Example sentences of "[num] be for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Deputy Head ( Staff ) : ‘ Scale 2 is for additional responsibility , not just for services rendered over time . ’
2 There were three failures ( 30% ) in the Crohn 's group ( all three were for pelvic sepsis and fistula ) and a further three failures ( 30% ) in the indeterminate colitis group ( one for fistula , one for recurrent pouchitis , and one because of incapacitating diarrhoea ) compared with nine failures ( 15% ) in the ulcerative colitis patients ( six for ischaemia , two for recurrent pouchitis , and one for poor functional results ) ( relative risk 2.03 ( 96% CI 0.81 to 5.10 ) ) .
3 Of the £6 billion increase in the planning total , it is true that £4 billion is for social security , but not all that — indeed , I think that only about £2 billion — is the increase in unemployment benefit .
4 An urgent need in the 1990s is for this professionalism to gain control of all classrooms , in order for the National Curriculum in English to be properly implemented .
5 Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable .
6 Two were for fulminant colitis , in one case Crohn 's disease was subsequently identified in the proctectomy specimen and in the other Crohn 's was recognised only in the ileal reservoir after excision .
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