Example sentences of "[Wh det] [is] for the " in BNC.

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1 He can smell nothing , which is for the best .
2 Nominations are invited for the award of the SAC silver medal , which is for the encouragement of young scientists ( not over 35 years old ) working in any field covering the practice and teaching of analytical chemistry .
3 ‘ in a street ( or public place ) called … ‘ 'Street ’ is defined at section 1(4) Street Offences Act 1959 as any bridge , road , lane , footway , subway , square , court , alley or passage , whether a thoroughfare or not , which is for the time being open to the public , and the doorways and entrances of premises abutting on a street ( as herein before defined ) and any ground adjoining and open to a street , shall form part of the street .
4 The very freedom which marks the period of childhood gives unrivalled opportunity for picking up all sorts of information about the environment ; the child is not handicapped by attending school and listening to formal instruction which is for the most part unrelated to his interests and needs .
5 A purpose which is for the direct benefit of a particular class of persons ( other than a State institution ) is not charitable , although it results in an indirect benefit to the community .
6 Yes , er er I mean I agree with you Chairman entirely , I mean the arguments have been made before and I will just say them again , that I think the District Council are quite remiss er in asking for this sum of money , particularly in view of the reason that the , the , the field is there , which is for the recreation of the people who live in the estate , and the back end of Southwell , and it always has been , er and that is a responsibility that has been taken on by this Parish Council , and if , if , if they feel that they , they wish to persist in asking an unreasonable price , and let's face it , the District Council is in a position to look at this situation and say , the Parish Council is doing an excellent job , we will sell them this land for a figure that they can afford .
7 Er , Madam Speaker I 'm very much aware of the case that the my honourable friend has er mentioned because he has written to me er about it and I have looked into the circumstances er of it and I understand that the employment service have made no final decision on that particular site and I 'd be happy to respond to my honourable friend er once I 've had a chance to discuss it further with the Chief Executive of the employment service whose responsibility it is but if I could just say to my honourable friend the principle of integrating er the work of the job centre and the payment of benefits on one site is a good one which is for the convenience of er people who make use of the job centres er and er as er er the honourable er gentleman , the member for Workington is indicating from a sedentary position , was a recommendation which was supported by the public accounts er committee and I believe and I believe that it er makes sense to proceed on a value for money basis with this policy but I will certainly look at the particular example in my honourable friend 's constituency with interest .
8 I am attempting to make explicit what is for the participants a shared and implicit agreement on the structure within which the practice is taking place .
9 ( c ) They may change form because they reflect what is for the language being considered , a regularly observed semantic distinction .
10 They " must set the standards of what is acceptable , of what is for the public good in the age in which we live " .
11 But what is for the most part in these stories a quiet desperation , is achieved at the cost of suppressing part of his own awareness , part of his own truth , and how bad that was we begin to see with The Portrait .
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