Example sentences of "was not [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Culturalists will point out — as C. S. Lewis once did — that much poetry of the past was not written for aesthetic ends , but for religious , political , or other social purposes . |
| 2 | They have , of course , heard about the Holy Spirit , but have either put it all down to typical ecclesiastical in-talk , or assumed that it was not intended for ordinary folk like themselves . |
| 3 | It is likely that Gorbachev 's Mediterranean initiative was not intended for serious negotiation . |
| 4 | The pastry crust that had topped the pie during its parade through the village was not eaten for hygienic reasons , so 50,000 squares of puff pastry had been baked separately and these were reheated — not too successfully — in a mobile oven in the huge open-sided marquee into which the pie , on its trailer , eventually came to rest . |
| 5 | On the one hand it would be perfectly in order to write the biography of a poet as long as it is understood that it would be ‘ on a par with biographies of generals and inventors ’ ( Tomashevsky 1978 : 55 ) and was not mistaken for literary science . |
| 6 | Specific ethical approval was not obtained for physiological recordings , which were considered part of clinical management . |
| 7 | This was not done for imperial purposes , but once the navy had been developed it affected everything that happened in English policy . |
| 8 | The pharmacist saw it as a breakthrough and it was not done for personal profit , said the lawyer . |
| 9 | The decision to fall into line was not made for ignoble reasons , but from financial necessity . |
| 10 | ‘ Sources close to the ‘ artiste ’ suggest the decision to cancel the tour was not made for glamorous or news-worthy reasons , like police/local authority objections or fear on the streets of Britain … just that he ca n't be arsed . ’ |
| 11 | They searched carefully until they were satisfied that the sensitive area was not armed for self-destruction , as many were . |
| 12 | This was seen as a very significant move , given India 's longstanding insistence that Kashmir was an exclusively bilateral issue , but subsequent statements by the Ministry of External Affairs emphasised that purpose of the meeting was purely to give information and that India was not asking for international mediation . |
| 13 | The lock was not designed for rough treatment . |
| 14 | Napoleon is believed to have been warmly in favour even though the tunnel was not designed for military purposes . |
| 15 | France , as he put it , was not fighting for selfish interests but was defending a vital area against communist infiltration and control and , to underline the point , Schuman emphasized that , since the Second World War , France had definitely abandoned colonialism ; although what the new policy of the French Union amounted to remained to be seen — and understood . |
| 16 | But this afternoon she was n't looking for spare rides . |
| 17 | This man was n't prepared for deep interrogation . |