Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | My real preference is for Surrealist work , though watered down a bit . |
| 2 | My personal preference is for Michelin as I have had many years and miles of trouble free use from them . |
| 3 | My personal preference is for valve amps as the sound obtained is generally warmer , but the transistor amps offer a better power/weight ratio , not to mention the cost factor ! |
| 4 | My present contract is for six months . ’ |
| 5 | My immediate thought was for the very basic question of acquiring premises , space to accommodate staff and the books we have purchased . |
| 6 | My immediate concern is for my husband 's safety because , given that , our lives could then go back to normal . |
| 7 | When I first started with the team at Moor Lane my particular responsibility was for the children 's talks . |
| 8 | My original thoughts were for a 3-week tour but after consideration and discussion a longer period seems preferable ; I 'm therefore thinking of 8 weeks , from mid-Feb. to mid-April , but of course if your time is limited you could return independently . |
| 9 | But my main concern is for you . |
| 10 | My main aim was for some relief to the back pain that I had had for many years but , having tried many other so-called ‘ back pain relief techniques ’ , without much success ( some worked for a short while , others not at all or even made the pain worse ) , I was not too optimistic . |
| 11 | Their possible purpose is for grooming ( as above ) . |
| 12 | Beating straps are only occasionally fitted to boards and , as the name suggests , their sole use is for sailing into wind . |
| 13 | Their total estimate is for 220,000 dwellings annually until 1991 ( and rather less in the last decade of the century ) . |
| 14 | But its real purpose is for the prospective auditor/adviser to be made aware of all the relevant facts before taking on the assignment . |
| 15 | Their stated wish was for him to be moved to another mainstream school . |
| 16 | Noise is a potent trigger and its constant presence is for many teachers very wearing . |
| 17 | Her constant prayer was for the safety of ‘ My John ’ stuck , as she knew he was , in the mud around Ravenna . |
| 18 | Here its two-syllable song is for COLOUR : the yellow of the small flowers called solinas , which grow wherever is not cultivated , the bright green health of the plants , the light on the red volcanic rock and that glancing sapphire blue of the lake |
| 19 | Part of the station at North Road is now a museum devoted to the Stockton and Darlington Railway , the first regular passenger railway , opened in 1825 ( although its primary purpose was for freight ) . |
| 20 | They chose the second option , because their prime concern was for the safety of the international financial system . |
| 21 | The preliminary draft of Article 1 did in fact contain , in the English text only , an explanatory gloss to the word ‘ evidence ’ as ‘ including the taking of statements of witnesses , parties or experts and the production or examination of documents or other objects or property ’ ; its eventual omission was for reasons of style rather than of substance . |
| 22 | In abstract they may admire and be excited by them , but their day-to-day preference is for women who want to please them and do n't make too much of a fuss . |
| 23 | Their physical needs are for food , water , shelter from extreme weather , a safe environment , sensory stimulation , light , exercise , and freedom from injury , pain , or parasites . |
| 24 | Clients must consult solicitors even if their only need is for an opinion from counsel . |
| 25 | It was less clear what their ultimate intentions were for the company . |
| 26 | Its numbers had increased by 1979 to 3,000 from only 800 a century ago , when it had been expected to disappear : its only use was for bloodless bull-fighting in which ribbons are snatched from the bull 's horns . |
| 27 | He added : ‘ In Liverpool 's case , two of their red cards were for violent conduct , which does not go down to well . |
| 28 | These scouting expeditions are highly effective in raising the tension among the passengers , but their main purpose is for the boatmen to gauge the water level . |
| 29 | Their main advantage is for carrying bulky pieces of equipment for expeditions . |
| 30 | Their main call was for a return to the 1977 White Paper , namely : ‘ a specific commitment on the part of central and local government to the regeneration of the inner areas … both central and local government will be judged by their willingness to implement new priorities , to make funds available , to change policies and to adapt their organisations , ( DoE , 1977 , para. 25 ) . |