Example sentences of "not [adv] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are obvious dangers of distortion , omission or misrepresentation , not necessarily for sinister reasons but more likely because of subconscious or professional bias . |
| 2 | This month , I 'm showing you how to create quite small patios , though not necessarily for small gardens . |
| 3 | But he warned : ‘ There are now too many examples of nations whose entire economic , political and judicial structures are being subverted , not necessarily for political motives but for nakedly financial ones . |
| 4 | Pressed flowers can be used on many other printed objects , and not necessarily for commercial purposes . |
| 5 | In the end even that was not enough for continued survival . |
| 6 | Although some European jobs are advertised here , there are not enough for travel-hungry Brits . |
| 7 | However , examples of this kind are so few that they indicate only a slight tendency ( possibly confined to some pre-sonorant environments ) , which is not enough for /a/ backing to be discussed as a stereotype . |
| 8 | ‘ It is not enough for blue-suited ministers to rush for cover into the ivory towers of Whitehall every time a controversy blows up . |
| 9 | Sometimes it 's not enough for environmental health officers to check out reports on their own — they need police help to get partygoers to quieten down . |
| 10 | He told a Labour Co-ordinating Committee rally that it was not enough for Labour to win the next election . |
| 11 | The cereals would appear to contain enough protein for working horses but certainly not enough for pregnant , lactating ( producing milk ) , or growing horses . |
| 12 | It 's not enough for British products to be good value in terms of price — they must also match the standards of products from other countries in both performance and reliability . |
| 13 | George Gifford 's ignorant peasant also made some valid points in his defence ; at one point , for example , he declared : ‘ I know men which are no scripture men which serve God as well as the best of them ’ ; and he added : ‘ is it not enough for plain countrymen , ploughmen , tailors and such others , for to have their ten Commandments , the Lord 's Prayer and the belief ? ’ |
| 14 | These results are in contrast with the New York Case Control Study which showed that cholesterol values in patients with advanced colorectal carcinomas were significantly different from those of controls ; this was not so for early disease . |
| 15 | HMIs fulfil both of these conditions , but this is not so for local authority inspectors . |
| 16 | This is not so for local inspectors , although they would argue that their involvement helps in effecting change . |
| 17 | That was not only for selfish reasons . |
| 18 | This document is significant not only for New Testament studies . |
| 19 | This book is intended not only for present-day children but also for all who have ever enjoyed the Captain 's adventures . |
| 20 | It is important for the Opposition to bear it in mind that their opposition to the roads programme is a recipe not only for increased congestion but for increased fatalities and casualties on our roads . |
| 21 | ERA thus offers the possibility of real-time quality control not only for industrial pollutants but also for pathogens such as E.coli or parasites like cryptosporidium in drinking water . |
| 22 | However the increasingly open and competitive markets of the EC , USA and Japan present a special challenge , not only for locally-based exporting companies but also for those whose sales are restricted to the UK market . |
| 23 | It is used not only for inner lines but often also to strengthen contours . |
| 24 | Apart from certain exceptional cases , a trustee is entitled to no remuneration for his trouble , unless the terms of the trust so direct , and is liable not only for dishonest dealing with the trust property , but for all loss due either to non-observance of the directions in the settlement and the general rules of law , or to failure on his part to act up to the high standard of care which equity and statute law require of him . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , Japan 's position as the pre-eminent capitalist nation of Asia still makes her a focal point not only for Asian/Western contacts , but also for the clash of differing , and sometimes irreconcilable , cultural traditions . |
| 26 | Clearly there is room to increase these numbers by emphasising that nurse training is not only for young women . |
| 27 | For Mrs Thatcher , at loggerheads with many of her own party over European issues , this summit was crucial , as it set the tone for debates leading up to 1992 — not only for European unification but for the next British election in which Europe will be a deciding factor . |
| 28 | In the last few years , the AAA has made strenuous efforts to see that the age for distance rules are observed , not only for official races but also for fun runs , which are not subject to their control . |
| 29 | The fact is that parties to contracts do use expert determination for dispute resolution , and not only for certain types of disputes thought more suitable for experts : clauses referring all disputes , both technical and otherwise , are beginning to be found in contracts as a substitute for litigation or arbitration ( see 6.9 ) . |
| 30 | What was most important , though , was that these socially more distinguished patrons were indeed creating a fashion ; they were sanctioning movie-going not only for other less bold middle-class families but also for all that vast number of people caught in the twilight zone between middle-class comfort and the lumpenproletariat . |