Example sentences of "[noun] not for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The examination of existing stations during the Coal Review established there is no case for early closure not for the abandoning Sizewell B. |
| 2 | Opposition Members believe that the British people have the basic talents and abilities which , with investment in their skills and a programme committed to training , will allow us to map out a better , more secure and more dignified future not for only those already in work but for the many people who will join the labour market in years to come . |
| 3 | ‘ I love Linda not for what she did for me but for who she is . |
| 4 | And I just spent three quarters of an hour to an hour with him and he said , Well I 've had a look at this erm , no thanks not for me . |
| 5 | Wright not for sale |
| 6 | Use the good weather — there 's no excuse not for not doing some exercise ! |
| 7 | I went to the cinema not for entertainment , but for cinematography . |
| 8 | But before our guests left I had reluctantly decided this was one story not for telling . |
| 9 | They are travelling out of necessity not for pleasure , therefore , the hotel must be a home from home , and they will most likely eat and drink in the hotel . |
| 10 | Not only is Jesus the only saviour but he 's also a presence saviour not for the future or the passed , but he is there now and he says now , Paul to the Corinthians now is the acceptable time , now is the day of salvation , not to be put off , not to wait until you 're older until this is settled and till that 's done and you 've had this experience or that experience , now is the accepted time , he is the presence saviour , he is not a saviour for you tomorrow , you do n't know what tomorrow will bring but he is a saviour for the present for now , also he is a complete saviour in Hebrews seven twenty five he is able to save forever , those who draw near to God since he always lives to make intercession for them and finally not only is he a complete saviour , but he will actually save you , not the person beside you , do n't worry about that he will actually save you , there in Romans chapter ten , thirteen , for whoever , for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved and so the invitation 's to you and it 's to me , it 's to us as individuals , are there a few that 's gon na be saved . |
| 11 | ‘ The tunnel will create an opportunity not for BR but for foreign railways , because they have an infrastructure . ’ |
| 12 | Ever fair-spoken , Malekith said that he desired the kingship not for himself but in honour of the memory of his father . |
| 13 | Stahl belongs to that dyed-in-the-wool amateur breed who follow the sun not for money but for fun . |
| 14 | Less than forty hectic hours later , Mrs Thatcher , who had once proudly proclaimed herself a ‘ lady not for turning ’ , had made the most dramatic U-turn of her whole political career . |
| 15 | Motor car & light goods vehicles up to 9 seats/3.5 tonnes not for hire or reward |
| 16 | But , may I ask yo , of you a question not for answers but will erm perhaps come later in the debate and that is what does the service of Holy Communion mean to you ? |
| 17 | This was a moment not for fairness but for plain speaking . |
| 18 | ‘ A double agent can be tripled ’ — or , presumably by the same token , quadrupled or quintupled — since he does n't necessarily know where one stage ends and the next begins , particularly in the case of a Russian who has left the pre-Glasnost USSR not for reasons of ideology , but for the chance to work out his physical theories on an up-to-date computer . |
| 19 | Unlike the damaged narcissists , with their compensations of spurious glory or morbidly melodramatized misery , the new pop workers want attention not for themselves , not for their make-believe world , but for what they have to say about the outside world . |
| 20 | It is a worrying time for the Cupertino company , but it probably can come through more or less unscathed , simply because people buy Apple kit not for the underlying technology but for what 's on top of it , so provided a happy marriage can be arranged between the PowerPC hardware and Apple 's software , and the thing ends up looking to the user like a Macintosh that is simply faster , more powerful , more easy to use and in all ways better than the 68040-based models , Apple should be able to scrape through — and there is still a Motorola Inc 68060 in the pipeline that Apple can fall back on if everything in the IBM relationship goes awry . |
| 21 | She concluded that the research indicated the need not for social training , but for : |
| 22 | If it war n't for 'im I reckon our Ann'd 've been down to visit ere now . |
| 23 | wife style ‘ s not for me Me |
| 24 | It is an argument not for training boards with a lot of bureaucracy , but for the present successful French policy where every employer has to spend money on training . |
| 25 | I believed him to mean that he climbed trees not for enjoyment but because he felt danger was his natural environment . |
| 26 | ‘ Yer never used to be like that till they came wi' their hot water and their olive oil — oil 's fer boilin' people not for washin' in . ’ |
| 27 | But there was a sadness in Alina 's eyes now , unlike anything that he 'd seen there before ; a sadness not for what had been , but for what could never be . |
| 28 | Yes , a clarification is for the staff not for the parents ! |
| 29 | There are some men who pay prostitutes not for overtly sexual favours , but far humiliation of the most humdrum kind . |
| 30 | Aline 's insight underlined my conviction on holiday that this was one tale not for retelling . |