Example sentences of "it be [adv] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , most marriages would start off with as good a chance of success as failure , I suppose , if it were n't for outside influences , but there are too many women like you around , taking what you want with no thought for anyone else involved , and then hanging on once you 've got it — out of sheer habit or emotional laziness , it sometimes seems to me . ’ |
| 2 | " That 's just possible as an explanation , " said his wife , " if it were n't for one thing . " |
| 3 | If it were n't for this job creation scheme I 'd be on the rubbish tip |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It 's not for ethnic minorities , or ethnic majorities . |
| 6 | It 's not for real Stuart . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | " Well , it 's not for any outsider to say , " remarked Alice . |
| 9 | ‘ No , Clive , ’ she screeched at him , ‘ it 's not for last time . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , it 's not for this boy . |
| 11 | That was , the music was made for his , that time , you know what I mean , it 's not for this time . |
| 12 | As for quality , it 's just for simple cases and in truly complex insolvencies or where we wanted someone to trade the company through , the need to get the person or firm with the right expertise would tend to override any cost concerns . ’ |
| 13 | no it 's just for close work |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just for social things , really , ’ he said . |
| 15 | It 's on for two hours . |
| 16 | It 's on for three hours . |
| 17 | First , a careful search ( takes 10 Turns ) of the alchemical section turns up two works of note : De Lapis Philosophorum in Bretonnian , and the small and quirky Lermontov 's Grimoire ( see New Magic ) ; the latter needs an I test to find it unless the adventurers know that it 's here for some reason . |
| 18 | It 's only for junior rugby though . |
| 19 | ‘ Please , Hummy , it 's only for one year . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll have the first one ; it 's only for one night , anyway . ’ |
| 21 | Still it 's only for another day . |
| 22 | It 's only for three weeks till you get your skiing over with . |
| 23 | It 's only for three months mum ! |
| 24 | Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months |
| 25 | I thought well it 's there for next time . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . |
| 27 | Sometimes a most carefully planned game structure is ineffective because it is not for some reason appropriate either to the material or to the particular class . |
| 28 | Either way , in later life he looked back on that experience as evidence that dancing could be part of everyday life in a way that it is not for most Europeans . |
| 29 | The Clouds are of immense importance to astronomers , and it is partly for this reason that many of the great new telescopes are being set up south of the equator , where the Clouds are accessible . |
| 30 | It is probably for this reason that male zebra finches copulate frequently with their partners , even though a single mating is quite sufficient to fertilise all the eggs . |