Example sentences of "[det] be 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 | His common sense told him that this was a girl for him , but that sophisticated vision of Julie Murchison kept blurring the scene . |
| 22 | I felt this was a rehearsal for my parting from Dana . |
| 23 | this was a chance for everybody around the Skegness |
| 24 | I felt this was a chance for me to put to rest one way or another this thing that had been nagging at me for such a long time . ’ |
| 25 | This was a case for which a substantial punishment was called for , and in the absence of a plea of guilty , a sentence of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) of at least two years would have been called for . |
| 26 | ‘ This was a win for everybody here . |
| 27 | This was a joy for me as I had puzzled often on the jumble of tops visible from the A82 and in the mass of high peaks this area contains . |
| 28 | All this was a punishment for something I 'm still not sure about . ’ |
| 29 | This was a lesson for me . |
| 30 | While underlining the right of the East Germans to opt for unity with their fellow Germans in the Federal Republic , Dr Kohl said this was a matter for their own free choice . |