Example sentences of "be [verb] not [adv] for the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Equally , money has to be found not only for the payment of church musicians , but also for the composers and publishers upon whom church musicians depend .
3 That is to say , the existence of home ground may be assumed not only for the grassroots component of a society , but for all its members .
4 Others relate to its receipt of government and local authority funds , which are granted in the expectation that the WEA is providing a public educational service in the liberal studies : that courses will be run not merely for the benefit of existing members but will be widely canvassed and advertised to attract as many of the adult population as wish to take part .
5 Even over Christmas , when the IRA declared a unilateral ceasefire , that caution could not be relaxed not even for the sake of a rare party and a couple of cans of beer .
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