Example sentences of "is [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might make artistic sense for the gallery to borrow some key picture to enhance the look of an exhibition , but a picture which is not for sale is an expensive use of wall space . |
| 2 | So , wrote Harsnet , there is continuity as well as discontinuity , but that does not mean , he wrote , that there exists what is called character , personality , character , Goldberg wrote in the margin , personality , as they seem to think , wrote Harsnet ( and Goldberg went on typing ) , when they say you have such a generous character if you would only recognize it , or you have so much to offer , or it is not for myself I speak but for you , not for myself I mourn but for the waste of all that generosity , when they pour those words over you , character , generosity , warmth , looking sad , shedding tears , putting on a brave face , saying do n't pay any attention to me , or , it 's nothing , forget it , I 'm crying for the waste , meaning waste if it 's not directed towards them , but you have only to see what happens when one lets oneself be persuaded by that sort of thing , wrote Harsnet , you have only to see what happened to Hutchinson , MacMahon , Rollins and Goldberg . |
| 3 | It is not for us to judge . |
| 4 | This is because , played correctly , the stroke is a demanding one and is not for everybody to use . |
| 5 | It is not for everyone ; I can only recommend this book to those who are serious about the history of turning lathes and ornamental turning . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not for us to steer these people or act on their behalf ’ , said the SPD spokesman Eduard Heussen . |
| 7 | It is not for us to make political decisions . |
| 8 | It is not for us to say we are going to do it . |
| 9 | ‘ It is not for us because we are going out of this business . |
| 10 | This high level route is not for the faint hearted — as well as being longer than the Pennine Way it involves much more climbing . |
| 11 | But capital punishment is not for me in that category : it is not self-evidently harmful , not self-evidently unjust . |
| 12 | It is not for long that death is less difficult , the histories of self and other lost , and consciousness unconflicted . |
| 13 | These should include mild and hot peppers ( the jalapeño pepper is not for the faint hearted ) , and tomato sauces for tacos which can also be used for many other dishes . |
| 14 | Shorting is not for maiden aunts . |
| 15 | Playing foreign markets is not for the faint-hearted . |
| 16 | Thomas discussed the relationship between love and poetry much later in Feminine Influence on the Poet : ‘ The love-poem is not for the beloved , for it is not worthy , as it is the least thing that is given to her , and none knows this better than she unless it be the lover … . |
| 17 | The extension of body , which for Descartes is its whole essence , is not for Locke the only consequence of what he sees as its essential property of solidity . |
| 18 | The intellectual exploration of the Christian faith , the careful critical examination of the Bible ( however reverently the task is carried out ) is not for the ‘ true ’ Bible student . |
| 19 | Unlike those of the Philistines his worst fears have been realized , and the cry he hears go up in the town is not for the ark 's arrival , but for its capture . |
| 20 | The grand style of landscaped gardens with carefully planned borders and regimented bedding plants ‘ like soldiers all lined up for attention ’ is not for her . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 22 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 23 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ That is not for you to judge , Wilson . ’ |
| 26 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 27 | To get rid of such furniture because it happens not to fit into present arrangements is rather like pulling down one wing of the house concerned just because it is not for the moment in use . |
| 28 | 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 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ The NHS is not for sale ’ Virginia Bottomley talks to George Jones in her first interview since joining the Cabinet |
| 30 | ‘ The NHS is not for profit . |