Example sentences of "not [vb infin] for [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given diminishing marginal utility of income , more income in one period can not compensate for lower income in another period . |
| 2 | Even if they were noted , they might not survive for longer than the solution of the particular case or point . |
| 3 | You need not look for greater injuries than these . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ You surely can not hope for better ? ’ |
| 5 | We could not wish for greater clarity . |
| 6 | Should disaster overtake him and the dreadful rumours become reality , she Joan , alias Anne Mowbray , would not wish for longer life … |
| 7 | Philip Healey , Acquisitions Monthly editor , said UK companies do not go for smaller acquisitions out of choice . |
| 8 | The White House said that the programme , to be announced tomorrow in a speech to a joint session of Congress , would also include a stab at controlling spiralling health care costs , but that Mr Clinton would not ask for higher contributions from beneficiaries of the Medicare programme , which provides health care for the elderly . |
| 9 | While my hon. Friend the Member for Oldham , West ( Mr. Meacher ) was speaking , I said that I challenged any Conservative Member of Parliament to spend just one week — I do not ask for longer — living on the money that so many of our constituents who are pensioners have to rely on — the state pension and income support . |
| 10 | However , the structure and design of houses are very important , and if feminists do not argue for better standards , women will be subjected to working in rotten conditions , bearing the brunt of the cuts in housing expenditure , greater costs of heating , more accidents in the home and endless other problems . |