Example sentences of "if not for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , he WAS wanted , he supports Leeds , he s lived in Leeds all his life , why else would he want to move if not for financial reasons ? ? ? |
| 2 | However , Mr Hassell did end on a positive note — at least for leasing , if not for other forms of business finance . |
| 3 | It consists of a record of all the things you do in a day and , in order for it to be of value , you need to log every activity you are engaged in for at least one week , if not for two . |
| 4 | ‘ Anna and the prince had been married , well , if not for twenty years , not much short of it . |
| 5 | In the case of Health , there is the special relief at having escaped from those incessant wrangles over money with income-orientated professions , whose members are taken by the general public for altruistic servants of humanity , if not for angelic comforters . |
| 6 | So maybe the end is in sight for theoretical physicists , if not for theoretical physics . |
| 7 | What you should recognize is that it is a warning sign that you have been doing too much , and that you need to get away from the patient , at least for short periods in the day , if not for some days or weeks . |
| 8 | Would have saved Yukio and Jesus too if not for bad luck . ’ |
| 9 | In reply , we would point out that , before we can even raise the question of correlation between linguistic expressions and extra-linguistic phenomena , we have to know what the linguistic expressions are , and for speakers and hearers ( even if not for strict behaviourists ) this means understanding them . |