Example sentences of "[verb] not [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By 1844 , when Wordsworth so fiercely objected to the coming of the railway , many more people were being attracted not just for the natural attributes of the area but for all those extra attractions which were suddenly being introduced such as ‘ wrestling , horse and boat races , and pot-houses and beer-shops . ’ |
| 2 | Remember , in non-League football a player is respected not only for the number of goals he can put away . |
| 3 | Chairman Eddie Slinger said : ‘ The committee took the view that there had been a deliberate and flagrant breach of Board regulations which Mr Lamb admitted were designed not only for the benefit of the Board but all registered cricketers . |
| 4 | The value of each tactic is considered not just for the problem itself , but as an approach that might be used again on a future occasion so that the person can learn how better to cope with future problems ( Gelder , 1985 ) . |
| 5 | This chapter has argued not only for the compatibility of faith with intellectual uncertainty , but even for the necessity of such uncertainty for faith . |
| 6 | Part of your practice material with the TL should be selected not only for the rhythm but also the emotional feeling — the stress and pauses — of the whole utterance . |
| 7 | It is significant that security is sought not only for the purchase price of the goods but also for " all and any other monies for the time being owed by the customer to the Company " . |
| 8 | Catering manager Kirsty Yearsley and her staff cater not only for the Board 's 300 employees , but also for 100 civil servants who occupy the building . |
| 9 | The historical legacy of women 's artistic practices must be acknowledged and researched not only for the sake of justice . |
| 10 | By January 1856 he was asking not only for the relaxation of censorship but also for a constitution , various political amnesties , the gradual emancipation of the serfs , non-interference in the domestic affairs of European nations and assistance for national-liberation movements . |
| 11 | Equally , money has to be found not only for the payment of church musicians , but also for the composers and publishers upon whom church musicians depend . |
| 12 | Others relate to its receipt of government and local authority funds , which are granted in the expectation that the WEA is providing a public educational service in the liberal studies : that courses will be run not merely for the benefit of existing members but will be widely canvassed and advertised to attract as many of the adult population as wish to take part . |
| 13 | The trouble was that ( where it was not already part of tradition ) the introduction of piece-work was often resisted , especially by the skilled men , and that it was complex and obscure not only for the workers , but for employers who often had only the haziest idea of what production-norms to set . |
| 14 | It goes far towards helping to account not only for the high and growing degree of relative autonomy from non-Nazi élites enjoyed by Hitler and the Nazi leadership , but also — as the counterweight to terror , repression , and intimidation — for the weakness of resistance to the regime . |
| 15 | You go not just for the rides ( one of the most popular , Earthquake , puts you in San Francisco just as the Big One hits ) but for the chance to see how filmmakers , animators and special effects wizards all conspire to create the magic of film . |
| 16 | That is to say , the existence of home ground may be assumed not only for the grassroots component of a society , but for all its members . |
| 17 | In India , fixed-price shops exist not only for the benefit of travellers ; locals use them as well . |
| 18 | Even over Christmas , when the IRA declared a unilateral ceasefire , that caution could not be relaxed not even for the sake of a rare party and a couple of cans of beer . |
| 19 | Homeworkers , who engaged in a wide variety of trades from matchbox-making to furpulling , did indeed suffer disproportionately from disease , particularly tuberculosis , and regulation was instigated not merely for the protection of the workers but also for the sake of the whole community . |
| 20 | The Locomotive Department and the District Superintendent were advised , in order to ensure the clear road required not only for the train but for the pilot engine running fifteen minutes in advance . |