Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] be for [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if it 's any consolation the new course is reckoned to be for experts only … ask Sandy Lyle … |
| 2 | If local authorities have not been able to find sites how much more difficult is it going to be for gipsies themselves ? ’ he said . |
| 3 | Just as the word ‘ scientist ’ was being coined in the 1830s to express a new feeling of community , specialized societies and journals were coming into being for astronomers , entomologists , chemists and other groups . |
| 4 | Thinking about these questions produces the conclusions that are the starting point for Hughes 's paper : that the philosopher 's child invariably turns out to be male and that autonomy seems to be for men only . |
| 5 | Its use is intended to be for characters that walk , where you do n't want to have a Michael Jackson Moonwalk effect ( although that 's a doddle to do — you just move an actor backwards while it 's animated to walk forwards ) . |
| 6 | In July it was disclosed that the Soviet Union was owed the equivalent of 87,500 million ( 25 per cent in convertible currencies ) , but much of this was believed to be for arms sales to poorer countries who were unable to repay it . |
| 7 | Both bought a gratifyingly large number of things before passing on to the next stall , where Miss Pettigrew sat behind pyramids of tinned food , most of which , on closer inspection , proved to be for cats . |
| 8 | It is true that the carefully authentic material has to be explained more fully than it had to be for readers of Marryat 's day , who could be supposed to possess a modicum of previous knowledge of naval affairs . |