Example sentences of "[am/are] not [prep] the business " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am not in the business of arguing with either . |
| 2 | Boss Denis Smith , after Saturday 's 3–0 win over BIRMINGHAM , said : ‘ I am not in the business of selling my best players . ’ |
| 3 | I am not in the business of calibrating the relative evil of the atrocities carried out by the IRA , but I am conscious that the events that we have just witnessed come in the train of the attack on the remembrance day ceremony in Enniskillen four years ago , when 13 civilians were killed , and of the proxy bomb a year ago , which killed a civilian who had been tied to the driver 's seat of his vehicle . |
| 4 | ‘ We are not in the business of polluting the environment , ’ Mr Wheeler insisted . |
| 5 | We are not in the business of popularity ; it is too bad if others do not like the cross . |
| 6 | We are not in the business of becoming pop stars . ’ |
| 7 | Very clearly we are not in the business of directing people into modes of prayer that are unsuitable for them . |
| 8 | ‘ If the situation does not ease we would take advice nearer to the date from the Foreign Office about the tour , but at the moment we are not in the business of calling it off unilaterally . ’ |
| 9 | Aviation Leathercraft of Thruxton are not in the business of replicating or copying the famous Irvin jacket — modelled here by Tony Banfield and Caz Short — they have the exclusive licence from the original manufacturer . |
| 10 | Bob Moulton , the Climbers ' Club guidebook business manager , added some perspective to the argument by saying : ‘ We are not in the business of embarrassing people . |
| 11 | A government official added : ‘ We are not in the business of taking moral decisions for other countries ’ . |
| 12 | We are not in the business of making bland expressions of concern . |
| 13 | We are not in the business of giving handouts to the Duke of Westminster because he happens to move out of the present matrimonial home and into a single person 's flat . |
| 14 | We are not in the business of expecting other people who can ill afford it to pick up the cost of a single person 's discount for the rich . |
| 15 | We are not in the business of putting on the backs of the poor the cost of the 50 per cent . |
| 16 | ‘ We are not in the business of imposing rules and regulations . |
| 17 | Says Phildrew partner Ian Hawkins : ‘ We are in the risk business , but we 're not in the business of losing money . ’ |
| 18 | And er as they 're not in the business of providing risk capital , they have to find er some poor mug or opportunist to do so , and I think this is why increased attention is being focused on on business angels as a source . |
| 19 | But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire . |
| 20 | He says they 're not in the business of asset stripping . |
| 21 | I 'm not in the business of writing travelogues . |
| 22 | Now I 'm not in the business of counting but my rough guess is that this paragon of nature was , on the majority of occasions , abusing his co-religionists . |
| 23 | Yes , but I did it for him fo , I I 've already done it for him once , I picked up exactly what he wanted , I delivered it to him and now he 's changed his mind and but I 'm not in the business to supply things , I 'm not a supp shop ! |