Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] be for [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps it is for that reason that Britain will find greater interest in discussing the problems of the former Soviet Union and in establishing the rouble stabilisation fund — even though it will mean us pledging about $600m to help keep the Reds out of the red .
2 Perhaps it is for this reason that , in Braudel 's work at least , it is much more generously defined to include various stable but non-material factors .
3 My brother Frankie and sister Liza were a little older than I was , so perhaps it was for this reason that I seemed to end up doing most of the chores .
4 Perhaps it was for this reason that I hated them as much as I resented menstruation itself .
5 JE : Presumably it 's for this reason that he asked Plomer to collaborate on Gloriana instead .
6 Maybe it was for that reason that the party leader singled Mr Prescott 's past year performance out for praise in an interview in The Sunday Correspondent yesterday , calling him , chummily , ‘ Johnny ’ .
7 He misinterpreted the Act and he failed to allow himself to have the jurisdiction to deal in a flexible manner with the children , which is the whole purpose of the Act , and consequently it is for this court to make the order that it appears Judge Galpin would have liked to have made and felt impeded from so doing .
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