Example sentences of "not for " in BNC.
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| 1 | — Not for the faint-hearted . |
| 2 | For most of them there is a cure ; but as yet not for HIV infection . |
| 3 | In Europe , classical times are a beginning for historians , but not for archaeologists . |
| 4 | It might make artistic sense for the gallery to borrow some key picture to enhance the look of an exhibition , but a picture which is not for sale is an expensive use of wall space . |
| 5 | If the Queen 's telescope had been able to reach into Patrick 's classroom , there would have been a surprise in store for her — but not for Patrick , who at least affects to believe the story that Orwellian minders are peering at the punters from the screens of the punters ' television sets . |
| 6 | Sell when you can , you are not for all markets . |
| 7 | Not for the novice , but still worth attempting . |
| 8 | It is quite possible that a number of other political changes would have got under way more recently were it not for the direct intervention of Pope John Paul II and the Vatican . |
| 9 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 10 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 11 | It is for active use , wrote Harsnet , not for contemplation . |
| 12 | Perhaps there is still something in it , but not for me , he wrote . |
| 13 | Not for 100 people , or 30 or 40 people , ’ she said . |
| 14 | A great detective might have considered this an astounding coincidence were it not for the fact that the hostelry was the only place in the whole of King 's Magnum Parva where a lady or a gentleman might obtain a meal . |
| 15 | Her patience in equally short supply , she found herself exasperated , not for the first time , by Peony 's snide tongue . |
| 16 | Wiping them might have been enough for most people — but not for somebody who was trying to do card tricks . ’ |
| 17 | Henry hesitated : but not for long . |
| 18 | For the next few days I was horribly inactive , gripped by a lethargy that I could not for the life of me understand . |
| 19 | It is not for us to judge . |
| 20 | Not for want of me trying . |
| 21 | How can her eyes and hands and breasts meet and mingle and Lucy say categorically , like not for one minute or second or fleeting flit of time , never never never had she been in love . |
| 22 | It was a time for fierce tactics , not for scruples . |
| 23 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 24 | His early involvement in this so-called jazz-poetry — which achieved such popularity in the sixties — shows that Leonard , not for the first time , and certainly not the last , was ‘ where it was all happening ’ before it actually happened . |
| 25 | Not for a living . ’ |
| 26 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 27 | To break away , to London , a bedsit , a rather cozy bedsit , laughter and plonk , moaning in the staffroom , and laughter , and exhaustion , and nothing , nothing achieved , not for the kids , not by me . |
| 28 | If it was not for the Grand Slam tournaments and the unique place they hold in the game , I am sure we would be losing this vital battle . ’ |
| 29 | It 's usually 95 degrees and humid , so it 's not for the lighthearted . ’ |
| 30 | This is because , played correctly , the stroke is a demanding one and is not for everybody to use . |