Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] for the [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then with energy to spare you proceeded to participate in the ‘ Measured Medau Mile ’ to raise funds not only for the Society but also , through the British Kidney Patient Association , for a Children 's Renal Unit at Guy 's Hospital . |
| 2 | Hand-painted in ten different colourways to match the china , the tiles are proving popular not only for the floor and fireplace surrounds , but for brightening up the area around kitchen Agas . |
| 3 | In order to maintain health , both personal and public , much energy has to be directed at maintaining an external environment which is as safe as possible , not only for the present but for future generations to inherit . |
| 4 | The competitive procurement policy of the Ministry of Defence has been good news not only for the Ministry and the taxpayer but for the yards . |
| 5 | On Good Friday 1958 the first march set out for Aldermaston , the atomic research establishment in Berkshire , under the CND symbol , a black circle forked with a white ‘ drooping cross ’ , the semaphore symbols for N and D , which became the membership badge not only for the campaign but for a certain kind of non-conformity among young people . |
| 6 | Covering 37 acres and employing a staff of 1,170 , it was a vital centre not only for the arrival and departure of merchandise and foodstuffs to and from the South and South-West of England but also France , the Channel Islands , and the Americas . |
| 7 | As with the bail decision , the exercise of both these sets of powers can have profound consequences , not only for the defendant but also for the rest of the penal system . |
| 8 | Part of your practice material with the TL should be selected not only for the rhythm but also the emotional feeling — the stress and pauses — of the whole utterance . |
| 9 | The then Chancellor , Nigel Lawson , was quick to recognise the implications not only for the industry but also the public purse when he froze duty on whisky . |
| 10 | It should be noted that the Community Laundry Service is not only for the comfort and hygiene of incontinent elderly people , it can be offered to members of the public of all age groups who for whatever medical reason need frequent changes of sheets ( bed sores , skin conditions , night sweats , acute bleeding episodes of a frequent nature ) . |
| 11 | The Locomotive Department and the District Superintendent were advised , in order to ensure the clear road required not only for the train but for the pilot engine running fifteen minutes in advance . |
| 12 | He noted that the Canberra meeting ‘ is the start of something which could grow into a very significant development not only for the region but for the global economy . ’ |
| 13 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 14 | This has significance not only for the tenant but also for any guarantor . |
| 15 | Suppose that the strategy involves real innovation — not only for the group but for the whole industry . |
| 16 | As the title of the Department implies , the University recognizes the fact that university education is not merely for the undergraduate but for all who retain an interest in learning , whether at a highly academic or purely recreational level . |
| 17 | This defence of Marxism carries over , however , to a critique of Modernism itself : not merely for the fact that Nietzsche attaches ‘ importance ’ to art but for the further claim ascribed to him , and therefore to Modernism itself , that ‘ the nature of aesthetic experience contains in nuce the form of understanding proper to the world itself ( p. 66 ) . |
| 18 | The definition is adopted , of course , not merely for the reason that it gives us a further explanation of the difference between causal items and their effects . |
| 19 | Peter Cole , personnel Director of SBCI Savory Milln spoke of employing search consultants as intermediaries , not just for the confidentiality and anonymity , but for the benefit of a more structured search . |
| 20 | Third-level study of the subject is not just for the scientist or the mathematician , or for those with previous experience of computing . |
| 21 | They 're not just for the beginner but also for people who want to brush up on their skills with or without an instructor . |
| 22 | It 's essential there is a good rtelationship not just for the prisoner but also for the children themselves |
| 23 | He described Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate , as an energetic minister who should be returned to parliament , not just for the town but for the North as a whole . |
| 24 | It was essential to harness science and technology not just for the economy but for the environment , she added , pledging that the Liberal Democrats would inject £400 million into the science base . |
| 25 | After he got home to Scotland he would write about Elsie , perhaps not just for the paper but for himself too . |
| 26 | In Three Coins in the Fountain ( 1954 ) , the Roman backgrounds are the whole point of the story , not just for the audience but also for the Romanian-born director Jean Negulesco ( Romanian is the only Latin language of Eastern Europe ) and , most important , for the three American girls ( Dorothy McGuire , Jean Peters , and Maggie McNamara ) who throw coins in the massively theatrical Trevi fountain in the hope of romance rather than simply of returning to Rome — which , indeed , gave its very name to romance . |
| 27 | But Tod 's not there for the sex and the dough . |