Example sentences of "[subord] not for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 2 | Nuno 's ability is a matter of opinion , but the point about the Trantec ads is a matter of fact , although not for the reason your correspondent quotes . |
| 3 | She was n't going to let him see that she would jump at it , although not for the reasons he might suppose . |
| 4 | Doctors at King 's College Hospital , London , believe that Aisling Barnett , 35 , who suffered liver failure after reacting to a drug prescribed after the birth of her daughter , would have died yesterday if not for the operation . |
| 5 | And would politics based on religion have disappeared in Glasgow if not for the rise of the Labour Party ? |
| 6 | The eventual publication of ‘ Work in Progress ’ , as Finnegans Wake in 1939 , provides a convenient date — if not for the success of the novel itself , too abstract and esoteric to sustain much attention during the war years which followed — at least for critics and literary historians . |
| 7 | He called his acceptance of human sexuality and respect for the female energy Red Thread Zen , acknowledging that life itself would not exist if not for the umbilical cord that connects us to the feminine . |
| 8 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 9 | The rather flat results of the autumn sales of nineteenth-century paintings in New York indicated that the market remains somewhat thin , although , as usual , good pictures , attractively priced , nearly always sell , if not for the frequently high estimates given them by the auction houses . |
| 10 | Thus , Chartism was the eldest surviving child of Owenism ; and the six points of the People 's Charter brought into sharper focus , and as a realisable political objective within the given constitutional framework , the expectations of most of those who had earlier looked , if not for the re-creation of man on Owen 's visionary model , at least for a rapid and general application of co-operative practice as the means to a better life : who had , in short , looked for the reconstruction of the state as an industrial democracy . |
| 11 | No prison could run for long if not for the fact that most prisoners most of the time are prepared simply to cooperate with the staff and ‘ do their bird ’ . |
| 12 | George turned to Catherine , kissed her hands and seemed content to stare at her for the rest of the night if not for the rest of his life : Mary bowed her head a little and Hope looked away , sipped at his claret , could do no more . |
| 13 | Charcoaled fingers still gripped the wheel … and the stench of cooking flesh would have been unbearable , if not for the greedily sucking wind of the storm . |
| 14 | If not for the help of the librarian she might not even have found the book . |
| 15 | Loretta had the grace to feel uncomfortable , if not for the right reasons . |
| 16 | If not for the operation it would only be a matter of months before she had to go on Dialysis . |
| 17 | There are other strips full of angst , of the search for self knowledge , if not for the meaning of life . |
| 18 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 19 | In the ‘ severely disadvantaged ’ LFA zone the rates of grant were changed in December 1984 to 50% for drainage ( formerly 70% ) and have been abolished for land cultivation ( formerly 50% ) though not for the reseeding of existing pasture ( where the new rate is 30% ) . |
| 20 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
| 21 | This has happened in a number of developed countries — though not for the reasons given by Marx but primarily because of the growth of government and restrictive practices in labour markets . |
| 22 | After a bitter struggle , the NEA was eventually reauthorised , though not for the customary five years , but rather a probationary three , and with compromise ‘ decency ’ stipulations for grant recipients . |
| 23 | To be fair , I was as opposed to the idea as he was , though not for the same reason . |
| 24 | Some kept fowl and/or a " Christmas pig " and that was always something to look forward to ( though not for the pig ) . |
| 25 | She did need rescuing , though not for the reason he imagined . |