Example sentences of "[be] not for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Definition : Investment is the production of or expenditure by firms on goods and services which are not for current consumption : that is , real capital goods , like factories , machines , bridges and motorways , all goods which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in future periods . |
| 2 | The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption . |
| 3 | It is firms ' spending on goods which are not for current consumption but which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in the future . |
| 4 | Writing is the essential tool , even when the sources are not written ( as they are not for oral historians ) . |
| 5 | The Black Cuillin are not for ordinary mortals . |
| 6 | They are not for genteel walkers . |
| 7 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 8 | Curiously , one of the first applications of the JPEG standard has been not for still images but for motion video . |
| 9 | In practice this means that we do n't need to concern ourselves with the contents of such data files ; they 're not for human consumption without previous digestion by a computer . |
| 10 | That 's a good idea , that 's why I 've sat out here tonight darling , not watched the telly , cos there 's a lot of nasties in those sort of films and they 're not for little children |
| 11 | I am inclined to back Alexander 's argument that grouping would occur in most predated species if it were not for additional factors dispersing the individuals in relation to their food supply . |
| 12 | ‘ Please note that if I commit suicide today … it is not for economic reasons ( for I have waited until I exhausted all my financial means , even refusing jobs ) but for political reasons . |
| 13 | Shorting is not for maiden aunts . |
| 14 | A LATE penalty against a local team in the French Championship is not for faint-of-heart referees . |
| 15 | NT 's SMP implementation is not for existing iAPX-86 personal computers at all … |
| 16 | Cancun is not for hardened travellers . |
| 17 | He stressed that the rebuilding is not for cosmetic reasons , in many cases the original boathouses were built to house a pulling boat whose launching power was probably munching grass in a nearby field . |
| 18 | Alan Pretty , a team leader in personnel services at Lincolnshire SSD , believes it is very much a management move and is not for social workers who want to continue in the caring role . |
| 19 | This level of pressure will strip paint , lift tiles and even cut thin metal so the option is not for widespread application . |
| 20 | OBJECTIVE reality is not for double agents — ‘ we are more light beams of light ’ — dispersed like atomic particles by the act of observation . |
| 21 | The money is not for top-heavy administration but for research . |
| 22 | It 's not for ethnic minorities , or ethnic majorities . |
| 23 | It 's not for real Stuart . |
| 24 | It was not for professional designers . ’ |
| 25 | The first principle reiterates a point made earlier : although they favoured reform rather than punishment , this was not for humanitarian reasons . |
| 26 | It contained a mass of papers relevant to the ‘ vision ’ , and sometimes it had been my duty to show it to privileged people , though it was not for general release . |
| 27 | That secret self which he drew on , and which he would draw out and test as time went on , was not for public display unless Burton willed it . |
| 28 | My daughter would not be here if it was not for orthodox medicine but I do believe her condition has been improved by homeopathy . ’ |
| 29 | The most popular British cult object , however , has no wheels and would not have moved at all if it was not for British Telecom . |