Example sentences of "[pers pn] is not for [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether this is important to you is not for us to say . |
| 2 | This is the world of self-effacing service in which the heroine moves with assurance : even if servitors are visible , it is not for her to notice them . |
| 3 | She still maintains it is not for her to disassociate herself from people over whom she has no control . |
| 4 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 5 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 6 | As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’ |
| 7 | Now it is not for me to give my opinion as to that and I do not , but I think it right that the general public should understand and be aware that this is now the law . ’ |
| 8 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 9 | It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee . |
| 10 | It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent . |
| 11 | Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say . |
| 12 | It is not for me to say . ’ |
| 13 | Though it is not for me to say that . ’ |
| 14 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ It is not for me to make reparation . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It is not for me to suggest ways in which the Bill should be improved now ; that is a matter for another day . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Asked about the ‘ race question ’ , Mr Taylor said : ‘ It is not for me to start making allegations . ’ |
| 21 | That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ Well , I simply can not believe that , for it is not for him to say . |
| 24 | It is not for us to judge . |
| 25 | It is not for us to judge the personal morality of the decisions individuals have taken . |
| 26 | It is not for us to decide whether or not a book is racist or obscene or seditious ; society has laid down laws to make such judgments and has conferred upon statutory bodies the power to advise and assess on such matters — however imperfect or fickle such institutions may appear in their assessments . |
| 27 | It is not for us to say we are going to do it . |
| 28 | ‘ It is not for us to steer these people or act on their behalf ’ , said the SPD spokesman Eduard Heussen . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |