Example sentences of "was [not/n't] for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not for the court to manipulate the sentence ; this was a matter for the exercise of the Royal Prerogative of mercy . |
| 2 | Housewife Rita Davis , of Ilford , Essex , said : ‘ We would never have known what our taxes are going on if it was not for the Mirror . ’ |
| 3 | If Lord Chandos commissioned operas from Handel , it was not for the public 's enjoyment . |
| 4 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 5 | Without in any way making light of the distress of the parents of Tony Bland , it is very important to keep a firm hold of the fact that Tony himself was not reported to be in any pain or distress ; so any change in the treatment he was receiving was not for the purpose of relieving acute suffering of the patient . |
| 6 | When he recovered , he had experienced conversion , and from that time on he refused all offers of writing work that was not for the glory of God . |
| 7 | The biggest cheer in this race , however , was not for the winner , it was for Barry Wright , who finished last of the four on top weight Midnight Madness . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | The only thing he and Rangers lacked was a goal , but it was not for the want of trying . |
| 10 | Never a great footballing side , if it was not for the fact that they are in the same League as Athletico Whaddon , they would probably be known as the Athletico Whaddon of Division Three . |
| 11 | ‘ And ‘ t was not for the hand of a child that I wrote to your father a year later . ’ |
| 12 | He had withdrawn early with his guests , for they were bent on leaving next morning , and their business with him was not for the openness of the hall . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The unhappiness was not for the shop , but for a lady who was employed by Mr Bacon on a part-time basis , and the lady was my aunt Mary . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | If it was n't for the law of libel we could probably make a very nice little thing out of it . ’ |
| 17 | So they kept on going for goals ; did n't get any , but it was n't for the lack of trying ; Southend 0 ; Oxford 3 . |
| 18 | He could n't catch the winner , Carlos Saintz , but it was n't for the lack of trying . |
| 19 | ‘ If it was n't for the desk set I would n't have got interested in Russian art . |
| 20 | ‘ If it was n't for the drink , I might n't have told you . |
| 21 | Yea , drinking 's always got me into trouble in the past , I mean now I 've thought about it , I 've thought what a stupid idiot I 'd be , so you know if it was n't for the course , then I probably would have gone and done it again , you know , without a second thought . |
| 22 | Indeed , if it was n't for the warning we found in his pouch , we would have assumed it was a simple accident . ’ |
| 23 | That pool that pool would be really good if it was n't for the water . |
| 24 | A dirty beatnik and he 'd turn me out if it was n't for Maggie and if it was n't for the painting , and I 'd go , anyway , if it was n't for Maggie . |
| 25 | She 'd be sent to her room and hear them going on about how if it was n't for The Child — her — everything would be different and it would have ended years ago . |
| 26 | If only it was n't for the cold that nagged at us constantly . |
| 27 | It 's a domestic policy , hands off right and this was one of the arguments one of those potent arguments that they 've used in the last forty years right but it 's incredibly naive because any domestic policy will have an international dimension I remember the about European Community right but it was n't for the operation of the common agricultural policy countries in the European Community would be net importers of agricultural goods as we were ten years ago bec because er of protectionism we 've now increased our self sufficiency to the point where were a net exporter of agricultural goods what implications has th does that have for international trade ? |
| 28 | If it was n't for the air of wary intelligence about him it might have been supposed that he was a barbarian from the Hubland wastes . |
| 29 | This would actually be my preferred lower route if it was n't for the traffic on the Wrynose Pass road . |
| 30 | She says : ‘ If it was n't for the dedication of the medical team I would n't be here today . ’ |