Example sentences of "[vb mod] be for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was decided in the spring of 1892 to repair and rebuild the tower and as the Vicar in his letter puts it " To rebuild as an ornament to the village with a good clock in it , to make the fabric itself what it should be for a wealthy parish such as ours " . |
| 2 | Although it is true that warrants must be for a fixed period and may not be open-ended , the period in question is a relatively long one and may exceed the purposes for which the warrant is initially granted . |
| 3 | As made clear in s. 205(1) ( xxvii ) ( above ) this means that a valid legal lease must be for a fixed and certain period of time . |
| 4 | the tenancy must be for a minimum period of six months |
| 5 | It might be for a certain amount of time while they do so and so and then , what can he do ? |
| 6 | Every Buddhist boy became a monk for a period , it might be for a lent , or a year or two , it might continue for a lifetime or be as short as a week . |
| 7 | Whatever theoretical justification there might be for a dual market it would appear increasingly unjust . |
| 8 | According to them , to accept the legitimacy of an authority is simply to accept that whatever other reasons there may be for a certain action , its being required by the authority is an additional reason for its performance . |
| 9 | The licence may be for a fixed , perhaps renewable , period of time or there may be no mention of duration , in which case it can be assumed that the licence will last as long as the software is subject to copyright protection . |
| 10 | Schedules are generally constructed over a year , which is usually the client 's short-term planning cycle , but may be for a single seasonal burst . |
| 11 | This would apply only to a juvenile already in care of a local authority and then found guilty of a further imprisonable offence , and would be for a fixed period of not more than six months . |
| 12 | The best possible solution , as far as Loretta was concerned , would be for a total stranger to be revealed as the murderer . |
| 13 | If he ever left Everton now it would be for a modest fee . |
| 14 | The focus would move from the determination of who is legally right and from consideration of the reasonableness of the employer 's action in the circumstances of the individual dismissal to the location of the dispute firmly in the realms of industrial relations , rather than employment law , where the search would be for a workable and acceptable solution which took account of the wider context . |
| 15 | That incident illustrated how easy it would be for an atomic war to develop , so a hot-line was set up by means of a permanent telephone link between Washington in the U.S.A. and Moscow in the U.S.S.R. |
| 16 | An alternative and fairer approach would be for an incoming radical government to insist that each of the privatized industries should make a free issue of stock , by way of compensation for the sale of public assets at deflated prices . |
| 17 | Present employment law restricts the effect of such a covenant in a service agreement , but if inserted in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement , it is more likely to be enforceable. ( 3 ) The service agreement will be for a fixed term so that the managers are locked in for that period . |
| 18 | The first will be for a standard way to support multimedia applications under Unix . |
| 19 | The first will be for a standard way to support multi-media applications under Unix . |
| 20 | ( 2 ) The smaller company will invariably have to pass an ordinary resolution increasing its authorised share capital and giving its directors authority to allot new shares under CA 1985 , s80 in order to give effect to the share exchange ( a s89 disapplication will not be necessary as the new share issue will be for a non-cash consideration ) . |
| 21 | The cheapest will be with a junior instructor in a large ride and the top rate will be for a private lesson with the chief instructor . |
| 22 | At the next meeting on Thursday Mrs Russell will bring a display of Goss china , and the competition will be for a small piece of china . |
| 23 | At the next meeting on February 27 Mrs Russell will bring a display of Goss china and the competition will be for a small piece of china . |
| 24 | And each tag will be for a specific vehicle only , to guard against fraud , despite pleas from lorry firms to be allowed to transfer them around their fleets . |
| 25 | One will be for a fast and reliable commuter line across Kent , which could incidentally carry cross-Channel traffic . |