Example sentences of "is [adj] for [pos pn] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The core of morality was seen by Kant in the ‘ categorical imperative ’ , the unconditional demand upon us to do what is right for its own sake . |
| 2 | Perhaps it is fortunate for my own sake that I have no further letter now . ’ |
| 3 | A thread that runs through all fairy tales , and is important for our own writing , is the element of change . |
| 4 | If , if , if , if it 's , if it 's , if it 's , if it 's two of you living in the house right the poll tax is n't paid by one person , it 's each person is , is responsible for their own poll tax |
| 5 | The hardest lesson for Gilly to learn is that she and nobody else is responsible for her own actions and that she has to live with her own mistakes . |
| 6 | Each recognised group receives an annual grant and is responsible for its own accounts . |
| 7 | Each group is responsible for its own quality control , is treated by management as a team , and there are opportunities for job rotation throughout the team , though the rotated jobs exclude supervision and materials handling . |
| 8 | There is only a small amount of centralised buying ; each department is responsible for its own buying and stock control . |
| 9 | This belief , expressed in the legal doctrine of novus actus interruptus , is that a person is responsible for his own actions , and others are not responsible even if they induced his action by suggesting that there are reasons for it , or by behaving in ways which led him to form such a belief . |
| 10 | We have to accept that each of us is responsible for our own preservation . |
| 11 | It is essential for our own peace and security that Russia continues to play the positive role on which President Gorbachev embarked and which President Yeltsin is set to continue and to develop . |
| 12 | The normal effect of such an authorisation is that the buyer is sub-selling for his own account . |
| 13 | It may yet be possible to convince manufacturers , governments and the public that energy saving is worthwhile for its own sake . |
| 14 | The hon. Gentleman seems to leave out of account the fact that investment in energy efficiency is desirable for its own sake . |