Example sentences of "[pers pn] be not for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was as if they realised that she was not for the rough and tumble of this world , like the aggressive women with shaggy hair styles who pushed their way through life thrusting their hard shopping baskets at defenceless men . |
| 2 | And in this case it seems likely that even if it were not for the depressed state of aggregate demand in the British market , the commodities produced by Talbot at Linwood would not have generated ‘ sufficient ’ profit for Peugeot . |
| 3 | If it were not for the uninspiring mug-shots of individual candidates on the bleak official hoardings and the mercifully brief ( maximum one minute ) party political broadcasts on radio and television , one would hardly know that an election was on . |
| 4 | If it were not for the hollow bones the 30-ton creature would have required inordinate amounts of energy , and thus more food , to move around . |
| 5 | If it were not for the debilitating character question , Clinton would surely have a fair chance of beating Bush . |
| 6 | ‘ We will open on Friday , Saturday and Sunday throughout the summit with a big display showing the prices that would be charged if it were not for the Common Agricultural Policy , ’ says a spokesman . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | It 's usually 95 degrees and humid , so it 's not for the lighthearted . ’ |
| 9 | " I was followed today — and it 's not for the first time , either . " |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It 's not for the unemployed . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It is not for the squeamish , but equally it is not for the merely despairing . |
| 15 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |
| 16 | If it is not for the full amount of the debt , why is n't it ? |
| 17 | If it was not for the Grand Slam tournaments and the unique place they hold in the game , I am sure we would be losing this vital battle . ’ |
| 18 | Nenna wished to reply that it was not for the expected reasons — not pride , not resentment , not even the curious acquired characteristics of the river dwellers , which made them scarcely at home in London 's streets . |