Example sentences of "[pers pn] not be for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This in itself would hardly have been significant had it not been for a wider transformation of the adult male working class . |
| 2 | Had it not been for a diving goal-line clearance from Laws , who replaced Charles after 23 minutes , McClair might have had a second . |
| 3 | Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . |
| 4 | The acting was almost a by-product of that and had it not been for a fortuitous advertisement in Cardiff 's Western Mail , it might have remained just that . |
| 5 | The Allied attempt to force the passage of the Dardanelles with capital ships on 18 March could well have succeeded , had it not been for a seemingly insignificant event . |
| 6 | New York was swathed in sunlight and the heat would have been stifling had it not been for a gentle easterly breeze blowing in from the Atlantic . |
| 7 | Britain 's Jackie Stewart carried on where Clark left off and , had it not been for a decision to retire early , could have dominated the sport longer than he did , and could well have added to his collection of three world titles . |
| 8 | This would have effectively made Toraja religion illegal had it not been for a young Toraja " slave " who had studied law while attending to the needs of his lord at university . |
| 9 | I mean the Festival box-office staff and the unseen technical staff and — well , in short , the Festival would have collapsed long ago , had it not been for a wonderfully large number of people who join us year after year — just because they love the Festival and want to do their best for it , and work all hours for it . |
| 10 | I I hope this is not a mischievous comment , but I I think it 's very questionable , whether the Christian faith would be known as it is today , down two thousand years , had it not been for an innocent man , Jesus , being unjustly punished and crucified , and so many of the great reformers in the history of man , men and women have died or suffered grave imprisonment because of injustice , and in a paradoxical way , injustice in a way , yo you almost seem as if we need injustice to drive us on , to get things done in a , in a better way . |
| 11 | Though it not be for a safety to anybody else in terms of operations , I think . |