Example sentences of "[subord] not for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a suspect defence completed the qualifying programme of six matches without conceding a goal ; they must be doing something right , although not for the first time their debt to Shilton was manifest . |
| 2 | Loretta had the grace to feel uncomfortable , if not for the right reasons . |
| 3 | He called his acceptance of human sexuality and respect for the female energy Red Thread Zen , acknowledging that life itself would not exist if not for the umbilical cord that connects us to the feminine . |
| 4 | She would have stayed asleep , too , if not for the outrageous racket that erupted outside at that very moment . |
| 5 | There has however been a slowdown in the French nuclear programme though not for the usual reasons of safety problems and public opposition . |
| 6 | After a bitter struggle , the NEA was eventually reauthorised , though not for the customary five years , but rather a probationary three , and with compromise ‘ decency ’ stipulations for grant recipients . |
| 7 | It is just that in that particular situation he had to act as he did , and to have acted differently would have meant that he would have been in the wrong though not for the same reason . |
| 8 | To be fair , I was as opposed to the idea as he was , though not for the same reason . |