Example sentences of "[verb] [be] it [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , it is the only word processor on the Mac that we would use were it not for the fact that no other software speaks its format . |
| 2 | Few farm workers leave the land because they dislike the job itself ; on the contrary many would return were it not for the poor pay and prospects . |
| 3 | Mr. Howell accepts that in the present case the governors did consult the local education authority on the admissions policy and that such policy was a reasonable one for a Roman Catholic school to adopt were it not for the duty to comply with parental preference imposed by section 6 of the Act of 1980 . |
| 4 | Stars could not shine were it not for particles — called neutrinos — that are so insubstantial that they have no mass at all and can travel right through a solid object like the Earth as if it simply did not exist . |
| 5 | The absolute precision of the rhythmic detail in ‘ Reprises par Interversion ’ ( from Livre d'orgue ) would be spellbinding were it not for the fact that it all sounds as natural as breathing , and I marvel at Messiaen 's immaculate measuring of grace notes , not least the recurring four-note figure of ‘ La Vierge et L'Enfant ’ ( from La nativité ) ; how sensible it sounds , how easily it all flows . |
| 6 | Salt marshes , too , would not exist were it not for the tides . |