Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [not/n't] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , just about it now Okay , gon na ask each group what marks they 've given and why , now it 's not for the other team to justify it because it 's all a subjective thing but the thing is we 're hopefully marking them against the same criteria as everybody else because we 've all been in the same place and listened to the same things and read the same things , however , now we know obviously it does n't necessarily mean that everybody 's taken in the same things . |
| 2 | It 's usually 95 degrees and humid , so it 's not for the lighthearted . ’ |
| 3 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 4 | It 's not for the faint-hearted but , if you 're prepared to put your hair in Wella 's hands , we 're sure you wo n't be disappointed . |
| 5 | It 's not for the unemployed . |
| 6 | In arguing this he not only collapses the specificity of consumption but also misrepresents the relationship between the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ social ’ in Marx 's argument , for it is not for the individual consumer to recognize himself in another individual 's product anyway , but to recognize the socially-imprinted character and meaning of the product … and so to find in it the satisfaction of ‘ need ’ ( ibid : 30 ) . |
| 7 | It is not for the right hon. Gentleman to ask questions about tax , given the very high public spending commitments to which his party is committed . |
| 8 | It is not for the squeamish , but equally it is not for the merely despairing . |
| 9 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |
| 10 | If it is not for the full amount of the debt , why is n't it ? |