Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] is for " in BNC.

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1 Streamline English Directions is for upper intermediate students , such as those approaching or at the level of Cambridge First Certificate .
2 An alternative method for dealing with vector elements of different lengths is for an increment value of one always to be used , but for the modifier field to be suitably manipulated when an element is accessed .
3 Since wages and prices tend to be ‘ sticky ’ in the downward direction , the only way that the price mechanism can work and give the appropriate signals is for the prices of different goods and services to rise at different rates .
4 The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’
5 One way of ensuring a fairer distribution of additional resources is for schools to work together on joint fund raising .
6 It would be noted that in fact one of these plans is for a 20-bed unit consisting of 2 10-bed sections .
7 Our only real protection from these problems is for the horse trainer or handler to cure the anxiety before the problems develop — to banish fears in the horse , not to make them .
8 Important though each of these qualities is for his survival in office , they are over-shadowed by that most prized of all political virtues : knowing where he wants to go .
9 In social research Sociological Abstracts is the main abstracting journal for sociology , as Psychological Abstracts is for psychology .
10 ( It is important to remember that the purpose of these records is for internal progress checking , not for circulation to Area Managers or whoever .
11 What the programmer wants in many cases is for the result of the operation to replace one of the operands .
12 But my personal passion above all others is for texture .
13 But my personal passion above all others is for texture .
14 One of Boutros-Ghali 's most important proposals is for a strengthening of preventive diplomacy , particularly through the Chapter VI peaceful dispute revolution mechanisms of the Charter .
15 Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window .
16 The fertility counsellor 's main role is to help clients explore the complex issues surrounding possible treatments ; the most important criteria is for patients and clients to be able to make an informed decision about whether to undergo treatment .
17 The only way to stop these damaging rumours is for the players to back the manager on the field and start winning games again .
18 ‘ If a judgment requires , before it can be made , the existence of some facts then , although the evaluation of those facts is for the Secretary of State alone , the court must inquire whether those facts exist , and have been taken into account , whether the judgment has been made upon a proper self-direction as to those facts , whether the judgment has not been made upon other facts which ought not to have been taken into account .
19 One of the immediate consequences is for cells t become cancerous .
20 One of Britain 's oldest asylums is for sale .
21 One of their biggest fears is for the loss making Cotswold Line which has eleven rural stations between Oxford and Worcester .
22 Quite why food and diet have become of such interest in recent years is for the social historian to discuss , but there is no doubt about the present popularity of culinary herbs .
23 Three million pounds is for employment training ; for employment action , which is specifically related to longer-term unemployment , there is £500,000 .
24 One of the four ads is for insurance , another for Sherwood 's and the other two draw the attention of anxious patients to a particular service offered by local solicitors .
25 There are many reasons why , in the early nineteenth century , different considerations would intrude on the modelling of a dissected female body rather than that of a male , but one conclusion we could draw from these figures is that the human norm is male , and the only reason to look at female bodies is for that which makes them female , i.e. the reproductive system .
26 Strictly , the only possible logical comparison between two operands is for equality or Inequality .
27 The second possible practical application of algebraic laws is for transforming programs to improve their efficiency in some way .
28 That is what a T four bacteria is for and that 's what I am for , and I would suggest y ultimately what you are for as well , and this is why in the end erm nature will cast us aside .
29 The usual practice in most offices is for a post-clerk or secretary to open all the incoming mail and to place it in the in-tray of the appropriate recipient .
30 One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland .
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