , which would have made reinstatement a difficult matter , but for ‘ some piece of neglect or inattention ’ , and in fact another of Dundas 's correspondents appeared to get closer to the heart of the difficulty when he met with Glassford , reporting that |
8 | Under the previous system , works whose value had not been declared for taxation purposes were subject to taxation on the full sale price which was a severe disincentive to sellers . |
9 | If you have not been called for interview within four weeks of the closing date of , please assume that your application has been unsuccessful . |
10 | He had not been prepared for Cheltenham the same as some horses are , because there had been a last-minute change of plan for him and he would not have been really galloped hard . |
11 | He had not been prepared for John to stand on the floor of the penthouse , complaining . |
12 | The area has not been know for fashion stores for a long time , but the new Criterion building is the location of Sogo , the new drive-in fashion store . |
13 | She also made a handsome donation although she had not been asked for money . |
14 | IR systems have not been designed for end-users and require the skills of an intermediary . |
15 | This little Hampshire market town had not been designed for crowds such as these , and everyone kept on getting in everyone else 's way . |
16 | In retrospect , indeed , the only criticism was to be that the whole Supergrid had not been designed for conversion to even higher voltages . |
17 | The Supreme Court on July 17 refused the request of a pregnant Californian woman to retain possession of a French-made abortion drug , RU-486 , which had not been approved for use in the USA . |
18 | In Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 the Court of Appeal decided that when a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder had not been recommended for release by the local review committee or the Parole Board , before his next review he was not entitled to be told the reasons for the board 's decision . |
19 | They have not been corrected for production volume or business acquisitions and divestments . |
20 | More first-hand accounts which have reached the Tibet Information Network in London have not been translated for lack of funds . |
21 | both players have agreed their personal terms long ago and at least haaland will travel to england to join forest on new years day.none of these two players would have had a chance under the old rules for work permits — both are under-21 's for norway and both have not been playing for norways world cup team . |
22 | In SAVE 's experience , most listed buildings under imminent threat have not been offered for sale . |
23 | " The cabinets have not been cleaned for years . " |
24 | She put her head into the next room , an untidy and empty bathroom which looked as though the washbasin had not been cleaned for months . |
25 | Mogadishu airport had not been used for relief supplies since June 1 , when food aid had been stolen at gunpoint . |
26 | It was covered with climbing plants , and clearly had not been used for years . |
27 | In the case of the Earth the known surface repositories have been included , mainly the oceans for H , carbonates for C and nitrates for N. Surface repositories have not been included for Venus and Mars . |
28 | First , that the assistant recorder refused to quash these two counts , notwithstanding that the evidential basis for the allegation that the appellant was engaged in an office or employment in consequence of his false representations was not contained in any of the committal statements , nor in any evidence that had been led before the jury , and that the appellant had not been committed for trial on the offences alleged . |
29 | They have not been paid for aerial installation work which BSB had promised to subsidise . |
30 | The army itself seems unsure of this proposition , perhaps because it is waiting to see who is most likely to meet its wage bill : many soldiers have not been paid for months . |