Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [pron] [noun] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A great deal of our concern is for the rights and needs of the council residents . |
| 2 | In April 1990 a new system of Independent Taxation was introduced , following longstanding criticism of the assumption that a woman 's income should be regarded as part of her husband 's for tax purposes . |
| 3 | UK fourth-generation language company Cyberscience Plc , of Hoddesdon , Herts , has spent the last three years making its transition from proprietary Data General technology over to open systems , and now reports that the majority of its sales are for Unix-based systems . |
| 4 | Through its Export Division , Courtaulds Coatings ( New Zealand ) covers most of the Pacific islands of Polynesia , Melanesia and Micronesia , where a large proportion of its sales are for marine and yacht paints |
| 5 | And within recent years , the question of which culture is for whom is being raised in connection with every one of their activities . |
| 6 | The aim of your study is for you to LEARN . |
| 7 | Jock instilled into us that the end product of our training was for us to become independent in every way , operating either alone or in very small groups . |
| 8 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
| 9 | A not uncommon solution to the feeling that the conventional family stunts the individuality of its members is for people to elect to live on their own . |
| 10 | If they become ascertained only after the contract was made , the contract at the time of its creation was for sale of unascertained goods . |
| 11 | A teacher 's choice of fiction to read with a class is inextricably bound up with that teacher 's view of what reading is for . |