Example sentences of "not for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for a living . ’ |
| 2 | He shrugged his shoulders , ‘ At times I like to speak English , but not for a long time . |
| 3 | ‘ Before , but not for a long time now , ’ Maggie admitted reluctantly and Rose did not want to learn any more . |
| 4 | ‘ But they say he must n't go home and live on his own , not for a long while at any rate . ’ |
| 5 | Not for a bit , anyway . |
| 6 | They object to a little cotton apron on the mice which is made from a baby 's dress — it was suitable for a baby but not for a stuffed mouse to wear ! ’ |
| 7 | He did not for a while want to look at his own face . |
| 8 | Not for a while . |
| 9 | The demand which grew up amongst Congregationalists and , to a lesser degree , Baptists was not for a radical shift in the nature of their worship but for the external embellishment of traditional worship : flowers , organs and stained glass , but not chants , Holy Tables and liturgical seasons . |
| 10 | Not for a moment am I suggesting that these figures , always in billions , are not important ; only that I , an innumerate , can not make head or tail of them . |
| 11 | Votes are not for a particular person but for a list put up by a party . |
| 12 | He ruled that damages were due for the effects of surfactants but not for a small presence of phosphates . |
| 13 | ‘ Are ye not for a wee something after ? ’ queried Jim , taking his apron off . |
| 14 | This small band wish the possession of this large section of Oregon simply for room to gratify a wild , roaming disposition , and not for a home . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I have not for a moment suggested that children should be removed from the care of their parents . |
| 16 | It was here that the performance abandoned all semblance of script , but was nonetheless skilfully held together by the actors , who guided without being intrusive and did not for a moment step out of their roles . |
| 17 | Scientific and technological advances will help the world deal with greenhouse gases , but not for a hundred years or so . |
| 18 | The top is not visible from the road , and were it not for a sizeable cairn you could miss it altogether . |
| 19 | He typifies the marshman 's feudal protest against central authority , together with his longing , not for a new order , but for a return of the old . |
| 20 | Perhaps not for a seasoned traveller like Byron , but for most people there are still thousands of miles to cover and hundreds of countries to explore . |
| 21 | ‘ Not for a bit . |
| 22 | It 's never happened before … well , not for a long , long time . |
| 23 | Certainly there would have been no satisfaction in such behaviour if the would-be escaper had not for a time at any rate believed in himself |
| 24 | Not for a moment do I want you to believe unthinkingly in what I say . |
| 25 | She agreed to avoid alcohol , and because the next session was not for a week , to telephone the therapist in 3 days time to inform him of her progress . |
| 26 | He admired gnarled oak , beeches and silver birch , but occasionally he complained bitterly about bad planting , as when looking towards Langdale from near Tilberthwaite : ‘ Langdale on the right would finish the whole into a pleasant landscape , were it not for a frightful plantation of firs blotting out the pass on Wrynose . ’ |
| 27 | When handpumps break down , they can stand idle for want of maintenance , not for a week or two , or even for a few days , but for the lifetime of all the villagers . |
| 28 | It was the fancy of the good Doctor to bring together , from time to time , a considerable number of men whose lives were devoted to the advancement of science , and to entertain them , not for a day merely , but for several days , so that they might discuss together , without hurry or excitement , those matters of practical and theoretical science which were at the moment engaging the attention of the scientific world . |
| 29 | Once workers have installed Britain 's new cable , no one expects that the country will want to replace it — at least not for a long time . |
| 30 | Maybe it goes back to it being OK for a woman to show feelings , but not for a man . |