Example sentences of "to be for [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 They used to be for a while .
2 But then it would need to be for a man of his size to stretch out in comfort .
3 If the hat is to be for a grown-up , measure a grown-up 's head , again adding 5cms for overlap , and cut the tissue paper to this size .
4 Sir , in June nineteen ninety two Mrs Brown er successfully obtained temporary work working for the Nottingham Community Hospice as a nursing auxiliary and the work was initially intended to be for a period of about three months .
5 But then it was only going to be for a matter of weeks , so what did it matter anyway ?
6 It was only to be for a matter of months .
7 Neither case is an authority on how serious a discrepancy or inaccuracy has to be for a challenge on the ground of mistake to succeed .
8 The only proviso is that your holiday has to be for a minimum of five nights .
9 Originally scheduled to be for a morning only , the response was so enthusiastic that the meeting grew to an all-day event with a full billing of committed speakers .
10 ‘ Why is it that when I do fall , it has to be for a termagant who drives me out of my head ?
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12 The appointment was to be for the life of his father , Richard Earl of Cornwall , the king 's brother , with reversion to the Crown .
13 Neither father nor mother can deprive themselves of their rights , except in the case of a separation agreement between husband and wife ; and even such an agreement will not be enforced by the court if the court considers it not to be for the child 's benefit .
14 Royal taxation usually had to be for the defence of the realm , but this was no longer interpreted with the narrow precision attempted by Winchelsey , and clerical objections and conditions more often turned upon other considerations : redress of grievances , exemption from lay burdens such as the ninth and purveyances , or simple impoverishment .
15 Let us say the only settlors of the trust are Newco and Target , and both are excluded from benefiting under the trust , as they would have to be for the trust to qualify as an " employees share scheme " for the purposes of the Companies Act 1985 , and come within s75(6) Financial Services Act 1986 .
16 The externalist can point out how difficult it is going to be for the internalist to provide a satisfying account of knowledge .
17 The question for Iavolenus therefore is whether the period of sixteen years was supposed to be for the benefit of the trustee ( so that he could enjoy the income from the estate in the meantime ) or of the estate itself ( so that it would fall into the hands of the testator 's son only once he had reached the age of responsibility ) .
18 The contemporary open door was to be for the benefit of the Chinese , not their disadvantage .
19 The basis of this protection is that publication is deemed to be for the benefit of the public .
20 ( It could also be theft , where there is no need for the disposal to be for the benefit of another . )
21 The answer would seem to be for the purpose of ascertaining the possessor 's intention , and for deciding whether in all the circumstances , racial hatred is likely to be stirred up .
22 At some later date he abandoned all his offices and journeyed to the Hijaz ( which journey both Mecdi and el-Kefevi have taken to be for the purpose of going on the pilgrimage ) ; alter his return he did not again hold any office .
23 Then she thought how tiring it was going to be for the rest of her life trying to be the Wise Woman all the time .
24 Some odd-looking monsters had been produced by designers striving to come to terms with these innovations , but by 1880 warships were already essentially what they were to be for the rest of the century , armoured , steam-driven and screw-propelled , with their main armament in revolving turrets or carried broadside .
25 Eldorado — reported to be for the chop when John Birt takes over as BBC director general in March — is changing tactics in a last ditch bid to win a reprieve .
26 Today , America 's Thanksgiving Day , it is certainly the place to be for the world 's best technical and all-round skiers .
27 One is said to be for the Lord and the other for Azazel .
28 Meanwhile , the only alternative seems to be for the baby to be looked after by her mother , and she will go and visit in the evenings when her father has gone off to his night work .
29 A royal banner now bestowed respectability on a cause ; kings ' wars were assumed to be for the sake of peace , even when cripplingly expensive and increasingly savage .
30 The second possibility is that there may not be the clear difference between fiction and non-fiction for the young reader that then appears to be for the adult .
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