Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [prep] be [adv] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paradoxically , LP often fares better than SP under these conditions because the noise-bar interference on the picture tends to be less for LP . |
| 2 | She disliked Milan 's climate and saw no reason why she should spend all her time in that city merely because her husband needed to be there for business . |
| 3 | Obvious examples are travelling or living abroad , the husband having to be away for long periods , having to relocate , changing children 's schools at an awkward stage in their career , having to do a lot of company entertaining . |
| 4 | ‘ All the child psychologists say that mummy and daddy have to be there for children to grow up well balanced . ’ |
| 5 | To paraphrase an old saying , the water has to be there for the horse to be able to drink . |
| 6 | Tile designs alter with changing fashions in interior design , and current demand seems to be mainly for large areas of neutral or small-patterned tiles , perhaps interspersed with individual motif tiles on a matching background . |
| 7 | He also became a familiar weekend guest with friends like the Morleys , the Reads and the Richmonds , although his other duties were such that he was careful to ration the amount of time spent in this way : two weekends a month tended to be enough for him . |
| 8 | James 's victory gave him 35 points to Lauda 's 61 , his car was clearly among the best , he had matured greatly as a driver , he was on a good roll himself : the championship seemed to be there for his taking . |
| 9 | Well what 's your brother 's birthday have to be tomorrow for ? |
| 10 | One interpretation was based on the fact that in each case memory appeared to be best for situations which accorded with the subjects ’ expectations about the junction , an attempt to test this was made by considering subjects ’ ratings for how normal the situation was . |
| 11 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |