Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] for the [noun sg] but " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | This has significance not only for the tenant but also for any guarantor . |
| 10 | Suppose that the strategy involves real innovation — not only for the group but for the whole industry . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | They 're not just for the beginner but also for people who want to brush up on their skills with or without an instructor . |
| 13 | It 's essential there is a good rtelationship not just for the prisoner but also for the children themselves |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | After he got home to Scotland he would write about Elsie , perhaps not just for the paper but for himself too . |
| 17 | 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 . |