Example sentences of "not for that " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not for that generation to complain if the inhabitants of India and of the dependent colonies took them at their word , albeit a mistaken word : the myth of an Empire exploited by the United Kingdom was a plant which grew in the same soil as the myth of an Empire that alone secured ‘ adequate prosperity ’ to the forty or fifty million inhabitants of the United Kingdom . |
| 2 | Government Departments can , however , under the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 , be sued for the recovery of property , for breach of an ordinary commercial contract , but not for that of a contract of service , a contract dependent upon a future grant of money by parliament , nor , it seems , one in which the Crown purports to fetter its own future executive action , or for a tort . |
| 3 | ‘ Not for that hoor ! ’ he snarled . |
| 4 | ‘ Not for that Judas ! |
| 5 | Hastings ' previous dealings with the Tula tribe would seem rather to diminish the role played by force of personality in this affair , but the traveller and eccentric socialist R.B. Cunninghame Graham , who contributed an introduction to Hastings ' book , did not for that reason forbear to indicate that force of personality was precisely what it showed . |
| 6 | I know it 's against the rules but I was n't going to argue , not for that kind of money . ’ |
| 7 | It was created for the benefit of the inhabitants of the territory , not for that of the parties to the agreement . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 9 | Certainly not for that hapless lad sleeping in a narrow stone cell at this moment . |
| 10 | Is that not for that either ? |
| 11 | And was one of them not for that and my neck ? |
| 12 | It 's not for that it 's for |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No , not for that , mother . ’ |
| 15 | " Not for that . " |
| 16 | Well I mean , everybody goes to Robert does their off shore survival which takes you into helicopter survival and l launching lifeboats off the platform and life rafts ev and er that done I mean you get your certificates and what not for that and everybody is to get refresher courses every two or three years , I 'm not really sure which . |
| 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 | Earlier this evening Graham I thought you erm made a complaint about the number of reports that are coming to committee er but it 's not for that reason that I wanted to dispose of this motion now erm but there are other reasons . |
| 19 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Maybe not for that alone , but you 've certainly been a big draw , ’ the other woman said . |
| 21 | You gets what you pay for which nowadays is n't a lot , not for that money . |
| 22 | You know , they wan na not for that , that you know , a couple of hours you keep a kid amused by well a |
| 23 | But not for that . |
| 24 | No I meant er not for that , for er |
| 25 | Not for that sort of er thing , no . |
| 26 | not for that , I have n't heard it for that cos I 've heard |
| 27 | Yeah but dad , not for that long . |
| 28 | 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 |
| 29 | I mean , he 's been into court but not for that long . |