Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That has now decided that it will have one meeting of it 's council a year which will be it 's A G M , it has not for the moment elected an executive committee . |
| 2 | This is medicine practised not for the benefit of the patient but to protect the doctor from litigation . |
| 3 | There also lay embedded in the system the inequality of paying not for the job but for the qualifications : degrees received a year 's extra increment and as a result earnings differentials rose . |
| 4 | Such surplus as was created was used not for the accumulation of more wealth but , instead , was used for conspicuous consumption ( courts , fine clothing and castles ) or for wars against foreign foes . |
| 5 | Once out of sight it speeded up , heading not for the crematorium but back to the mortuary . |
| 6 | He did not for the moment notice Auguste . |
| 7 | probably part of the reason why they did n't for the time being |
| 8 | It 's just that I like him and it 's silly to pretend I do n't for the sake of pride . |
| 9 | From the first , our meteorite collecting programmes have been motivated not for the sake of numbers alone but by the hope that large quantities of fragments would include samples of rare or completely new type of meteorites . |
| 10 | It does not for the moment wish to take on additional responsibilities in respect of criminal legal aid , means assessments and determinations and taxations of costs , given that it is not at present in a position to do the work more effectively . |