Example sentences of "[be] not for i " in BNC.

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1 If you 're not for me , you 're against me .
2 But capital punishment is not for me in that category : it is not self-evidently harmful , not self-evidently unjust .
3 But it is not for me to moralize .
4 Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller .
5 Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’
6 SIR — Perhaps it is not for me , as a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church , to comment on ‘ the precise purpose ’ of Cardinal Hume 's visit to Moscow ( report , April 16 ) .
7 Of course , it is not for me to suggest that I am worthy of ever being placed alongside the likes of the ‘ great ’ butlers of our generation , such as Mr Marshall or Mr Lane — though it should be said there are those who , perhaps out of misguided generosity , tend to do just this .
8 ‘ It is not for me , ’ he said , ‘ to believe in anything . ’
9 ‘ It is not for me , ’ he repeated , ‘ to believe in anything .
10 It is not for me or for you to believe in anything .
11 Backpacking is not for me .
12 Her own refrain went : This is not for me .
13 It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent .
14 that their all goody goody and then later on you think , this is not for me
15 Whether Skelton needs to expand at the present moment is not for me to say .
16 You may tell me that your personal life is not my concern and that it is not for me to comment — and you would be justified however , I can not help but make it my concern because I have your future very much at heart .
17 PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour .
18 But she is not for me nor I for her .
19 Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say .
20 It is not for me here to try to account for the common features of movements so different in nature as those we have mentioned .
21 It is not for me to say . ’
22 However , it is not for me or you to presume upon the gentleman 's intentions .
23 It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee .
24 That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice .
25 It is not for me to offer helpful advice to the right hon. Gentleman , but I shall do so : when in a hole , one should stop digging .
26 It is not for me to help Scottish Tories in those circumstances , but I suggest to them that it may have something to do with the way in which the Government treat Scotland in legislative terms .
27 It is not for me to suggest ways in which the Bill should be improved now ; that is a matter for another day .
28 As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’
29 Anyway , it sounds like something to make long pisses much more interesting , but it is not for me , thanks to cruel fate .
30 meditation is extremely helpful ; 2. meditation is extremely helpful for many people , even though it is not for me ; 3. meditation can be helpful , even though it often is not ; 4. meditation is unlikely to be helpful , even though there are exceptions ; 5 .
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