Example sentences of "not [adv] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DEPOSITED ABROAD Choosing a suitable foreign currency bank account may mean shopping around , not necessarily for the highest interest rates but for the best service available |
| 2 | But that was not enough for the new Chancellor , Denis Healey . |
| 3 | But that is not enough for the Gay Liberationists . |
| 4 | One book is not enough for the inexhaustible Terry , so we also have a new juvenile title from him , Johnny and the Dead ( £9.99 ) . |
| 5 | There are interesting telescopic objects in Boo¨tes , but not much for the binocular observer . |
| 6 | Not so for the Conservative campaign managers . |
| 7 | Such was the prophetic hope , not only for the Suffering Servant or the Messiah of Israel but for the whole people of God . |
| 8 | For example , most people buy free-range eggs not only for the extra taste and nourishment , but also because they approve of the conditions in which the hens are kept . |
| 9 | 1983 was a year of historical significance in the development of the BDA not only for the above events but because , by a happy coincidence , it was the year when Her Royal Highness The Princess of Wales agreed to become the BDA 's first Royal Patron . |
| 10 | Even if not in any way competitive , STACK membership is advantageous for the individual stunt flyer , not only for the informative manual , but also for its newsletter with a regular calendar of activities worldwide and tips on team flying . |
| 11 | I enjoyed ‘ Futility ’ very much as it is poem with a message for all people and like most of Wilfred Owen 's poems it is timeless and has a meaning not only for the first World War but for wars to come . |
| 12 | There are many differences between these two bodies , but a detailed comparative study could be useful not only for the two areas involved but also for the southern European countries about to join the EEC . |
| 13 | Reflection upon the experience is not only for the individual student however . |
| 14 | The collection of essays edited by Joyce ( 1987 ) is an important contribution to the history of work , not only for the satisfying ways in which it challenges orthodoxy about the social and political role of work , but also for its advocacy of the need to rethink work as a social construct . |
| 15 | It could be argued that such a system is valuable in all high risk operations : it provides reassurance not only for the surgical teams but also for patients who are operated on by a surgeon in whom seroconversion subsequently occurs . |
| 16 | Past sources of this strategic metal were all outside the EEC and strategic questions might possibly interfere with future supplies , which were essential not only for the nuclear power industry but also for the European nuclear arms industry . |
| 17 | In this respect England 's relations with Brittany were likely to be of great importance , not only for the positive reason that a friendly duke of Brittany would allow the use of his duchy as a stepping-off place into the mainland , but for the negative one that a hostile duke might cause untold harm to English maritime interests , both military and commercial , by failing to stop the activities of Breton pirates and privateers whose ships gave much trouble at sea , as complaints in Parliament and in some of the political literature of the time , notably The Libelle of Englyshe Polycye , testify . |
| 18 | Though Booth 's study did produce categories of poverty which showed that many people who were in employment were still below the poverty line , and Rowntree 's work was memorable , not only for the detailed way in which he examined the financial needs of households , but also for his concepts of ‘ primary ’ and ‘ secondary ’ poverty and the ‘ poverty cycle ’ . |
| 19 | But romance was in the air not only for the Royal Couple . |
| 20 | In Florida , the Caribbean , Queensland , and South East Asia they may be extremely extensive , and are important not only for the huge variety of life within them crabs , spiders , molluscs — but also for the many creatures that visit them for food ( herons , egrets ) and which breed in the shelter they provide . |
| 21 | Giger was asked to produce designs not only for the full-grown monster , especially its head , but also for the two earlier stages , the ‘ face-hugger ’ ( the piece that comes out of the egg to attach itself to an animal/human and force an embryo down their throat ) and the ‘ chest-burster ’ ( the small creature that has grown enough within the host to burst out to an independent existence , killing the host in the process ) . |
| 22 | So God 's promises to Abraham were not just for the selfish enjoyment of a chosen few . |
| 23 | A special treat , not just for the Russian children , but the whole school . |
| 24 | It 's a beauty — and definitely not just for the avid climber . |
| 25 | Let's exploit this , let let's use this not just for the existing members , let's use this as a recruitment tool . |
| 26 | It would be a problem not just for the Labour party but for business men up and down the country . |
| 27 | When we take somebody , assess their needs and offer them a care package , in terms of the elderly , erm , and more importantly in terms of those with physical disability or learning disability , we have basically got to support that person for the rest of their life , and therefore , the commitment is not just for the current year , the commitment in , in the case of the elderly depending on what is being offered , whether it be nursing home care , or residential care is for several months or years . |
| 28 | Also , the Minister must take these powers not just for the privatised subsidiaries but for all the bus operators currently providing services in Scotland . |
| 29 | This is likely to be the case not just for the first-time buyer , but also higher up the housing market . |
| 30 | We have to think a hundred years ahead , not just for the next year or two . |