Example sentences of "[noun sg] [am/are] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 2 | A few , a tiny few , recognise how unreasonable this attitude is , but the overwhelming majority are for the time being standing firm . ’ |
| 3 | It still seems to me that the acting critics of poesy are for the most part incapable of looking for more than one thing at a time , having got started about 1913 ( I mean a few of ‘ em got started about 1913 and a lot have started since ) to look for a certain plainness and directness of speech and simple order of words ; and having about 1918 got started looking for Mr Eliot 's rather more fragile system ( a system excellent for Mr Eliot but not very much use to any one else ) , they now limit their criticism to inquiring whether or no verse conforms to one or other of these manners , thereby often omitting to notice fundamentals , or qualities as important as verbal directness and even more important than ‘ snap ’ . |
| 4 | The idea behind the Partnership Act is that the internal affairs of the partnership are for the partners to decide . |
| 5 | Decor and furnishing are for the 1990s styles , insulation is even better than the Mark 3s and passengers with special needs are catered for as , for example , mother and baby facilities and disabled toilets . |
| 6 | Decisions taken by management are for the future , and some have a very long ‘ planning horizon ’ — the time between making the decision and seeing the consequences of that decision can be very long . |
| 7 | The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts . |
| 8 | Matters of degree are for the Secretary of State to decide . |
| 9 | The only way out of this conundrum would be to argue , not only that the contents of the bracket are for the tribunal , but that it can alter these at will , and put any other contents in their place at any time . |
| 10 | The following members have been reappointed by the Lord President : Appointments to the Council are for the period until December 1977 . |
| 11 | At the outset I should point out that the accounts which are before this meeting are for the year ending 5th April 1992 . |
| 12 | Although their boundaries can not be other than arbitrary , the South-West , the West Midlands , the Northern and the rest are for the most part easily identifiable territories , demarcated with a fair degree of consistency by public authorities , the media and national associations of all sorts including political parties . |
| 13 | Attitudes amongst Oxfordshire teachers towards SSE as a general notion are for the most part moderately positive , but towards the LEA scheme moderately negative , particularly so with regard to the time it takes . |
| 14 | But functional requirements within a development are for the most part a matter for the developers and their customers . |
| 15 | With the exception of some early state papers in private collections and most notably , the very extensive India Office records , which effectively ceased to be produced in 1948 , the Special Collections of the British Library are for the most part private in their origin and unpredictable in the manner and timing of their acquisition . |
| 16 | The reason sometimes given is that the defences of justification and fair comment are for the jury , which is the constitutional tribunal , and not for the judge . |
| 17 | Praise be for the twenty-first century ! |
| 18 | For the Tory dissidents , a leading opponent , William Cash , said : ‘ The European Central Bank arrangements under the treaty are for the whole of Europe , yet it comprises unelectable , unaccountable bankers making decisions on behalf of the people of this country and elsewhere . |
| 19 | The prayers recommended before the consecration are for the spiritual welfare of all estates and conditions of men in terms of a literal and spiritual harvest which not only ensures their survival in this world but also in the next . |
| 20 | In many parts of the country , villages are dormitory and retirement centres ; the farms that now work the land are for the most part out in their fields away from the villages . |