Example sentences of "[not/n't] for an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First , States that ratified the Convention prior to amending actions by Prepcom are entitled to assert that they accepted the Treaty as negotiated ; amendment under the Vienna Convention is a matter for the parties , not for an international body acting where there are no parties . |
| 2 | The world 's top securities market regulators , who met recently in Venice , cited the need to reconcile financial statements to local accounting standards as a significant factor in any company 's decision on which markets to target or not for an international offering of new shares . |
| 3 | In it those who want it have some paid employment , probably on a part-time , possibly job-sharing basis , and not for an entire lifetime . |
| 4 | But he meant this to come for only a few days , not for an indefinite stay . |
| 5 | Talk is primarily for the participants and not for an outside audience . |
| 6 | All too often , shrubs , including roses , conifers and the like , are planted not for their intrinsic beauty , not for an attractive combination of colour , but because they do not need so much looking after as plants that have to be lifted before the frost , and replanted fresh each year' . |
| 7 | ( 148 ) If it were not for an old professor who made me read the classics I would have been stymied . |
| 8 | England suffered to some extent from a similar gulf between her real power and her ceremonial status during the Interregnum of 1649 – 60 , a gulf in this case deepened by the widespread hostility aroused by the execution of Charles I. For several years the standing of the representatives abroad of the various Commonwealth governments was seriously weakened by the disappearance of the monarchy : in 1654 , for example , the Danish ambassador in Sweden claimed precedence over his English equivalent since the latter was acting for Cromwell , a mere protector , not for an anointed king . |