Example sentences of "[noun sg] is [not/n't] for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thomas discussed the relationship between love and poetry much later in Feminine Influence on the Poet : ‘ The love-poem is not for the beloved , for it is not worthy , as it is the least thing that is given to her , and none knows this better than she unless it be the lover … .
2 In one sense , the characterisation of the transaction as being either sale or exchange may be important because the remedy for defective performance in exchange is not for the price , but rather a claim for unliquidated damages for non delivery .
3 That question is not for the Government ; it is for the hon. Gentleman and his party to explain to his constituents why it is in the interests of the patients of Manchester to remove private patients from NHS hospitals , to deny the NHS revenue that private patients bring and to deny benefits to NHS patients in general .
4 Unlike those of the Philistines his worst fears have been realized , and the cry he hears go up in the town is not for the ark 's arrival , but for its capture .
5 Yet the Saab CD 2.3 Turbo is n't for the power crazy .
6 True education is not for every man the scrap of paper he leaves school with .
7 ‘ Uncontrolled zebra crossing ’ means a zebra crossing at which traffic is not for the time being controlled by a police constable in uniform or by a traffic warden .
8 If the contract is not for the sale of specific goods then it must be for the sale of unascertained goods .
9 Perfection is not for the making , or for the keeping , only for the finding .
10 The bad language means this production is n't for the family enclosure but is recommended for those on the North Bank .
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