Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is never achieved ; it is never enough : military power is to be developed not just for security of the homeland , but for restraining Imperialism throughout the world . |
| 2 | Already , though , the examiners are looking not only for knowledge of syllabus content but also for those intellectual qualities that make a successful chartered accountant . |
| 3 | ‘ Employers look not simply for participation in social societies , but for those who attain officer status ’ read a framed commendation on their stand , typed on the headed notepaper of a firm of City solicitors . |
| 4 | The information obtained was being used not only for patient care but also for management purposes such as audit , planning services , resource management , and monitoring contracts . |
| 5 | In its two years of existence , Charterail has tried to demonstrate that the railways could be used not only for bulk freight such as coal , aggregates and steel , but were also flexible enough to shift fast-selling consumer goods efficiently . |
| 6 | Canals were used not only for transport of goods but also for ferrying passengers and for the occasional pleasure trip . |
| 7 | The band is used not only for worship in the citadel , but also for evangelism in public places . |
| 8 | It can be used not merely for recruitment purposes but also for defining training needs , establishing pay scales , safety arrangements , improving work methods and so on . |
| 9 | Bakewell bred not only for meat but for as much tallow as possible and in doing so he improved the Longhorn but at the same time destroyed its future prospects . |
| 10 | As consumers , we pay not only for labour but also for land . |
| 11 | They recalled the Augustinian view of political authority as established not merely for defence against external enemies , but also for internal peace . |
| 12 | Quarries that are chosen not just for convenience , but for geological perfection . |
| 13 | Throughout much of these types of activity , the practice of careful observation , note-taking and written accounts will play an important part ; several of the schools reporting in Freeman 's ( 1969 ) book on team teaching stated that their students had gained a valuable facility in note-taking which was required not only for science but in other subject fields . |