Example sentences of "not [noun pl] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not reasons for the impulses but causes that hark back to the primitive responses that we share with many animals ; yet qualified by noting that we , unlike dumb brutes , can reflect upon our impulses and resist them if we so decide , as happened in my example . |
| 2 | Contracts to sell the following are therefore not contracts for the sale of specific goods : ‘ a bottle of port from the seller 's stock ’ ; or , ‘ one of the seller 's current stock of 12 bottles of port ’ ; or , ‘ 12 of the seller 's stock of 13 bottles of port . ’ |
| 3 | Section 1(2) of the Act states that the following are not inventions for the purposes of the Act : ( a ) a discovery , scientific theory or mathematical method ; ( b ) a literary , dramatic , musical or artistic work or any other aesthetic creation whatsoever ; ( c ) a scheme , rule or method for performing any mental act , playing a game or doing business , or a program for a computer ; ( d ) the presentation of information ; but the foregoing provision shall prevent anything from being treated as an invention for the purposes of this Act only to the extent that a patent or application for a patent relates to that thing as such ( emphasis added ) |
| 4 | Lack of vitamin D and iron are not problems for the average baby . |
| 5 | The whole place seemed designed to produce , not goods for the outside world , but misery for the inmates . |
| 6 | Gene and individual organism are not rivals for the same starring role in the Darwinian drama . |
| 7 | Mr Jimmy Knapp , general secretary of the National Union of Railwaymen , said what mattered was policies not personalities for the railways . |
| 8 | Gagnon and Simon in their book Sexual Conduct have suggested that ‘ Social roles are not vehicles for the expression of sexual impulse … |
| 9 | These extracts ( sometimes referred to as ‘ activators ’ or ‘ starters ’ ) are not substitutes for the nitrogen-bearing vegetable matter in the compost ingredients . |
| 10 | In the Old Testament economy the poor tithe , the gleaning laws , the prohibition on usury were not options for the Jews . |
| 11 | The disadvantage with vector graphics , however , is that they are not tools for the casual artist , more precision instruments and correspondingly more care and effort is required on the part of the user . |