Example sentences of "is not for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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31 What 's in store for us then is not for us to ordain .
32 It is not for us to judge .
33 It is not for us to judge the personal morality of the decisions individuals have taken .
34 It is not for us to say we are going to do it .
35 Whether pope and curia can or should win such battles is not for us to say .
36 Whether this is important to you is not for us to say .
37 The hon. Gentleman will understand that it is not for us to tie the hands of the Government of Kenya but to encourage , offer help and point the way whenever we possibly can .
38 I would not exclude a consideration of the greenbelt functions served by the area , but it is not for us to question the correctness of the approval by the Secretary of State for the Environment of the general extent of the greenbelt for York .
39 That is not for us to meddle with .
40 It is not for us to query his decisions .
41 It is not for us to make political decisions .
42 And where such statutory means are slow to act or uncertain of their action it is not for us to make pre-emptive strikes in the name of propriety .
43 ‘ That is not for you to judge , Wilson . ’
44 It is not for you to say that the defendant foresaw the possibility of hitting the bystander : that is for the jury .
45 In anger she wrote : — whatever you have a mind to do Ellen it is not for you to dictate Oreste 's future and I confess I was disturbed to have you write as though he were your son and not mine , which he is and you know you can not keep him and that it would be wrong .
46 So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening
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