Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] [be] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus for the last decade the report envisages that 25 per cent of new building should be for replacement ; at such a rate the demand for greenfield sites might fall . |
| 2 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 3 | An alternative would be for patients to keep a daily record of their food . |
| 4 | This is a welcome development as the alternative would be for EHO 's to create their own code which would not be written from the funeral director/embalmer point of view . |
| 5 | These trends are perhaps not surprising but it should be noted that the result will be for schools in disadvantaged areas to lose pupils and to increase their unit costs per pupil . |
| 6 | The issue may be for cash or in exchange for some other asset ( eg a company or business ) . |
| 7 | Satisfactory though casing may be for books which a careless age does not expect to be long-lived , it can not compare in craftsmanship and durability with the old method properly practised . |
| 8 | And his perfect ending would be for Villa to become the first winners of the Premier League and break United 's hearts for the second successive season in a title run-in . |
| 9 | David Jacques and Dean Crumpton are looking sturdy as the full-backs , but the biggest test will be for Peter Reed and Wayne Hannigan , ball-winners asked to be more creative in midfield . |
| 10 | The next battle will be for Britain |
| 11 | First , the term ‘ national security is no stranger to us ’ and was used often in statutes without being defined or restricted as to its meaning , with Parliament always accepting that ‘ decisions about questions of national security must be for Ministers ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ They had been discussing the idea that a pet should be for life not just for Christmas and decided to take the idea a step further , ’ she said . |
| 13 | Investment Overviews — the business must be for sale and a sales memorandum must exist . |
| 14 | However well placed the site might be for access to trade routes , it had an unhealthy climate and was in Spanish territory . |
| 15 | Again , the aim would be for employers to back this decision with the offer of future employment once the education or training course had been completed . |
| 16 | As the country found itself on the brink of a constitutional crisis , Mr Havel said the best way to avert such a crisis would be for President Husak to quit and for a strong prime minister to assume his authority temporarily , as the constitution permits . |
| 17 | The other room would be for telephone calls about being broke , of course . |
| 18 | Supplied by MSB Mikrocomputer Software Handelsges mbh of Vienna , the X-Windows-for-PC package will be for use by all Austrian universities and polytechnics . |
| 19 | George was already phrasing his call to Culliman ; perhaps the request should be for Maxim to ‘ make himself available ’ to the Study group a suggestion of staying several days give the chap a chance to see Washington in the fall … and make a quick trip to St Louis and back . |
| 20 | ( 6 ) A tender offer must be for cash whereas a partial offer may be for securities of the offeror . |
| 21 | ( 5 ) A tender offer must be for cash which precludes a buyer from offering " roll-over " tax relief to shareholders by means of a securities exchange ( see para 23.2.1 below ) . |
| 22 | ( 6 ) A tender offer must be for cash whereas a partial offer may be for securities of the offeror . |
| 23 | Stuart said ICL would be concentrating on SVR4.2 on Intel platforms , anticipating that its greatest impact would be for companies looking to implement true client/server installations , with SVR4.2 at both the client and server ends . |
| 24 | In addition , an anti-static spray will be for sale to allow the customer to pull his or her fleecy top over the head without first removing the beard , in complete safety . |
| 25 | The goods will be his , he will not be able to reject them ( because he will have ‘ accepted ’ them , section 35 , paragraph 13–03 below ) and his only claim will be for damages . |
| 26 | The only protection would be for neighbours to use different channels or to fit filters . |
| 27 | The Watchfield camp would be for travellers passing through the area . |
| 28 | In particular , will your erstwhile political columnist , R W Johnson , apologise for the appalling piece of sexism that appeared in NSS ( under a previous editor ) on 7 December 1990 , when he suggested that the only way for Labour to win the next election would be for Glenys Kinnock to ‘ have a word ’ with Neil and persuade him to stand down ? |
| 29 | Suddenly I realized how terrible the fight would be for Elizabeth . |
| 30 | ( 5 ) The tender must be for cash , it must treat all shareholders equally and top-up arrangements are not permitted . |