Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] for " in BNC.

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1 The world 's top securities market regulators , who met recently in Venice , cited the need to reconcile financial statements to local accounting standards as a significant factor in any company 's decision on which markets to target or not for an international offering of new shares .
2 And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week .
3 Whatever the support or not for these values , the book fails to recognize the wider changes that have gone on in the family and in gender relations , changes which may be quite separate in origin from the question of poverty , although they add to the poverty of women and children .
4 Thirdly , the structure and organization of services , the means of funding care services , whether by insurance or by state funds , and the mix of providers , whether public sector or not for profit based , all contribute to the diversity of care systems .
5 I now know for certain that Selina Street is n't tucking Alec Llewellyn , or not for the time being anyway .
6 No Mrs Drubb , or not for much longer .
7 a false indication that a price is expected to be increased or reduced or maintained ( whether or not for a particular period ) ;
8 Did he or not for God 's sake ? ’
9 Finally , as liver failure was predominant in at least 16 of the 29 patients dying within six weeks and as our score gives an objective information about the outcome of the patient ( unlike the classicacl Child-Pugh classification which is subjected to changes after improvement of the patient 's status ) cirrhotic patients with their first , potentially lethal , variceal bleeding should be early stratified as candidates or not for liver transplantation and the decision to proceed to transplantation should be considered in the high risk group defined by us .
10 The tenant 's holding is that part of the property occupied by him ( whether or not for business purposes ) or by an employee of his employed in the business giving rise to protection ( s23(3) ) .
11 Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest .
12 The 128 they made for the fifth wicket actually saw the visitors go on the defensive , although not for long .
13 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 .
14 Perhaps for the sake of brevity , although not for precision and clarity , it is not unusual in some catalogues and lists to find some species roses included under the rambler heading , which like R. wichuraiana , have the same sprawling habit and are sufficiently vigorous to get up into trees .
15 In Germany , municipal waste can be landfilled only after being sorted and processed ; in France , tough new landfill standards have recently been introduced ; in Britain , higher standards for new landfills ( although not for existing ones ) are being introduced under the terms of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act .
16 These works , although not for sale , have sometimes been known to appear on the market .
17 She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose .
18 ( The 1990 law — see pp. 37684-85 — and a July 1988 law both allowed for amnesties for politicians who had received illegal campaign funds hitherto , although not for those making such contributions . )
19 The license is still held by the local vicar , although not for much longer .
20 But there are a few well worn examples which have clearly seen action although not for law and order .
21 It is still much more common than not for teachers to do their teaching behind closed doors , unobserved by another adult , and to feel somewhat threatened on the odd occasion when they are being watched .
22 It is more common than not for upper-class women to join some religious or philanthropic organization which engages in charity work with the poor , in sharp contrast to the Popular Church 's emphasis on self-organization for change .
23 Italians think of the state system much as Britons used to regard ‘ Auntie ’ and not for nothing is it known as ‘ Mamma RAI ’ .
24 Ironically , and not for the last time in history , the Communist-inspired proletariat had more clout outside the Soviet borders than within .
25 He emphasized that peace had to be preserved for the entire human race and not for particular sections of it , pointing out that the word ‘ civilization ’ could be applied to a wide diversity of values .
26 Although the discussion of this process is beyond the scope of this book we must not forget that the whole outline of history is sketched in The German Ideology for two purposes and not for itself .
27 As he said ( and not for the first time ) , you ca n't beat a bit of local knowledge .
28 That was routine stuff and not for him .
29 He is ready , he says , to consider Syria 's ‘ vital interests ’ in Lebanon , and by that he appears to mean that its army could stay in the Beka'a Valley , provided it is clearly intended for defence against Israeli attack and not for interference in Lebanon 's internal affairs .
30 Despite the reported ‘ need to hear the voice of the Führer again ’ , Hitler 's traditional speech on 30 January 1942 , the anniversary of the ‘ seizure of power ’ , left some feelings of disappointment , since people were looking for comforting or encouraging words about the state of the war in the east and not for just another stereotype repetition of the Nazi Party 's glorious history .
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