Example sentences of "[noun] [is] [adv] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In that case the police searched under warrant the defendant 's home for stolen jewellery . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'll just phone the Nobel Prize Committee and tell them their search is over for another year . ’ |
| 3 | All the data is there for public inspection . |
| 4 | Now that the registration period is over for Interim Development Orders , I presume you have moved into the phase of validating the claims . |
| 5 | The need is primarily for affordable housing ( to buy or rent ) for young people wanting to set up home for the first time , or for the elderly wanting smaller , more manageable accommodation . |
| 6 | Although some 35pc of Carpetright is nominally for public offer , up to 10pc has been earmarked for directors and employees . |
| 7 | Our Annual General Meeting is over for another year . |
| 8 | According to popular folklore anyone who owns such a picture is in for bad luck . |
| 9 | ‘ Their pride is not for each other , it 's for themselves . |
| 10 | and as the going gets good … the race is on for top jockey … |
| 11 | If counter-demonstrators determined to thwart the right of a person to speak unpopular opinions resort to force as a result of what he is saying , the speaker is not for that reason alone to be regarded as using threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour ‘ whereby it is likely that such violence will be provoked . ’ |
| 12 | His or her motivation is usually for strategic gain of their organization , the corporation , or the individual . |
| 13 | The pressure is on for immediate safety improvements . |
| 14 | The money is not for top-heavy administration but for research . |
| 15 | The money IS there for this sort of defecit though … like any asset you get depreciation so you should nt expect to have a nil balance on ins and outs . |
| 16 | I , like the honourable member , happen to believe the point he 's made is right , that this should be a high priority , the money is there for local government to do it , I 've explicitly recognised the needs of the disabled in my settlement for next year by increasing it substantially and I hope local government will respond and do the decent thing . |
| 17 | With no chance of live football league coverage the fight is on for European Cup matches and other internationals . |
| 18 | The extraordinary laying is over for another year and the crabs ' progeny , abandoned , must now look after themselves . |
| 19 | Consequently there are no cases in our books which show what the appropriate determinate sentence is specifically for that offence . |
| 20 | Assimilation of manner is much less noticeable , and is only found in the most rapid and casual speech ; generally speaking , the tendency is again for regressive assimilation and the change in manner is most likely to be towards an ‘ easier ’ consonant — one which makes less obstruction to the airflow . |
| 21 | PESC does not embody detailed analysis of policy operations ; its purpose is primarily for macroeconomic planning . |
| 22 | Its direct expenditure is mainly for higher education and science . |
| 23 | This level of pressure will strip paint , lift tiles and even cut thin metal so the option is not for widespread application . |
| 24 | NT 's SMP implementation is not for existing iAPX-86 personal computers at all … |