Example sentences of "[pn reflx] but [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is why we must succeed , not just for ourselves but for the Lord Cardinal . |
| 2 | The story that follows can be likened to a tale of exploration , not a new land that he stumbled across , but an important discovery , not only for himself but for the whole of mankind . |
| 3 | The purpose of such an approach would be to demonstrate that the second language has the same potential for use as the first language , encourage learners to draw on their own experience of language by applying familiar procedures to the interpretation of second language use , and so to teach the second language system not as an end in itself but as a resource for the achievement of meaning . |
| 4 | Was co-operative store keeping to be regarded ‘ not as an end in itself but as a step towards the Co-operative or Socialist Commonwealth … envisaged partly in terms of producers ’ self-government' ? |
| 5 | Though Christian Socialism ‘ with the old Owenites and idealistic Socialists … regarded Co-operative Store keeping not as an end in itself but as a step towards the Co-operative or Socialist Commonwealth … envisaged partly in terms of producers ’ self-government' , the victory had gone to those who stood ‘ against them , the main body of the working-class adherents for whom the Store Movement was a reality and Co-operation mainly an agency for mutual thrift and the procuring of unadulterated goods at fair prices . ’ |
| 6 | The octopus has no trace of a shell within the flesh of its body , but one species , the argonaut , secretes from one of its arms a marvellous paper-thin version shaped very like a nautilus shell but without chambers , which it uses not as a home for itself but as a delicate floating chalice in which to lay its eggs . |
| 7 | ‘ Secondly , that we regard public ownership not as an end in itself but as a means — and not necessarily the only or the most important one to certain ends — such as full employment , greater equality and higher productivity . ’ |
| 8 | In this sense , the placement in industry will not be viewed as an end in itself but as an essential ingredient in the process of change with the quality of the outcome being dependent on the design and management of the whole process . |
| 9 | It serves , not as a monument to itself but as an aid to collegial communication . |
| 10 | From this perspective Levinas proposes the possibility that the much lamented ‘ subject ’ be brought back not as the ontological subject which seeks to reduce everything to itself but as an ethical subject defined in relation to the other : ‘ Ethics redefines subjectivity as this heteronomous responsibility in contrast to autonomous freedom ’ . |
| 11 | It is not difficult to see how capitalist entrepreneurship might prosper under such ethical norms : not by making monetary gain an end in itself but as an almost incidental product of thrift . |
| 12 | Deborah Waber has suggested that sex differences of this sort are not attributable to sex itself but to the difference between the maturation rates of the sexes . |
| 13 | By using the relatively new and rather powerful transactions cost analytical approach , combined with conventional and radical approaches within organisation theory , and insights from the sociology of work , combined with the results from recent empirical work on the introduction of new technology , the intention is to set out some of the possibilities and choices about the use of new technology at work , indicating the different pay-offs to particular groups , and suggesting that the outcomes in specific cases will depend not just on the technology itself but on the strategy and power of the various interested parties . |
| 14 | Not only does mental disability vary so widely that it ultimately defies definition , but the extent to which a given mental disability , in so far as it can be measured in clinical terms , handicaps a person will depend not only upon the disability itself but on the patient 's social circumstances as well . |
| 15 | The Pack does n't meet in Boulogne itself but at a small town ( une petite ville ) , called Wimereux , which is five kilometres north of le ferry port . |
| 16 | It may not quite be a Booker Prize contender is in itself but for the memories it brings back it is a wonder . |
| 17 | Therefore when , in 1926 , the Royal Commission on the Coal Industry ( largely at the instigation of William Beveridge , one of its members ) recommended the introduction of a system of children 's allowances financed by the mining industry itself but with a hint that it might be accompanied by a reduction in wage rates , the Miners ' Federation was only prepared to accept the proposal if financed out of general taxation . |
| 18 | The issue is one of meaning ; Saussure 's linguistics and his postulation of semiology is not concerned with meaning itself but with the rules by which meaning is conveyed within the sign . |
| 19 | In a short time he became disillusioned , not with the movement itself but with the P.N.M. leadership . |
| 20 | In fact , the larger part of the value of the contract is not in the hull itself but in the components , a significant proportion of which will be provided by GEC in Rugby . |
| 21 | One part of the answer has nothing to do with technology in itself but in the structural changes that are taking place in European societies . |
| 22 | The FPA also says the death was caused not by the pill itself but by the injection of hormones given afterwards . |
| 23 | One could then regard law conceptually as a wholly empty series of ought statements to which content is added not by any logical deductions from some fundamental principles or from any material content lurking within the ‘ ought ’ itself but from the acts and decisions of the lawmakers in a society . |
| 24 | The flash that followed seemed to come not just from the magazine itself but from the whole width of the horizon . |
| 25 | And another advantage of these mechanisms of defence is they apply to other inputs to the ego , not just those from the er from the unconscious or from the organism itself but from the outside , for example the denial is a defence mechanism that can be used against reality and is used by psychotics to great and often disastrous effect . |
| 26 | Strange , she had been in Denmark for so short a time yet in those few days she had learned so much , not only about herself but about a country she had never even considered visiting before Suzie 's escapade . |
| 27 | The marshal 's favoured plan — Susan gathered — was that she should B into Daine 's Dream , as herself but with a few improvements and then rip the sub-universe apart until she found the fugitive and could tase him awake . |
| 28 | I was glad to accept the honour not so much for myself but for the cutter service as a whole when it was confirmed that I was to attend at Buckingham Palace the following summer . |
| 29 | Not only was there Mikey and myself but in the year above me was Gary Fraser , brother of Free 's Andy Fraser , who played in Stray . |
| 30 | Now it is something that you could find out for yourself but on the other hand it is there and I would like to highlight it and bring it to your attention . |