Example sentences of "not [verb] for [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time .
2 She did not stay for coffee .
3 He did not stay for coffee but left the hotel and walked down the almost deserted main street .
4 I shall not stay for coffee .
5 There were seventy- five paintings in the exhibition and by the time I left , which was quite early as I did not stay for dinner , most of the pictures had a little red sold label .
6 So the question of the soundness of Atkins L.J . 's dictum did not arise for decision in that case .
7 What the position would have been if , say , half of the contents including the signature had been written on one occasion and the rest of the contents on another , later , occasion , with the deceased indicating on the later occasion to the two witnesses that he regarded his signature as authenticating the whole of the contents , does not arise for decision and need not be decided now .
8 One possibility which did not exist for Franca , since something in her had already killed it dead , was that one day Jack might tire of Alison , or Alison of Jack .
9 Conservation safeguards exist in the UK , particularly for SSSIs and , to a lesser extent ( under a voluntary arrangement ) in the National Parks of England and Wales , but such afforestation Proposals outside designated areas would not be subject to any significant level of control , particularly because prior approval does not exist for grant aid .
10 I did not exist for Jean-Claude as a separate human being with needs of my own .
11 That right will not exist for workers within a company .
12 ( Unfortunately such good descriptions do not exist for LE ! )
13 The rain had not stopped for days on end .
14 The pathogenesis , diagnosis , treatment and control measures are as for the other ruminants , but care must be taken in choosing the anthelmintic since many of those recommended for sheep and cattle are not registered for use in goats .
15 An overseas individual subscriber not registered for VAT , who may previously have incurred VAT through the member state 's post office collection system , will now benefit from a VAT-free magazine , simply because the UK legislation specifically zero-rates those goods — at least for the time being !
16 As flat rate farmers are not registered for VAT , they will not account for VAT on their sales , nor will they be able to make a claim for VAT incurred on business purchases .
17 The sheet explains what an NMT is ; what arrangements apply when supplying an NMT to a person not registered for VAT for removal to another EC country ; what happens if a new vehicle is to be used on UK roads before it is removed to another EC country ; and what to do if obtaining an NMT in the UK for removal to another EC country .
18 Small firms that are not registered for VAT naturally do not charge it .
19 Booksellers may also get entangled in the complexities of the new ‘ distance selling ’ provisions if they are supplying private individuals or small institutions not registered for VAT .
20 I understand that if a bookshop were not registered for VAT it would still be charged VAT by its suppliers but would not be able to reclaim either through Customs & Excise or by passing the charge on to its customers and therefore would face very heavy pressure on margins .
21 The rebel four say : A CLUB SHOP has £60,000 takings a year but is not registered for VAT — and does not appear in the records .
22 Despite a long tradition of education , there is still a lack of qualified teachers : in 1986 almost 400 teaching posts were not filled for lack of trained applicants .
23 If this population is representative of the UK nationally , a substantial number of patients dying from end stage liver disease is being denied the option of liver transplantation because they are not referred for assessment .
24 With one exception previous studies of acute renal failure were renal unit based and did not include those patients who were not referred for specialist opinion .
25 This study shows that some patients are not referred for specialist opinion , the shortfall being mainly among elderly people .
26 This was not calculated for sleep position and breast feeding because of the similar exposure distribution of these two variables among Maori children and their controls ( table IV ) .
27 In spite of the attractions , Guide has not adopted this uniform approach , mainly because unifying rather different types of object does not make for simplicity .
28 This reciprocal position did not make for sincerity and real understanding .
29 What is more , by using a more polite or polysyllabic manner of discourse , you will be telling the client so ; as well as implying that you are a loftier being which does not make for rapport .
30 Of course he had some other assets , but the collapse of the central part of his fortune did not make for buoyancy .
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