Example sentences of "it be not for nothing " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not for nothing that he has earned his reputation as Scotland 's most effective ‘ company doctor ’ . |
| 2 | It is not for nothing that scabies is commonly known as the itch . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | We have always said that it is not for nothing that the Unix prompts are dollar and percentage signs . |
| 5 | ‘ It is n't for nothing that he was called the most dangerous man in the galaxy . ’ |
| 6 | It was not for nothing that he was chosen as Mr Squeaky Clean after the sexual and financial aberrations of his two predecessors . |
| 7 | It was not for nothing that he paid house insurance . |