Example sentences of "not for [art] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | The resulting public pressure led the government in 1985 to remove the right to compensation , as it applies to blocks of flats where the proposal is for an increase in the number of dwelling units ( not for an increase in height ) . |
| 2 | Where solicitors want a " consent order " , provided it does not relate to a possession order of residential premises , and is not for an order in matrimonial proceedings , the Court staff can now sign it , which should provide for a quicker return ; it must be clear from the face of the order that it is " by consent " . |
| 3 | The druidical temple which Johnson saw would have proved extremely difficult for me to find , were it not for the presence in Strichen of one of the most useful guiding systems on earth — a group of local schoolboys idling on their bicycles . |
| 4 | A similar decision would have come from the White House by now were it not for the delay in finding a defence secretary . |
| 5 | To get rid of such furniture because it happens not to fit into present arrangements is rather like pulling down one wing of the house concerned just because it is not for the moment in use . |
| 6 | Were it not for the material in the reports of Hansard to which your Lordships have been referred , I , too , would still be of that view , for although I recognise that in popular parlance with provision to one individual of a service which is , in any event , being provided for reward to many others may be said to cost the provider little or nothing , ‘ cost ’ in accountancy terms is merely a computation of outgoing expenditure without reference to receipts . |
| 7 | Remember that what your reader wants is not all the facts that a real-life situation would involve but only what I call the " fiction-facts ' , those pieces of information that are necessary not for the situation in the real world you might be describing but for the story you are telling . |
| 8 | She curled on her bunk , admired her long legs , thought about desire ( not for the traveller in liqueurs ) , read part of Madame Bovary , part of Les Fleurs du Hal and all of a novel by Margery Sharp , bought on impulse at the Gare de Lyon . |