Example sentences of "[not/n't] for [art] [noun sg] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not for the Government to pull the plug on a venture which was running and had cost Mr Murdoch ‘ vast amounts of money ’ . |
| 2 | It was not for the court to manipulate the sentence ; this was a matter for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of mercy . |
| 3 | It is the law which prevails over every other form of law , and it is not for the court to say that a parliamentary enactment , the highest law in this country , is illegal . |
| 4 | It is not for the circumstance to give rise to something or other , but for it to give rise to just the effect . |
| 5 | It 's not for the Diary to speculate upon whose coat is cut better according to Richmond 's cloth , but we can report that none of the candidate 's pockets contained pen or paper a problem when taking down canvass details . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's not for the servant to reprimand the Master . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The formal procedures of the House have not , so far , had to be changed following the introduction of television , and the Procedure Committee has taken the view that , unless a powerful case can be made to the contrary , it is not for the House to adapt to televising . |
| 9 | Mr. Collins 's letter to my constituent , which is extremely clear , states : ’ In the case of the rail link , there would have been no proposal to build a terminal , were it not for the need to provide one for the Channel Tunnel rail link . |
| 10 | Throughout these painful exchanges , the King had remained at Sandringham ; it was not for the sovereign to intervene between one faction of the Cabinet and another . |
| 11 | The burden of proving such negligence is on the plaintiff ; it is not for the defendant to prove that the fire was accidental . |
| 12 | Furthermore , it is not for the duty-bearer to decide what action the duty requires ; some other ( superior ) body , will decide exactly what the body has to do . |
| 13 | Thus , unless otherwise agreed it is not for the seller to convey the goods to the buyer but for the latter to collect them . |