Example sentences of "[conj] not [adv] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead I consoled myself that Ellen would be pleased , and a pleased Ellen might become my shipmate all the way around the world , so really , I told myself , I was not doing this for the senator 's happiness , and not even for the twins , but for my own , and so I shook the senator 's hand . |
| 2 | Whatever arrangements are made they ought to be convenient for the parents and not just for the school . |
| 3 | Exhibitions were all the rage at that time , and not just for the artistic elite of the big cities to the south , much to JTR 's misgivings , obviously . |
| 4 | DEC ( Digital ) will only work with educational institutions if the project is of advantage to the broader community and not just for the benefit of the school or college . |
| 5 | Music , dance and art are integral to the island 's culture — and not just for the benefit of tourists . |
| 6 | The ideal of providing an adequate and satisfying secondary education for all ( and not just for the few who were fortunate enough to be able to pass a selection test at 11 ) seemed close to realisation . |
| 7 | As was pointed out earlier , in Chapter 5 , this crime has consequences for mankind as a whole , and not just for the individual in relationship to their own father . |
| 8 | ‘ And not just for the boys either . |
| 9 | Aristotle argued that the polis allowed free men to take public decisions , for the good of the citizens and not simply for the private material advantage of the most powerful . |
| 10 | The most versatile stone in his long catalogue was sapphire , which he held to be good for protecting the limbs from injury and the wearer from fraud , as well as for overcoming envy , averting terror , liberating from imprisonment , purifying the eyes , cooling the body and not least for the convenient property of making the wearer beloved of god as well as of men . |
| 11 | And Goethe — although he retained his admiration for the Greeks , and not least for the three tragedians , right up to his death in 1832 — mostly looked in other directions for his inspiration after the unfinished drama Pandora of 1810 . |
| 12 | Cautioning has advantages and not only for the offender . |
| 13 | And not only for the pleasure of running her own thriving business , but for the more fundamental change it had brought about in her . |
| 14 | Mr Vaz said : ‘ City 2020 must be a mirror to our inner cities , demonstrating that our concern arises from the people who live and work there , for their aspirations as well as their anguish , and not merely for the profits to be made from the land on which they walk . |
| 15 | Mr Vaz said : ‘ City 2020 must be a mirror to our inner cities , demonstrating that our concern arises from the people who live and work there , for their aspirations as well as their anguish , and not merely for the profits to be made from the land on which they walk . |
| 16 | So I think that is certainly worth it , if not least for the ladies to consider . |
| 17 | But not just for the |
| 18 | But not so for the Magyars who had been so praised in 1848 , ‘ an obscure semibarbarous people … still standing in the half-civilization of the sixteenth century ’ . |
| 19 | People of modest faith but not enough for the really big challenges of life . |
| 20 | According to the preamble of the Act , it has become clear that the setting up of a stock exchange was necessary for ‘ enhancing the flow of capital and for the creation of a market in securities ’ , and last but not least for the purpose of protecting the interests of investors . |
| 21 | There are interesting telescopic objects in Boo¨tes , but not much for the binocular observer . |
| 22 | A substantial amount of prospecting may have been undertaken in some of the areas , but not necessarily for the deposit styles mentioned above . |
| 23 | Erm , I think at the back of some people 's minds there was this pressure , you know that 's why a few did return to work and I mean I can understand some of them returning to work but not necessarily for the reasons they 've stated . |
| 24 | It is relevant here to ask whether such a principle is likely to be honoured in the kind of schools , proposed primarily though not exclusively for the inner cities , to be known as City Technology Colleges . |