Example sentences of "[conj] not for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever the support or not for these values , the book fails to recognize the wider changes that have gone on in the family and in gender relations , changes which may be quite separate in origin from the question of poverty , although they add to the poverty of women and children . |
| 2 | And if some did , the answer was No — or Not for more than a week . |
| 3 | In Germany , municipal waste can be landfilled only after being sorted and processed ; in France , tough new landfill standards have recently been introduced ; in Britain , higher standards for new landfills ( although not for existing ones ) are being introduced under the terms of the 1990 Environmental Protection Act . |
| 4 | ( The 1990 law — see pp. 37684-85 — and a July 1988 law both allowed for amnesties for politicians who had received illegal campaign funds hitherto , although not for those making such contributions . ) |
| 5 | It is more common than not for upper-class women to join some religious or philanthropic organization which engages in charity work with the poor , in sharp contrast to the Popular Church 's emphasis on self-organization for change . |
| 6 | I think it is important for trade unionists to realise this , so they know their fellow trade unionists are sitting on these appeal panels to try to ensure justice is done , and not for financial gain . |
| 7 | Citrine was happy to tell them , in the traditional ( if somewhat imprecise ) formula , that the industry was now to be operated in the national interest and not for private gain . |
| 8 | Well , on the news just now the speculation was that the dosh is needed to pay for the refurbishment of the ground and not for new players . |
| 9 | Indeed , slavery was patently on the decline , and not for humanitarian reasons either , though the effective ending of the international slave-trade by British pressure ( Brazil resigned itself to abolition in 1850 ) clearly cut the supply of slaves and raised their price . |
| 10 | Erm I know the Conversatives have also has gone for one three and not for two . |
| 11 | It was a genuine mix-up , but it worked out for me — — and not for poor old Mr Munro . |
| 12 | It would be even nicer to think he was trying to make her jealous because he still cared for her and not for pure spite , and it would be nice if she sobered up and faced life 's harsh realities ! |
| 13 | ‘ They do things for the fell of it and not for some kind of career motive . |
| 14 | It made little difference that these needles had been for injections and not for some sinister Chinese purpose . |
| 15 | Will my hon. Friend assure my constituents and the House that the Conservative party and Ministers in Scotland are fighting to ensure that that workshop , which has a record of excellence and can carry out plating work which saves the Government millions of pounds on buying replacement parts , will continue because of its record and not for sentimental reasons ? |
| 16 | The great voice which calls us all has appointed that one card will remain blank and another shall be full , and not for any good or well they 've done to him . |
| 17 | But the best-laid schemes of mankind and its security police can be blown aside in the squeeze of the assassin 's trigger , sending one to heaven and one to hell and not for any good or ill they 've done to him . |
| 18 | In the complex interactions between myself and the countless others with whom I am remotely or directly engaged , my self-awareness and the self-regarding inclinations which it generates may occupy only a small part of my field of awareness , and not for any moral reason ; I feel myself spontaneously pulled towards admiration as well as pride , submission as well as power , masochism as well as sadism , judging myself from other viewpoints as well is judging others from mine . |
| 19 | ‘ I would like to think that Sparky still has it as his major ambition to play here and not for any other club . ’ |
| 20 | Directors owe a duty of care and skill ; a duty of loyalty ; and a duty to act bona fide in the best interests of the company and not for any improper purpose . |
| 21 | Thus the duty of care prevents directors from acting wholly unreasonably ; the duty of loyalty ensures that their decisions are not biased ; and the duty to act bona fide in the interests of the company and not for any improper purpose is almost identical in its formulation as a standard of review to the administrative law test striking down decisions which are taken for an improper purpose . |
| 22 | ( c ) Where the regulations confer a discretion on directors with regard to the acceptance of transfers , this discretion , like all the directors ' powers , is a fiduciary one to be exercised bona fide in what they consider — not what the court considers — to be in the interest of the company , and not for any collateral purpose . |
| 23 | My colleagues and I will vote against the Bill , and not for any obscure reason . |
| 24 | These are however matters for the Law Commission and not for this appeal . |
| 25 | He emphasized that peace had to be preserved for the entire human race and not for particular sections of it , pointing out that the word ‘ civilization ’ could be applied to a wide diversity of values . |
| 26 | But anything outside that is a matter for governmental regulation , and not for parliamentary laws . |
| 27 | The proposals are intended as a package and not for piecemeal negotiation . |
| 28 | Dr James D Gallagher , director of medical research at Lederle Laboratories , has said : ‘ Animal studies are done for legal reasons , and not for scientific ones . ’ |
| 29 | The Morton group are seriously looking at adding more units to their press in order to give more colour capacity but this would be reserved primarily for advertisers and not for further editorial colour . |
| 30 | So , he WAS wanted , he supports Leeds , he s lived in Leeds all his life , why else would he want to move if not for financial reasons ? ? ? |