Example sentences of "[det] [is] a [noun sg] for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a pity for his achievement in securing the crucial Committee vote deserves the members ' recognition for his astuteness . |
| 2 | Three things that we do decide I 've already said , whether you and I feel that this is a platform for you . |
| 3 | If this is a worry for you , it is important to find someone you can trust to talk to . |
| 4 | This is a privilege for which no legatee could hope , since if the heir took a fancy to property left by legacy , he could keep it on payment of a ( no doubt inflated ) valuation of its worth to the legatee . |
| 5 | This is a must for everybody with a home computer , and the one at work if your boss is away . |
| 6 | This is a must for anyone who wishes to go beyond the conventional limits accepted for the understanding of Italian Renaissance art . |
| 7 | ‘ This is a battle for me but I 've been brought up to battle . |
| 8 | Following last night 's 2–0 defeat by the USA he said : ‘ This is a battle for me , but I 've been brought up to battle . |
| 9 | This is a generation for whom the war years remain vivid and the Empire had real meaning . |
| 10 | This is a post for someone qualified in Community & Youth work with wide experience . |
| 11 | Referring to the American Airlines threat , a spokesman for the Department of Transport said : ‘ This is a matter for their own commercial judgment . ’ |
| 12 | In most cases — and , of course , this is a matter for your judgement of circumstances — allow about ten seconds ; then you call it ‘ disobedience ’ . |
| 13 | This is a boon for anyone who is hypersensitive to the latter solvents . |
| 14 | This is a boon for anyone who is hypersensitive to the latter solvents . |
| 15 | This is a tragedy for our community . ’ |
| 16 | This is a joke for you . |
| 17 | This is a time for you to test for yourself what truth there is in Schopenhauer 's doctrine … |
| 18 | Anne Boleyn gave a copy to Henry VIII , who declared appreciatively , ‘ This is a book for me and all Kings . ’ |
| 19 | You know you are not wasting your time because this is a job for which you are genuinely suited and which you would like . |
| 20 | This is a job for your local builder if you 're not happy working up ladders . |
| 21 | We were in the First Division far too fleetingly and this is an opportunity for everyone to show what a big club Portsmouth really are . ’ |
| 22 | This is an opportunity for anyone with an interest in film and television for young people to express their views on the current programmes and films available . |
| 23 | Politicians tend to act from baser motives , of which the strongest of all is an instinct for their own survival . |
| 24 | I do not think that that is a question for me to answer from the Dispatch Box . |
| 25 | Yes , Saddam Hussein is a bad man , but that is a problem for his neighbours , especially the Israelis , not us . |
| 26 | ‘ Kevin Vose was 130th in the national and to beat him like that is a dream for me . |
| 27 | That is a skill for which lawyers are highly paid in another area . |
| 28 | whether or not that is a purpose for which such goods are commonly supplied , except where the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or that it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller … ’ |
| 29 | ( j ) The implied obligation of fitness for purpose The implied condition of merchantability is supplemented by the fitness for purpose provision found in s14(3) of SGA 1979 which provides : ( 3 ) Where the seller sells goods in the course of a business and the buyer , expressly or by implication , makes known ( a ) to the seller , or ( b ) where the purchase price or part of it is payable by instalments and the goods were previously sold by a credit-broker to the seller , to that credit-broker , any particular purpose for which the goods are being bought , there is an implied condition that the goods supplied under the contract are reasonably fit for that purpose , whether or not that is a purpose for which such goods are commonly supplied , except where the circumstances show that the buyer does not rely , or that it is unreasonable for him to rely , on the skill or judgment of the seller and credit-broker . |
| 30 | If an ‘ inner core ’ of countries wish to ‘ pool ’ their sovereignty , that is a matter for them : the British public will not feel that losing national control of their employment , health , environmental or immigration policies is counterbalanced by an ability to regulate those policies in Belgium or Germany — the reality of inclusion in a tight ‘ first division ’ in Europe . |