Example sentences of "[conj] it be not for [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs and at last somebody out there has the common sense to recognise that fact too : the new Unix Reseller Show , set for May 4 to 6 in Dallas , is blatantly promoting itself with the slogan ‘ How To Make Money With Unix ’ ; if that does n't bring the punters piling in , nothing will . |
| 2 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 3 | George : ‘ You would n't have been born and writing for THE FACE if it was n't for someone spunking off . ’ |
| 4 | Peace reigns at last though , and everything in the smouldering remains of the garden would be rosy if it were n't for one little problem . |
| 5 | But it 's not for everybody , that 's for sure . |
| 6 | Well erm it was actually erm trying to erm eliminate erm the erm dangers of the war , to stop the war , because it 's not for anyone |