Example sentences of "and it be [art] [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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1 I 'm sure she 'd like a wee turn out and it 's no problem for me to look after the twins . ’
2 I would suggest to this conference and more importantly to this government , that that is no way to lift this country out of the recession and it 's no way for us to run an economy .
3 But , as I say , Leith is in the preference , and it 's a preference for a lot of football fans .
4 And it 's a pound for the older ones .
5 All six had conquered hardships of their own to help those in need and Celebrities Guild founder Ella Glazer said : ‘ They 're all remarkable people and it 's a pleasure for us to reward them for work which might otherwise go unmarked . ’
6 And it 's an opportunity for her and me to say a couple of words to us , and for us certainly to thank her very much for her service .
7 and it 's an ordeal for a young child
8 It was so much the sort of remark one could only make to a girl friend , but Rupert took it very nicely and said with only slightly forced heartiness , ‘ Jolly good , and it 's an excuse for me to have a better meal than usual , too .
9 An employer is liable for the offence of ‘ using ’ an unlicensed vehicle if the vehicle is driven on his business and it is no defence for the employer to show that he had not authorised the journey if , in fact , the journey was on his business ( Richardson v Baker [ 1976 ] RTR 56 ) .
10 It was a mistake for Britain to join the ERM in the first place — and it is a mistake for countries such as France and Spain to stick with it now .
11 Obviously getting work is an extremely important goal for any child at school , and it is a goal for society that there should be as low a level of unemployment as is compatible with the advancement of technology and the efficiency of industry and agriculture .
12 The Crime Survey is a victimisation study and its main conclusion is one that has been noted , in a less systematic way , many times before : working-class crime is a problem , and it is a problem for the working class , since they are its principal victims , as they are of all types of crime :
13 I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District .
14 It is still an important component of marriage settlements , and it is an element of prestige : it can give independence of employers and it is a security for a man attempting upward social mobility .
15 It is interpretation carried out within an existing legal framework : where a trust has actually been set up by a settlor , and it is a matter for the jurist to interpret or elucidate details .
16 Roosevelt was a dying man at Yalta and it is a matter for speculation as to how far his judgements were influenced by his health .
17 It is why butterflies warm up before flight , either by exposing their wings to the sun 's heat or by generating heat internally by vibrating them ; it is why lizards bask in the morning sun ; and it is the explanation for the saying : ‘ fast runs the ant as the mercury rises ’ .
18 It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought .
19 Lyricism is inexperience , and it is the desire for glory .
20 And it is an offence for a man to commit gross indecency with another man : this offence usually concerns mutual masturbation or oral sex between two males ( there is no equivalent offence between females ) .
21 She was n't happy , she was suddenly plunged into all this pressure and it was a nightmare for her .
22 The prayer that occurred was in a small group and it was a prayer for power for the church .
23 And it was a fight for the f towards the end of the week it was a fight to sort of say , Well , Sha n't be able to move it , use it until t the man comes .
24 This volume does indeed contain many of Boulestin 's best recipes , but not one single one of the delicious menus in the composition of which he excelled ; and it was a mistake for the editors to suppose that they understood French syntax better than their author .
25 I met George only when I came here , and it was a pleasure for me to meet such a good and conscientious man of the people .
26 They expect somebody else to be responsible ’ and it was a cause for great sorrow that ‘ Gone are the days of Queen Victoria . ’
27 Then , as now , fears of national decline and cultural adulteration were much in evidence , and it was a cause for great concern that the nation 's youth were slipping away from the standards of their forebears .
28 They did , they were married in deep snow and it was a job for people to travel about .
29 Her worst was when she got in the way ; backstage timing sometimes had to be precise , and it was no place for someone who was still taking in the sights .
30 Yet for many years most Europeans did not know the system existed and it was no substitute for full EMU .
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