Example sentences of "not [art] [noun] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 1.8 The definition of " contributory negligence " in s1(1) of the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 ( see Appendix B ) refers to " the claimant 's share in the responsibility for the damage " ( not the responsibility for the cause of the damage ) .
2 He stopped speaking for a moment , like a man walking who comes to a brink ; perhaps it was an artful pause , but it made the stars , the night , seem to wait , as if story , narration , history , lay imbricated in the nature of things ; and the cosmos was for the story , not the story for the cosmos .
3 But why not the hall for a change ?
4 They are not the reasons for the torture that I would be suffering in his place .
5 Man was made for the state , and not the state for the man .
6 The smoothing procedure may be determined in advance but this is not the case for the shape and form of the final result : the data is allowed to speak for itself .
7 He was not the man for the task , once Will Douglas was lost to him . ’
8 Edward Adeane was not the man for the job .
9 As several well characterized DNA-damaging treatments led to no induction ( Table 1 ) , we conclude that damage to DNA following treatment with oxidants is not the trigger for the induction of this gene .
10 They have the players to adapt in Young , Hansen , Bradshaw and Evans , but consistently chose the more spectacular alternatives — not the option for a team in their position .
11 That is not the reason for the order . ’
12 The aggregated dogwhelks are feeding and give the appearance of a hunting pack ( that is not the reason for the name dogwhelk ! ) .
13 In fact that was not the reason for the dispute .
14 Madeira is not the place for the dedicatad sun-worshipper : it has no beaches and year-round temperatures vary between 19C-23C ( 66F-73F ) .
15 In the present study there were no significant differences in body weight at the time of sacrifice so this is not the explanation for the discrepancy in tumour yield between this and the two other studies .
16 She watched him leave the room , her heart heavy , as though she had run a long way uphill , and had not the strength for the return journey .
17 ( It should be noted however that not every argument for the necessity of a male priesthood necessarily entails a complete picture of God 's dispensation as embodying male and female principles .
18 These results suggest , however , that there may not be complete colonic metaplasia and that the mucin changes and other phenotypic alterations may represent a non-specific response to pouch inflammation and not a prerequisite for the development of pouchitis .
19 High rates of weathering are not a prerequisite for the formation of deep weathering profiles if the rate of removal of weathered material is sufficiently slow .
20 Although some prior knowledge of programming and/or statistics is an advantage , it is not a prerequisite for the course .
21 It would appear therefore that the element of profit is not a prerequisite for the finding of a business activity under this legislation .
22 Therefore acid inhibition is not a prerequisite for the hyperplasia .
23 This is not a proof for the existence of God .
24 Certainly it was not a vehicle for a programme of socialist reform such as Cipriani had in mind , even if he did have a seat on its Legislative Council .
25 This is not a system for the novice exporter !
26 It is not a defence for the defendant to claim he was not ‘ offering ’ his goods but was making only an invitation to treat .
27 An agreement to sell some unspecified goods out of a larger specified quantity , as in Kursell v. Timber Operators , is not a contract for the sale of specific goods .
28 The former is not a contract for the sale of specific goods ; whereas , if the seller has just 12 bottles of port in stock , the latter is a contract for the sale of specific goods .
29 Having concluded that this was not a contract for the sale of goods by description …
30 the solution to the underclass lies in stricter enforcement of the criminal laws , in giving tenants a stake and a say in public housing , in educational innovation opposed by teachers ' unions , in changing welfare laws so that a baby is not a ticket for an apartment separate from mom 's .
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