Example sentences of "that it be [not/n't] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'll ring up and say that it 's not for me . |
| 2 | Though we threaten her with a headline reading ‘ Real Labour candidates do n't eat muesli ’ she insists that it 's not for her own consumption . |
| 3 | Either way , in later life he looked back on that experience as evidence that dancing could be part of everyday life in a way that it is not for most Europeans . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In particular , he could say that it is not for the Conservative Party or anybody else to determine the budget options of Parliament . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I would also I think put in a word for the work of the joint po policy panel erm which is shared between this committee and the social services committee because it seems to me that it is not for us to be thinking that there is a group of children for who nursery education is necessary er or desirable and a different group of children for whom something else erm is necessary and desirable , largely because of their parents ' position . |
| 10 | I agreed , but pointed out that it was n't for little boys . ’ |
| 11 | I decided it all sounded so complicated that it was n't for me . |
| 12 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 13 | Almost immediately on arrival , surrounded by the cosmopolitan excitement of New York , its immense anonymity , the total lack of personal interest shown towards him after having been the centre of warmth and appreciation in Montreal , he knew that it was not for him . |
| 14 | The Commissioner pointed out that it was not for him to decide how statutes should be interpreted but he was satisfied that the complaints about odours from the factory had not been ignored . |
| 15 | I decided that it was not for me and moved over to accountancy — I had always been reasonable at maths — working for the Co-op and attending college part time . |
| 16 | The policewoman shot her a look which said that it was not for her to say so , even if she , herself , had been thinking it . |
| 17 | Then she remembered that her therapist had said something about that , had said that it was not for Camille that Scarlet grieved in expectation but for herself and her own pain , implying by her tone that it was really most foolish . |
| 18 | Nenna wished to reply that it was not for the expected reasons — not pride , not resentment , not even the curious acquired characteristics of the river dwellers , which made them scarcely at home in London 's streets . |
| 19 | She was so absorbed that it was not for some time that she realized that the sea on her left was no longer the water of the estuary but had become the ocean . |