Example sentences of "be not [prep] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The study of myths , totemism or magic involves cultural phenomena that are signs and symbols for the participants but are not in themselves lived in quite the same way as kin relations . |
| 2 | I take this to mean that price leadership or parallel pricing are not in themselves regarded as anti-competitive : the firms would have to have followed some specifically anti-competitive course of conduct , for example exclusive dealing or discriminatory discounting , to fall foul of the law . |
| 3 | Job evaluation and performance-related pay are not in themselves threatening , but is thought being given to the implications , and is anyone taking an overall view ? |
| 4 | These developments are not in themselves threatening but nurses have good reason to be worried . |
| 5 | No they 're not for you miss . |
| 6 | So we 'll sta er you do erm graduated assessment this afternoon , then we 'll start looking at erm , our assessment procedures we , you know S M P national curriculum and I mean , if you 're not around you know well |
| 7 | I 'm not against anyone trying to help put youngsters straight , but people like Deanes never want to hear any point of view but their own . |
| 8 | These are n't for you to say . |
| 9 | These are n't for you to say . |
| 10 | Nights when clubs are n't on or discos are n't on you get bored . |
| 11 | ‘ If it were n't for me giving you a roof over your head after your mother had the gall to die on me , you would have ended up in the bloody workhouse ! |
| 12 | And remember , Rene , you were n't for me putting that on show , were you ? |
| 13 | Having reached the last four of the Tennents Scottish Cup , it is not beyond them to go on to beat Aberdeen or Clydebank at Tynecastle next month and pursue a piece of silverware that has not been seen in the boardroom at Easter Road since the turn of the century . |
| 14 | And if Davie 's principles make him what some might call ‘ elitist ’ or ‘ undemocratic ’ , as in his stinging verdicts on ‘ catchpenny enterprises … like the Arvon Poetry Competitions ’ , it is not without his having pondered the arguments about the place and function of elites and of high art in a democratic nation far more deeply than the bulk of his fellow countrymen . |
| 15 | But that is not for them to decide ’ ( I , 60 ) . |
| 16 | As for service , it is not for me to give value to the two halves of my equation . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | PAMELA : Pray , your honour , let me go down for it is not for me to hold an argument with your honour . |
| 19 | It is not for me to say whether the judges or the Lord Chief Justice should or will consent . |
| 20 | Whether Skelton needs to expand at the present moment is not for me to say . |
| 21 | Yet before them … perhaps it was pure cowardice , it is not for me to say . |
| 22 | It is not for me to say . ’ |
| 23 | Though it is not for me to say that . ’ |
| 24 | It is not for me to say what the states should do although I have a personal view . |
| 25 | But whether it 's therapeutic for the reader is not for me to say . |
| 26 | Thus , it is not for me to sit in judgement upon Daniel Miller . |
| 27 | It is not for me to refer that matter to the Select Committee . |
| 28 | But it is not for me to moralize . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | It is not for me to suggest ways in which the Bill should be improved now ; that is a matter for another day . |