Example sentences of "it is n't for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The social mythology of the Republic is built on the concept of classlessness — the belief , as President George Bush once put it , that class is ‘ for European democracies or something else — it is n't for the United States of America . |
| 2 | It is n't for you ; it 's a common kind of thing , cheap . |
| 3 | I wanted to add , ‘ It is n't for long ’ , or something like that , but you do n't exactly say that between friends , do you ? |
| 4 | Yeah I think on the er i it is n't for us here to decide the level of contributions . |
| 5 | 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 ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It is n't for nothing that he was called the most dangerous man in the galaxy . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It is n't for you . |
| 8 | And if you hold a signing session — provided it is n't for a politician , a game-show host or some other nonentity — then the collectors will be out in force , perfectly happy to buy a new copy of Julian Barnes ' The Porcupine , though eager too to slip in their mint first of Metroland ( worth up to £80 ) or Flaubert 's Parrot ( £40 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ It is n't for me , ’ she said bleakly . |
| 10 | In short there is no real point in spending time with Memax — it is n't for your machine . |
| 11 | Well it is n't for me . |