Example sentences of "[pers pn] be not for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not for one moment suggesting that you could do such a thing yourself because I think you would do it with more style and use a magnum of champagne . |
| 2 | Sell when you can , you are not for all markets . |
| 3 | Yeah , cos of course I mean this is something that , I suppose yo you 're not for that yet some things that you assimilate into your language which simply |
| 4 | They are not for genteel walkers . |
| 5 | Writing is the essential tool , even when the sources are not written ( as they are not for oral historians ) . |
| 6 | They are not for those who insist that learning must be a serious business and who would feel embarrassed to be caught reading a ‘ comic book ’ . |
| 7 | Well they 're not for another two or three weeks ! |
| 8 | That 's a good idea , that 's why I 've sat out here tonight darling , not watched the telly , cos there 's a lot of nasties in those sort of films and they 're not for little children |
| 9 | In practice this means that we do n't need to concern ourselves with the contents of such data files ; they 're not for human consumption without previous digestion by a computer . |
| 10 | I am inclined to back Alexander 's argument that grouping would occur in most predated species if it were not for additional factors dispersing the individuals in relation to their food supply . |
| 11 | Well , I think all I can do is to reiterate that this road would not be considered for construction at all at this stage if it was n't for the probable re-siting of the erm transfer station and therefore we would not be looking at any aspect of it at this time if it were not for that . |
| 12 | If it were not for such giving the burden on the formal services and on tax payers would be far greater . |
| 13 | Now lets just close with those words of of Peter , on the day of pentecost , it 's not for other just , he says it 's for you , it 's for your children , and it 's to as many as there are far off , right down through the centuries , as many as the Lord our God shall call . |
| 14 | It 's not for ethnic minorities , or ethnic majorities . |
| 15 | They force the listener to be aware it 's not for real . |
| 16 | It 's not for real Stuart . |
| 17 | As I suspect it 's not for many of the people here . |
| 18 | It 's not for that it 's for |
| 19 | Earlier this evening Graham I thought you erm made a complaint about the number of reports that are coming to committee er but it 's not for that reason that I wanted to dispose of this motion now erm but there are other reasons . |
| 20 | " Well , it 's not for any outsider to say , " remarked Alice . |
| 21 | argue I mean there 's no , it 's not for any one of us |
| 22 | And I said to the Lord , in my pride , ‘ No , it 's okay Lord , it 's not for another twenty minutes ’ . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No , Clive , ’ she screeched at him , ‘ it 's not for last time . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , it 's not for this boy . |
| 25 | That was , the music was made for his , that time , you know what I mean , it 's not for this time . |
| 26 | It is not for such radical views , strongly held through they were , that she is remembered , but for the understanding support she gave to thousands of working-class women , giving them the confidence to venture into public life . |
| 27 | ‘ Please note that if I commit suicide today … it is not for economic reasons ( for I have waited until I exhausted all my financial means , even refusing jobs ) but for political reasons . |
| 28 | Sometimes a most carefully planned game structure is ineffective because it is not for some reason appropriate either to the material or to the particular class . |
| 29 | It is not for those intent on self-fulfilment nor for the ‘ successful ’ . |
| 30 | It is not for this , however , that she is remembered , but for her writing on domestic matters and especially for Beeton 's Book of Household Management ( 1859–61 ) which in its various editions made ‘ Mrs Beeton ’ a household name in a double sense . |