Example sentences of "n't a [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is n't a night for being outside . ’ |
| 2 | IBM and Hewlett-Packard decided — or were persuaded by independent software vendors — that a common kernel was n't a necessity for competing with NT — in Hewlett-Packard 's view , ‘ users do n't give a damn about the kernel anyway , they need application programming interfaces , ’ says European computer systems marketing manager Bernard Guidon . |
| 3 | There is n't a word for it . |
| 4 | It was n't a day for the faint hearted . |
| 5 | For those who were not going , however , it still was n't a day for giggling or cream buns , for showing off lunchtime shopping or for mocking the office messenger . |
| 6 | On the other hand it would save us driving 30-odd extra kilometres in the rain , and anyway I said if we get there and there is n't a ferry for hours we can just carry on to Calais . |
| 7 | ‘ There is n't a budget for this , ’ says JWT 's joint managing director William Eccleshare , but a quick tally of advertising costs per paper shows the campaign could have cost up to £450,000 . |
| 8 | ‘ She always says that on the court she is n't a mum for me and I ca n't imagine that she is n't my mum . |
| 9 | No , it is n't a home for fat , elderly over-the-hill musos , but a record label called simply robsrecords . |
| 10 | This is n't a defence for hollow formalities . |
| 11 | I do n't , there is n't a Co-ordinator for prisoners as such is there ? |
| 12 | There is n't a driver for the i variant of the printer and I 'm not sure there ever will be . |
| 13 | This booklet is n't a blueprint for a policy , but a guide . |
| 14 | I must say this was n't a problem for anyone here and I would hope that moving the string ferrule does n't affect the brightness or jangle factor overmuch . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ Until they scored , there was n't a problem for us . |
| 16 | Which is n't a problem for Pool . |
| 17 | Are you sure it was n't a surprise for Berenice ? ’ |
| 18 | Deeper cracks are undoubtedly the best — this is n't a unit for marginal placements or pockets . |
| 19 | So , up we go the road narrows straight past the first left , there is n't a sign for Monkey Island at all . |
| 20 | Now , no , erm if there is n't a ministry for women , and if there is n't a government change I do n't think that 's a bad thing . |
| 21 | It was n't a battle for top dog after all . |
| 22 | I mean acting is n't a cure for cancer or anything , but it is something I can potentially be very good at so I try and do my best , but my narrow-minded qualities do tend to come through on film sometimes . |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway it was n't a time for painting pictures , Little Father . ’ |
| 24 | Now the Supreme Court declared that decision that the constitution gives the power to regulate interstate commerce to the national government , I E it was n't a matter for New York , it was n't a question of whether New York or New Jersey should control it , it was a matter for the federal government not for either of the states . |
| 25 | the trouble is though when you have these meetings you go and people say well I do n't agree with this and I do n't agree with that and somebody says well this is n't the matter for the P T A this is a matter for the governors and then when you try and , like Gary I 'll go and approach with the governors , surely this is n't a matter for the governors , this really ought to be , you know , the , |
| 26 | It 's just common sense and proves what we 've always said that there is n't a need for this reservoir . |
| 27 | ‘ They are not using the services in their own authorities so SSDs are misled into believing there is n't a demand for services . |
| 28 | It was a poor match for the 1,019 crowd to endure and with both sides using the big boot upfield on the sloping pitch , it was n't a game for the purists . |
| 29 | Tremayne was held in genuine respect and I saw more sympathy than smirks : yet he in many respects was the stoker of the ill-feeling between his warring jockeys , and putting me among them was n't a recipe for a cease-fire . |
| 30 | " A criminal trial is n't a tribunal for eliciting the truth . |