Example sentences of "[not/n't] [prep] a [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can it ever come to life again , not as a bait and hook for politicians to use , not as a shouting for soccer fans ? |
| 2 | He praised the US Environmental Protection Agency — ‘ an independent body of scientists who undertake research and research evaluation as a service to government ( but not as a spokesman for government ) . |
| 3 | Leapor 's appeal to the imagery of retirement is somewhat conventional , yet she uses that ideal of landscape not as a pretext for improvement but as a defence of existing topography . |
| 4 | God gave his inheritance to Abraham by promise , not as a reward for law-keeping ( Gal. 3:18 ) . |
| 5 | Many Shetlanders expressed concern about land being considered not as a resource for production , but as a resource to be treated simply as a kind of nonagricultural commodity i.e. something to be surrendered up from agriculture merely for money . |
| 6 | She was hungry , not with a need for food but with a desire for tastes . |
| 7 | ‘ … This form of selection depends , not on a struggle for existence in relation to other organic beings or to external conditions , but on a struggle between the individuals of one sex , generally the males , for the possession of the other sex . |