Example sentences of "but [not/n't] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may well provide insight and help for other behavioural disorders but not for addictive disease as such . |
| 2 | These results are typical of the others : the speculative efficiency hypothesis is rejected for some but not for other exchange rates . |
| 3 | Oases are misleadingly named ; they are simply polar desert areas , notable for their absence of ice but not for floristic abundance . |
| 4 | Debenham & Freebody 's of Wigmore Street did so in 1920 , but not for tardy payment of a long outstanding account but for an order which the customer denied had ever been given . |
| 5 | This is ideal for thick yarns and pile knitting , but not for ordinary work . |
| 6 | There was some support for specialist but not for general practice franchising . |
| 7 | Each of the ways of expressing the no-arbitrage condition considered in Chapter 4 allows for compound growth , but not for continuous compounding . |
| 8 | Popular misconceptions often stem from assuming that the national debt is analogous with private debt , which is true for external government debt but not for internal debt : |
| 9 | EC regulations require water authorities to test sea water for bacteria , but not for viral content . |
| 10 | Composers Pen is ideally suited to the serious musician who is arranging or composing for a choir , brass-band or orchestra but not for commercial publication . |
| 11 | Antiochus was used by Thucydides for Sicilian antiquities at the beginning of hi ; book vi , but not for fifth-century history , though he went down to 424 . |
| 12 | Reports were now reaching the SD that people — especially those attached to the Churches — were expressing the hope that the Wehrmacht would take over running the State , and that there would be a final victory for Germany but not for National Socialism . |
| 13 | So if you are dismissed before the agreed age , you might have a claim for breach of contract , but not for unfair dismissal if you are over the normal retiring age for colleagues in your class of work . |