Example sentences of "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 | Definition : Investment is the production of or expenditure by firms on goods and services which are not for current consumption : that is , real capital goods , like factories , machines , bridges and motorways , all goods which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in future periods . |
| 3 | The improvement may only be apparent ( or pseudo ) if , in addition , the increase in real output per capita is accompanied by negative externalities or is caused by increased production of goods and services which are not for current consumption . |
| 4 | It is firms ' spending on goods which are not for current consumption but which yield a flow of consumer goods and services in the future . |
| 5 | Writing is the essential tool , even when the sources are not written ( as they are not for oral historians ) . |
| 6 | The Black Cuillin are not for ordinary mortals . |
| 7 | Sell when you can , you are not for all markets . |
| 8 | They are not for genteel walkers . |
| 9 | The proposals for it by the UDC 's consultants are not for retail use , but they are ‘ consumption- ’ rather than production-orientated . |
| 10 | 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 ’ . |
| 11 | Obviously these policies are not for three months , three thousand miles , they are for a much longer period than that , and obviously if people do have problems then that 's what we 're here for . |
| 12 | Curiously , one of the first applications of the JPEG standard has been not for still images but for motion video . |
| 13 | 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 |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | Well they 're not for another two or three weeks ! |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If it were not for such giving the burden on the formal services and on tax payers would be far greater . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But even Vézelay and Conques were not for most pilgrims ends in themselves . |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . |
| 22 | Yet the Mani is not for all tastes . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Shorting is not for maiden aunts . |
| 25 | ‘ Their pride is not for each other , it 's for themselves . |
| 26 | If counter-demonstrators determined to thwart the right of a person to speak unpopular opinions resort to force as a result of what he is saying , the speaker is not for that reason alone to be regarded as using threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ‘ whereby it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 27 | A LATE penalty against a local team in the French Championship is not for faint-of-heart referees . |
| 28 | NT 's SMP implementation is not for existing iAPX-86 personal computers at all … |
| 29 | Cancun is not for hardened travellers . |
| 30 | It is not for those intent on self-fulfilment nor for the ‘ successful ’ . |