Example sentences of "not the business " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Contracts of employment are agreements between employers and their staff - they are not the business of government , ’ he said .
2 This , therefore , is not the business of the silent majority which you have presented as your target .
3 He mocked the Trade and Industry Department as ‘ the department of abandoned responsibilities — not the business that likes to say yes , but the department that loves to say no . ’
4 It is important in such circumstances to note that the receiver and not the business may be liable for any debts he incurs in this way .
5 It 's not the business of social services staff , from directors downwards , to pull their chestnuts out of the fire by disguising the facts .
6 The Ministry of Health insisted that it was not the business of maternity centres to offer family-planning advice , and the new Labour government in 1924 specifically forbade welfare centres from disseminating it .
7 It is the person , not the business , who is registered for VAT .
8 This is so whether or not the business has actually received from its customers the money on which the VAT is due .
9 Seventh , if anyone tries to sell you colour desktop publishing decline politely on the grounds that being a test-bed for new technology is not the business that you wish to become involved in .
10 He accepted that it was not the business of the Soviet Union to participate in talks on the issue of a coalition government , and announced a ten-month timetable for troop withdrawals .
11 It 's not the business of the TAS squad to prove a community crime . ’
12 The Vendor can not possibly be expected to have a view as to whether or not the Business is a party to any agreements which fall within these categories .
13 Or they should , the citizens should be er stopped from er attacking each other and so on , but whether the citizens turn out to be morally good or morally bad in other ways in private matters , whether they 're morally improving or not , is simply not the business of governments .
14 Offers for the site , not the business .
15 Namely , he will be inviting your Lordship to er look at whether or not the business the plaintiff 's would have failed in any event er because it is the defendants case relying er extensively upon the opinion of their expert Mr er that even if the plaintiffs had had the finances which were originally anticipated and had completed the deal in accordance with that , the probabilities are that this business would have failed in any event and that they would have incurred the losses they did er so I anticipate there is going to be a dispute between us as to the basis in which your Lordship is to determine compensation in this case .
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