Example sentences of "[conj] not [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would do no hard training for a month afterwards and not race for about six weeks ’ |
| 2 | As one observer suggested the watchers deserved medals for their patience and not insults for their insularity . |
| 3 | The DFR only acknowledged receipt for shipment and not receipt for on board shipment ; and as did the air waybill , the DFR required only proper identification by the consignee or his agent to obtain delivery of the goods . |
| 4 | Government recognition of some groups and not others for consultations , negotiations and arbitration , distinguishes corporatism from pluralism ( Harrison 1980 , pp. 73–4 ) . |
| 5 | In a properly organized political community the state exists for society and not society for the state ; yet , however socially advanced a people may be , the society which it constitutes made up of families , clubs , churches , trade unions , etc. — is not to be trusted to maintain itself without the ultimate arbitrament of force . |
| 6 | Although , the rule of the clock affected most people in the sixteenth century far less than it does us today , it was already sufficient to provoke Brother Jean in the Gargantua ( 1535 ) of Rabelais to complain that ‘ the hours are made for man and not man for the hours ! ’ |
| 7 | the Sabbath was made for the sake of man and not man for the Sabbath ( Mark 2:27 ) . |
| 8 | The moral of this story , was , she assumed , that one must see the beauty in what one has , and not search for it elsewhere ; but it carried with it , inseparably , the real sadness of the fading windows , and the fact that those within the house could never see them shine . |
| 9 | The values of A t were ‘ caused ’ by volatility and not volume for both indices . |
| 10 | He , and Gimli and Gollum and Haldir , keep even Lórien tied down to the level of story , in which rivers are tactical obstacles and not symbols for something else . |
| 11 | The context makes clear , though , that American refers exclusively to American women , since it is only women and not men for whom this is ‘ the most personal decision an American can make ’ . |
| 12 | Going down , if not stop for the thing . |
| 13 | Dogs were deprived of food but not water for 18 hours before surgery and experiments . |
| 14 | Sean said : ‘ It 's all right to sell off confiscated goods such as videos and TVs but not equipment for breaking into cars and houses . |
| 15 | However , on Dec. 17 a motion which the Socialists had helped to draft , to indict Hervé and Dufoix but not Fabius for " failing to assist people in danger " , was blocked when the Socialists changed their minds and refused to vote on the motion as it stood . |
| 16 | Not exactly side-splitting , but not grounds for assault either , one would think . |