Example sentences of "[coord] it be not for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I regret that there is n't a man here who would uphold the opposite point of view and it 's not for want of trying . |
| 2 | ‘ Being a local government lawyer can be an extremely exciting and rewarding career but it is not for people who want a quiet easy life . |
| 3 | It is for the European institutions to define those ’ floor-level ’ rights , but it is not for Brussels to say how they will be observed . |
| 4 | Editorial decisions are backed by extensive market research , and manuscripts selected and edited according to ‘ whether the story lives up to the high standards that Mills and Boon readers have set for us … we ca n't please every one of our readers all the time , but it is n't for want of trying ! ’ |
| 5 | Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of |
| 6 | But it 's not for football that they fear — it is for the danger of crowd violence . |
| 7 | But it 's not for sale at any price — it 's more than a hundred years old , and was snapped up for a thousand pounds at auction . |
| 8 | Footnote : The Greatest Living Irishman never got to pat the knee of the Greatest Living Human Being , but it was n't for lack of trying . |
| 9 | He did not succeed but it was not for lack of trying . |
| 10 | But it was not for Dorothy that she searched , nor even for her father . |
| 11 | But it was not for want of feeling or … principles . ’ |