Example sentences of "[noun] not for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | Wright not for sale |
| 2 | I went to the cinema not for entertainment , but for cinematography . |
| 3 | They are travelling out of necessity not for pleasure , therefore , the hotel must be a home from home , and they will most likely eat and drink in the hotel . |
| 4 | ‘ The tunnel will create an opportunity not for BR but for foreign railways , because they have an infrastructure . ’ |
| 5 | Stahl belongs to that dyed-in-the-wool amateur breed who follow the sun not for money but for fun . |
| 6 | Motor car & light goods vehicles up to 9 seats/3.5 tonnes not for hire or reward |
| 7 | But , may I ask yo , of you a question not for answers but will erm perhaps come later in the debate and that is what does the service of Holy Communion mean to you ? |
| 8 | This was a moment not for fairness but for plain speaking . |
| 9 | ‘ A double agent can be tripled ’ — or , presumably by the same token , quadrupled or quintupled — since he does n't necessarily know where one stage ends and the next begins , particularly in the case of a Russian who has left the pre-Glasnost USSR not for reasons of ideology , but for the chance to work out his physical theories on an up-to-date computer . |
| 10 | It is an argument not for training boards with a lot of bureaucracy , but for the present successful French policy where every employer has to spend money on training . |
| 11 | I believed him to mean that he climbed trees not for enjoyment but because he felt danger was his natural environment . |
| 12 | This can lead to confusion ; see the keyword NOT for details . |
| 13 | Less often admittedly , trainee and fully-fledged dealers at this firm indulged in games not for money . |
| 14 | Proudly holding his RFC logbook , in which is a section headed ‘ Rendcomb ’ — here was a man who had flown from the aerodrome not for recreation and a sense of history , but to ready himself and others for war . |
| 15 | Much better as women to put our energies elsewhere and to think in terms of guerilla action — to redistribute resources to women wherever possible ; to asset-strip men 's buildings of their space and facilities and resources on behalf of women ; to expose male hypocrisy , corruption and oppression wherever it appears ; to reserve loyalty for principles and for women not for institutions ; and to concentrate on the subversion of men 's ideas about themselves and about women by behaving badly and with irreverence to their rules . |
| 16 | Having been taught that , at a time when priests were not disagreed with , it is small wonder that John Kennedy should have involved himself , and thousands after him , in an anti-Communist crusade in Vietnam ; that Joseph McCarthy should have conducted his anti-Communist witch-hunts ; or that Casey should have made the fight against Communism his life 's work , even asking that money should be given after his death not for flowers , but for the contras . |
| 17 | Nouvel admits to a strong admiration for Foster 's work — which is returned — but , explains Nouvel , ‘ I use technology not for performance , but for sensitivity , for emotional effect . ’ |