Example sentences of "[conj] not for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I now know for certain that Selina Street is n't tucking Alec Llewellyn , or not for the time being anyway . |
| 2 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
| 3 | Nuno 's ability is a matter of opinion , but the point about the Trantec ads is a matter of fact , although not for the reason your correspondent quotes . |
| 4 | He quotes Gamgee : ‘ He toiled for lucre and not for the advancement of veterinary science ’ . |
| 5 | The House of Lords held that the question whether the conduct was prejudicial to the interests of the state was for the court and not for the jury . |
| 6 | The opposite side of the argument is that in task allocation people may not receive appropriate care at appropriate times and that the day is succession of minor interruptions , made for the convenience of the organisation and not for the benefit of individuals . |
| 7 | The director of a company has a duty to carry on the business of that company in all respects in good faith for the benefit of that company and not for the benefit of other group companies . |
| 8 | Mr. Philipson , relying on the final paragraph of the notice itself quoted above , and upon a minute textual analysis of Mr. Barnes ' affidavit , submitted that it was plain that the real purpose of the Bank of England was to obtain the documents for the Federal Reserve Board , and not for the purpose of exercising its own supervisory function . |
| 9 | Payments made ex gratia or as compensation for loss of office by the vendor of the business will not usually be deductible by the vendor because they are made in connection with the discontinuance of the trade and not for the purpose of enabling the company to carry on its trade . |
| 10 | Note also that a person domiciled in the Channel Islands can benefit from owning the assets specified in s6(3) by virtue of s267(2) although the relief in s48(4) only applies for the purposes of s6(2) and not for the purpose of s6(3) . |
| 11 | The ground rules of completion are designed for the interests of the public and not for the interests of the profession alone . |
| 12 | His lengthened features were expressionless , but just for a moment Rostov imagined that the bow was intended for him , and not for the Altun . |
| 13 | The reason sometimes given is that the defences of justification and fair comment are for the jury , which is the constitutional tribunal , and not for the judge . |
| 14 | As Cobbett said afterwards , the people had wanted the Act " that it might do us some good ; that it might better our situation … and not for the gratification of any abstract or metaphysical whim . " |
| 15 | Special care he reserved for his own wife and not for the Mrs Strawsons of this world . |
| 16 | But is it a dialogue , or does each blackbird whistle for itself and not for the other ? |
| 17 | It was n't fair that a king should give up his throne for her , and not for the weaver 's daughter . |
| 18 | If your father 'e 'ad listened to the nurse and called for the doctor and not for the priest — puh ! ’ |
| 19 | This case is , as is readily appreciated , a case merely for the existence of some sort of second chamber , and not for the House of Lords as at present composed . |
| 20 | I have a rule that once I consider a portrait is finished , I will never make alterations ; after all , as the painter , you are painting a portrait for yourself and not for the sitter 's wife . ’ |
| 21 | It is for the parties , and not for the tribunal , to see that all relevant evidence and legal argument is adduced . |
| 22 | Lord Oliver described the relationship in the following way : ‘ … the purpose for which the auditors ’ certificate is made and published is that of providing those entitled to receive the report with information to enable them to exercise in conjunction [ with others ] those powers which their respective proprietary interests confer on them and not for the purposes of individual speculation with a view to profit . ’ |
| 23 | Lord , for your sake , and not for the sake of those around us , may we not falter nor make empty plans but work to share your love and grace . |
| 24 | Rescripts were often penned for a case , and not for the world at large . |
| 25 | Whatever the size , an acer is grown mainly for the leaves — for their shape , their poise and their colouring — and not for the flowers , which are insignificant . |
| 26 | Continued allegations were made that surplus revenues were being applied for civic and municipal purposes and not for the improvement of the Harbour in accordance with the Acts of 1799 and 1826 . |
| 27 | And would politics based on religion have disappeared in Glasgow if not for the rise of the Labour Party ? |
| 28 | Thus , Chartism was the eldest surviving child of Owenism ; and the six points of the People 's Charter brought into sharper focus , and as a realisable political objective within the given constitutional framework , the expectations of most of those who had earlier looked , if not for the re-creation of man on Owen 's visionary model , at least for a rapid and general application of co-operative practice as the means to a better life : who had , in short , looked for the reconstruction of the state as an industrial democracy . |
| 29 | If not for the help of the librarian she might not even have found the book . |
| 30 | Doctors at King 's College Hospital , London , believe that Aisling Barnett , 35 , who suffered liver failure after reacting to a drug prescribed after the birth of her daughter , would have died yesterday if not for the operation . |