Example sentences of "[coord] it be not [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 ‘ It 's his club , he has his opinion , and it 's not for me to be drawn into a public dialogue with him .
3 And I do n't want to wish to ask for them to answer that , that 's just the view of the whole of our community , and it did prompt us and it 's not on your records , over a thousand signatures were obtained proposing in fact what I 'm about to conclude with .
4 We 've got ta have a direction , and it 's not about who gets the best jobs and who gets the best power positions , it 's about dictating an agenda by the members for the members in the interests of our members , the T & g 's members and all trade unionists in this country .
5 I would agree with you that if the if we have gone along and said to people , well er yo , we 've got alternative accommodation for you and they have n't wanted to go then , well I 'm sure that we hope not to give them that er er , alternative accommodation er , and it 's not in our interest at all to er , keep er , places empty , and further more we have n't really got er enough er , alternative places to put er , these er tenants in so I 'm that it 's as the result of the sort of dwellings that er we 've er we now find ourselves with as a result of the er initial buildings in the first place .
6 And that 's extremely difficult to do something about the equity target , since National policy , the distribution of income , housing policy , all the things that we tackle on this committee and committees of the council have a very significant effect on the health of the people who live in the city , and it 's not in our control .
7 " This bloke said , " Well , it depends on discretion , you 're not entitled , you know , and it 's not in my hands , my superior has to decide . "
8 and it 's not like me .
9 ‘ I 'm not worrying exactly , ’ said Clarissa , as though worrying was shameful , ‘ only she went without saying anything , and it 's not like her . ’
10 And it is n't without its pathetic aspects anyway , this evening scene with the two mature parties , their spectacles , their hair , their heavy old shoes , and the extra trust that she in particular will be needing to feel , and may not feel .
11 Suddenly , an obviously disused airfield appears , right alongside our track — and it is n't on our map !
12 That is for local authorities to decide , and it is not for me to offer them advice .
13 I was there to learn to dive and it was not without its problems .
14 He had banged his glass on the table and it was not for her to disobey .
15 ( In Franklin there was a crime , larceny ( nowadays theft ) , but that crime was not mentioned and it was not in itself dangerous . )
16 And it was n't worth it in the end , I was well miffed .
17 It was n't in your time , and it was n't in my time .
18 Yes , that 's right , yes last week there was a word and it was n't in my dictionary and I never got round to looking at anything else , trying to find it and .
19 But it is not for me to moralize .
20 Anyway , it sounds like something to make long pisses much more interesting , but it is not for me , thanks to cruel fate .
21 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 .
22 This is a highly intuitive environment which cuts down on training needs , but it is not to everyone 's taste , and it needs more development work behind the scenes if we have to write bespoke software .
23 Both Alix and Liz are of the opinion that Esther 's relationship with her niece , with whom she shares her flat , is very odd indeed , but it is not to their advantage to discuss this with one another , or with Esther herself , and they never mention it .
24 Paying attention to real readers is certainly one productive way of breaking out of the view that the text alone determines audience response , but it is not without its difficulties .
25 The new pattern of teaching practice gives increased coverage of the secondary age range in a split system , but it is not without its own difficulties .
26 Most often she stands with the left foot forward ( a borrowing no doubt from the kouros , but it is not like his a full stride , rather so short a step as to seem like a dance-motion ) , left hand pulling the skirt to the side and letting a swag hang free , right forearm raised forward with an offering .
27 The reality is that having a comprehensive and fairly-balanced service agreement is a tremendous advantage to any executive , but it is not in itself enough .
28 This may have strengthened Gloucester 's hand in the region , but it is not in itself an adequate explanation of his arrival there .
29 This may have strengthened Gloucester 's hand in the region , but it is not in itself an adequate explanation of his arrival there .
30 But it is not in his power to give back the blessings and the promises given by God .
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