Example sentences of "[pron] is [noun sg] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One aspect of the contra proferentem rule is that , if there is more than one possible head of liability one of which is liability for negligence , then an exemption clause will not be interpreted as excluding liability for negligence unless it does so in clear terms . |
| 2 | Little pigs have big ears , ’ which is code for Jimbo is listening . |
| 3 | The short-term store has a limit of about twenty seconds unless there is opportunity for rehearsal , e.g. this is the maximum time available between looking up a telephone number and then dialling it unless the operator repeats it to himself . |
| 4 | Provided there is opportunity for profit , private money will be invested in schemes for this purpose and it would only be necessary to create the fiscal environment and to add encouragement , perhaps with grants , to fire the motivation of entrepreneurs . |
| 5 | Further , it is only in the Fellowships that they will get sufficient identification with other sufferers to be able to see that there is hope for recovery when they do finally admit defeat . |
| 6 | The metabolic pathways through which chitin is formed are not fully established but enzymatic synthesis of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine from glucose has been demonstrated by Candy and Kilby ( 1962 ) and there is evidence for polymerization under the control of a chitin synthetase . |
| 7 | These do not correlate with any known period of high lake levels in East Africa , although in northern Africa there is evidence for lake transgressions at around 90kyr . |
| 8 | In northwest Amazonia ( Venezuela ) , there is evidence for fire disturbance over the last 6000 years , with charcoal deposits under terrafirme forests as well as caatingas , and some of the fires may not have been anthropogenic . |
| 9 | There is evidence for forest clearing 11000 years BP in Taiwan and of agriculture between 14000 and 8000 BP in Thailand , and New Guinea by 9000 BP , though tools much older than this have been claimed for the island ; rice was being grown in Sulawesi by 6000 BP . |
| 10 | The main purpose of this procedure is not to initiate legislation but to generate publicity for a particular issue or to test the water to see if there is support for legislation in the future . |
| 11 | While there is scope for expansion in Europe , the group is cutting costs with the closure of three processing labs in the UK . |
| 12 | Although thermal products are represented in many European countries , the company believes there is scope for expansion . |
| 13 | Does the Prime Minister agree that although there is scope for compromise on many matters at Maastricht , the one issue on which it is impossible to compromise is the difference between those who believe that Britain could and should join in a single currency and those who believe that we should not do so at any price and that we should never even have joined the exchange rate mechanism ? |
| 14 | And I think there is scope for misunderstanding there , and I think that if those two basic things , if we could learn to do those better , and I say ‘ we ’ because I do n't think anyone has all the answers to these problems , that , that school-parent relationships would , would improve a lot more that way , by doing these basic things better , and being sensitive to the difficulties of , of communication , rather than by trying to do all kinds of new policy things and erect new formal committees of this and that kind . |
| 15 | First , there is scope for variation in the precise composition of the government 's political strategy , granted the general pressure for cutbacks in labour costs and increased flexibility . |
| 16 | Now , certainly , there is scope for cooperation and agreement between industry and government over the essential pre-conditions for a successful national industrial base . |
| 17 | Now although we can differentiate the products er agricultural products , we can only do that at the very final stage in processing , by and large , where there 's much less scope after product differentiation right , at the er the raw material erm level , which is where most agricultural trade continues er , most trade in agricultural products is in the raw commodity , not the refined commodity the refining , there might be the processing and the manufacturing , tend to occur in the country of consumption and not in the country of production a number of complicated , erm political reasons erm alright , but the but because there is n't the scope for product differentiation alright , we have n't witnessed an increase in intra industry trade in agricultural goods whereas we have done for manufactured goods because there is scope for intra industry trade er yeah scope for product differentiation . |
| 18 | Today there is scope for flair and creativity and for making a major contribution to AEA 's profitability . ’ |
| 19 | Other products from abroad are coming onto the market , but the Didcot meeting agreed that there is scope for improvement . |
| 20 | It is likely , however , that the most potent and effective form of communication will prove to be personal contact — through seminars , workshops , site visits and perhaps through short-term secondments that will feed proven experience from ‘ best ’ sites to others where there is scope for improvement . |
| 21 | Sky Head of Football Vic Wakeling admits : ‘ There is scope for improvement . |
| 22 | These different perceptions mean that there is scope for confusion in communicating with the public and non–specialists on risk issues , and great care needs to be taken . |
| 23 | The t turning to the other sectors , it 's quite correct there is capacity there is there is scope for example along the A fifty nine corridor , for new stations . |
| 24 | If we add to that the distinct empires which units and special schools often constitute and whose border crossings have indeterminate customs regulations , then there is scope for duplication and confusion in most LEAs ' provision . |
| 25 | But there is scope for innovation and change both in the composition and procedures of appellate courts ( Bell , 1983 ) . |
| 26 | Pass all through the mill of your mind and do n't use forms unmeaningly , like buttons on the back of a coat … although house building is very much a practical art the practical elements may be met gracefully and pleasantly , there is scope for dignity , humour and even romance . |
| 27 | There is little evidence for phenological character displacement and thus avoidance of competition , though fruit removal rates decline when many species are in fruit , i.e. there is competition for dispersal agents . |
| 28 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary honours degree courses , and from the HND Computer Studies courses ( see page 166 ) on the basis of academic performance . |
| 29 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary and honours degree courses and from the BTEC HND Computer Studies ( Code CE1112 ) ( see page 167 ) course at Coleraine to the degree course , on the basis of academic performance . |
| 30 | There is provision for transfer between the ordinary and honours degree courses . |