Example sentences of "be not for the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From what has been said above , it will be clear that the Oxford English Dictionary Department would not be what it is , if it were not for the Supplement project lying at the heart of its work . |
| 2 | It would be idle to speculate on what the figures might have been if it were not for the security situation . |
| 3 | It is not for the Home Secretary , government or the House to lay down to the courts how many people they send to prison . |
| 4 | Well it 's erm , it 's not for the conversation content it 's the words . |
| 5 | It 's not for the planning authority |
| 6 | Shildon had excused his initial omissions on the grounds that he had concealed that he was engaged in work which was not for the business section . |