Example sentences of "[be] not for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Definition : Investment is the production of or expenditure by firms on goods and services which are not for current consumption : that is , real capital goods , like factories , machines , bridges and motorways , all goods which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in future periods . |
| 2 | The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption . |
| 3 | It is firms ' spending on goods which are not for current consumption but which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in the future . |
| 4 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 5 | In practice this means that we do n't need to concern ourselves with the contents of such data files ; they 're not for human consumption without previous digestion by a computer . |
| 6 | But these things are n't for public consumption . |
| 7 | NT 's SMP implementation is not for existing iAPX-86 personal computers at all … |
| 8 | This level of pressure will strip paint , lift tiles and even cut thin metal so the option is not for widespread application . |
| 9 | The money is not for top-heavy administration but for research . |
| 10 | It contained a mass of papers relevant to the ‘ vision ’ , and sometimes it had been my duty to show it to privileged people , though it was not for general release . |
| 11 | That secret self which he drew on , and which he would draw out and test as time went on , was not for public display unless Burton willed it . |
| 12 | My daughter would not be here if it was not for orthodox medicine but I do believe her condition has been improved by homeopathy . ’ |
| 13 | I 'd have a lot more if it was n't for bloody death duties . ’ |