Example sentences of "[not/n't] for [adj] [noun sg] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It was a fear expressed across the religious spectrum of antislavery and a major source of the conviction , particularly of Unitarians , that the slave trade was a subject not for sectarian difference but for the united opposition ‘ of the various denominations of Christians ’ . |
| 3 | In 1988 the university purportedly terminated the applicant 's contract of employment not for good cause but on the ground of redundancy , giving him three months ' written notice . |
| 4 | The contributors to Passion have expressed the desire to support the Project not for financial gain or fame ( although these are by-products on occasion ! ) . |
| 5 | The money is not for top-heavy administration but for research . |
| 6 | It is precisely in confused situations , after all , as travellers on the London Underground know , that people need clear maps , and the complexities of modern civilisation call not for literary difficulty but for literary clarity . |
| 7 | My daughter would not be here if it was not for orthodox medicine but I do believe her condition has been improved by homeopathy . ’ |
| 8 | Were it not for human judgement and conscience being clouded by such a comfortable belief , and fears of retribution being removed by the further endowment of the ‘ god ’ with a power to forgive transgressions , many of the unwise human acts which lead on to unhappiness , would never have been undertaken . |
| 9 | They are judged , not for intellectual elegance but for their ability to deliver . |