Example sentences of "[conj] [not/n't] for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Julianna Sciolla , the society 's chief operating officer , says its predicament reflects a crucial financial dilemma facing all U.S. museums , that funds can be raised for construction and exhibition projects , but not for the ordinary task of operating an institution . |
| 32 | But not for the official photo |
| 33 | According to this view , there would be an entry for a base form like sing , but not for the present participle singing , or the 3rd person singular present sings . |
| 34 | Bits of it but not for the standard stuff . |
| 35 | Another splendidly flighted pass found McClair in the danger zone , but not for the first time the Scot 's control was wayward . |
| 36 | You will need a centre string or carriage if they are cut out , but not for the housed string , unless the stairs are more than 900mm ( 36″ ) wide . |
| 37 | organised by an individual or group with responsibility for this area among a number of others , but not for the whole course programme : |
| 38 | This will be valid for small savers but not for the whole currency . |
| 39 | Mr Winchester predictably proves his case for part of the Pacific rim , from Japan round to California , but not for the whole circumference — and certainly not for the islands dotted in the Basin , despite the charming Western Samoan girl who takes his bags at Los Angeles airport and quotes Robert Louis Stevenson to him . |
| 40 | In the case of other human beings I have the evidence of my senses for the first and last links of the series , but not for the intermediate link . |
| 41 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 42 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
| 43 | To be fair , I was as opposed to the idea as he was , though not for the same reason . |