Example sentences of "if not for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 've won 2 out of 13 , let in 25 goals and if not for keeper , Alan Judge , goals against could have topped 30 by Saturday tea time . |
| 2 | I award Mr Lukas good marks for frankness , if not for discretion . |
| 3 | What are we in the job for if not for challenges like this ? |
| 4 | Mark if NOT for publication . |
| 5 | It was obviously a popular site , if not for builders , then certainly for lovers . |
| 6 | And whether he were not in this dilemma ; that either his estate might enure for life , at his option ; and then according to Lord Coke such an estate would , in legal contemplation , be an estate for life ; which could not be created by parol : or if not for life , being for no assignable period , it must operate as a tenancy from year to year ; in which case it would be inconsistent with , and repugnant to the nature of such an estate , that it should not be determinable at the pleasure of either party giving the regular notice . |
| 7 | Civil servants are in the same department for many years , if not for life , while the minister lasts only two to three years . |
| 8 | On the basis of its fauna , the area in question might qualify for protection as a nature reserve , if not for designation as a site of special scientific interest . |
| 9 | Predictably serious negotiations ensued , if not for peace then at least for the ransom of King John ; but several years of intermittent diplomacy and warfare passed before a treaty was concluded at Brétigny in 1360 and confirmed at Calais in 1361 . |
| 10 | " Please , for your brother 's sake if not for mine , do n't tell on me ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm sure you can manage one evening ; if not for dinner , then drinks . |
| 12 | There is an emerging argument here , if not for chastity , then at least for a prudent continence and a cool response to such favours , sexual or other , as the world may choose to offer . |
| 13 | The so-called ‘ Loony Left ’ , much invoked before the general election of June 1987 , was in some places responsible if not for vagaries in the total school curriculum , then at least for the expenditure of scarce resources on teachers , and publications , dealing with subjects dear to their hearts , like racism , sexism , and peace-studies , unpopular with government and with many parents . |
| 14 | Retirement is one of the few moments which a politician can choose with deliberation and Baldwin had been preparing for it for months , if not for years . |
| 15 | Already , there is talk of a more collective leadership , of possible challenges for office-bearers ' posts , if not for Mr Salmond 's own position . |
| 16 | ‘ But its situation , ’ continues Johnson , ‘ seems well chosen for pleasure , if not for strength ’ ; and then in half a sentence he gives us a glimpse of local life and activity : ‘ It stands at the head of the lake and , by a sloop of sixty tuns , is supplied from Inverness with great convenience ’ — which description immediately conjures the vessel plying up and down Loch Ness with provisions , armaments , soldiers ' wives . |