Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] are for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although many lone parents work , Table 4 shows that earnings from employment are less likely to be their main source of income than they are for two parent families although for both groups this will be affected by fluctuations in employment and unemployment . |
| 2 | This is one field of higher education where in some cases the fees from the overseas student are no higher than they are for British nationals . |
| 3 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 4 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 5 | The attack was stepped up by Raghib Ahsan , of Birmingham Ladywood , who told the conference : ‘ We are offered scraps from the masters ’ table , and hungry as we are for black representation , our response must be to spit them out . ’ |
| 6 | There are many other activities and sports that are just as suitable for older women as they are for younger ones : golf , badminton , skiing ( cross country or downhill ) , croquet , table tennis , bowling , rambling , sailing , archery — anything that is , and continues to be , enjoyable . |
| 7 | In this test the sample is subjected to a periodic load ( or displacement ) , and a complex modulus is found which , for linear viscoelasticity , relates the stress — to the strain , these no longer being in phase with each other as they are for elastic materials . |