Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [vb mod] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | She knew that her uncle 's death would radically change her position but did she , as she said , believe that the change would be for the worse ? |
| 2 | Although there is no fundamental objection to life-long medication — many diabetics rely on daily injections of insulin with no prospect of stopping — no drug is without hazard , and the longer the treatment continues , the stronger the case should be for it . |
| 3 | Four speakers from the Tory party mentioned the damage will be for the Highfield area . |
| 4 | The contract will be for a minimum of four years starting next January and will involve all grass cutting on council land , maintenance of playing fields , hedge cutting , rose , tree and shrub maintenance , spring and summer bedding displays , cemeteries , and house gardens . |
| 5 | One can imagine how severe the reprimand will be for the officer whose disregard of the rules has been decorated with a successful conviction . |
| 6 | If so , the disqualification may be for a period of five years , universally in the case of a corrupt practice or within the particular constituency in which the offence took place in the case of an illegal practice . |
| 7 | Suddenly I realized how terrible the fight would be for Elizabeth . |
| 8 | Even though the problem shows that the full crime was consummated , the culprits may be convicted of attempt or incitement , so that it may be relevant to mention these crimes — though normally , of course , the indictment would be for the completed crime , not for a mere attempt or incitement . |
| 9 | The sort of applications which we might wish to make in the future would be for an example that an interim payment be made out of the money in court or that the money be transferred to the public trust office , we do n't know how we should proceed yet , but if we are at liberty to apply generally |
| 10 | You 'd done the hard part correctly , calculating what the weight would be for so many engines . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | The alternative would be for the Court of Appeal to decide all the matters before it . |
| 13 | The alternative would be for the government to finance the state provision of broadcasting through general taxation . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | The search can be for the ‘ lost object ’ , i.e. , ‘ good ’ management ; ‘ good ’ relations ( cf. |
| 17 | The prediction would be for the ownership of cars to rise by 52,000 in 2 years , and so total market demand for cars in Panaragua in this period would be about 52,000 ( or slightly more , allowing for old cars being scrapped ) . |
| 18 | The privilege is limited strictly to matters of public concern and the publication must be for the public benefit . |
| 19 | The issue may be for cash or in exchange for some other asset ( eg a company or business ) . |
| 20 | It was now that the assurances of 1918 that the pact would be for one election only came home to roost ; wanting to be ready in plenty of time , many local parties were by 1921 selecting candidates who would oppose sitting Coalition Liberals . |
| 21 | Investment Overviews — the business must be for sale and a sales memorandum must exist . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | However well placed the site might be for access to trade routes , it had an unhealthy climate and was in Spanish territory . |
| 24 | Their experience well illustrates Swords-Isherwood and Senker 's argument that the need will be for increased numbers of such workers , and that they should possess multiple skills : for example , electronics , electrical , and mechanical . |
| 25 | How could he understand what an agony the evening must be for her . |
| 26 | The Fellowship will be for three years in the first instance . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | There is also a lack of clarity over where the emphasis should be for promoting the involvement of general practitioners . |
| 29 | The correct beginning to a piece on tears flowing over the lobster would be for the Strand street-dwellers to be doing something — rioting , dancing in the fountains at Trafalgar Square , anything but this calm resignation . |
| 30 | It 's about pr p provision for migration and what the policy should be for that . |