Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " But your friend Hyde is ; you do know his preference is for young men ? " she asked with a sly smile . |
| 2 | Full of admiration and impressed above all by the signs of Nietzsche 's originality of mind and literary power , he saw in him a new kind of worker for the cultural cause with which he identified his own ambitions : " Now you must show what philology is for , and help me bring about the grand " renaissance " … |
| 3 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 4 | To this end , Ritschl offered a fresh account of the nature of religion , an account which began by considering what religion is for . |
| 5 | ‘ Anyway , Fagin , I know your idea is for Oliver to do the job . ’ |
| 6 | So we should probably begin by asking what college is for and reviewing the various arguments that surround it . |
| 7 | But if you 're taking several medicines , you might forget which medicine is for what . |
| 8 | This stress on will — " loke what wil is for in al " ( 70r. – 205 ) — is an aspect of the concern he expresses in Mixed Life for the importance of a " continuel desire to God " and in Scale 1 ( 22.295b. – 95 ) for a " hole and a stable entencoun " to please God which must underly all that the anchoress does . |
| 9 | Assuming your trip is for more than an hour , the following items are considered pretty indispensable by most mothers . |
| 10 | The only thing which can save your life is for us to amputate your left leg . ’ |
| 11 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
| 12 | We know that the best way to achieve our objective is for countries to work with their national traditions — not against them . |