Example sentences of "for the [noun sg] is [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Darwinian processes are likely to be only one of several mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change in form ( there is much debate , which need not concern us here , about the relative contribution of these other mechanisms ) , the point for the present is that all forms of life on earth today are clearly the results of comparable evolutionary pressures over the whole of geological time . |
| 2 | The important point for the present is that the above clauses leave no room for doubt that a breach of contract will justify the victim in terminating the contract . |
| 3 | Another possibility for the seminar is that if you want to bring some notes along to a sort of , if you show me a if you dream up hypothetical questions and then put a plan to answer them so that I can skim down it in about a minute or two . |
| 4 | The snag for the user is that , in most cases , unless he or she has access to a piece of ready-written graphics software or can program the machine to create the required displays from scratch these features seldom get used to the full . |
| 5 | The ideal situation for the artist is that all money should be paid to the artist . |
| 6 | The question for the Government is whether the British financial markets , with their notoriously short-term horizons , are capable of handling long-term projects of this magnitude . |
| 7 | The danger for the Government is that it may all come just a bit too late to expunge the memories of our current travails and of too long a period of neglect for the supply-side of the economy to respond . |
| 8 | The motivation for the Government is that its insider dealing laws have caught a disappointing haul of rule-breakers . |
| 9 | What emerges from the survey as most worrying for the Government is that there is little support from even its most natural supporters for some key policies , like the privatisation of water and the railways . |
| 10 | The other advantage of affray for the prosecutor is that it requires a less exacting proof of mens rea than is required for the offences against the person . |
| 11 | The reason for the procedure is that the consideration shares issued by the bidder to accepting shareholders are issued for a non-cash consideration ( ie the shares in the target ) and accordingly are not required to be offered to the bidder 's shareholders under the pre-emption provisions of CA 1985 , s89 , because that section only applies to new issues for cash . |
| 12 | But the bright side for the chancellor is that there should be higher bank profits to tax , especially if interest rates fall . |
| 13 | The advantage for the butterfly is that if a bird seizes it by the wings , and is reminded of some earlier unpleasant experience with the species and its toxin , it will release the insect unharmed : a bluejay that has never seen a monarch butterfly will readily catch and eat it ; but within 15–30 minutes the toxins in the butterfly 's body cause the bird to vomit , and one such encounter is sufficient to make a bluejay avoid monarchs thereafter . |
| 14 | The only plausible explanation for the omission is that , at the time of copying , Purcell had yet to finalize the detail of these inner parts . |
| 15 | Hollier is an extreme case , but its lesson for the drafter is that if a clause is intended to exclude liability for negligence , it should expressly refer to negligence . |
| 16 | A general issue concerning the mental element for the offence is whether the defendant must intend that his conduct should be threatening , abusive or insulting , or be aware that it might be . |
| 17 | A further problem for the Church is that it may be seen by some people as a stepping-stone to a political career . |
| 18 | The advantage of own brands for the retailer is that they can only be purchased from that particular company . |
| 19 | The reason for the friendliness is that Thorpe 's victim was his identical twin brother , Steve . |
| 20 | The advantage for the customer is that own brands are often cheaper than well-known brand names and the customer knows where to obtain the product . |
| 21 | According to Roddy McKee , in charge of telecommunications policy in the Agency 's Telecommunications Division , the reason for the privatisation is that as UK telecommunications charges have dropped , the Agency is no longer able to run the network economically . |
| 22 | It is clear from the terms of Form 2 of Schedule 1 that a requirement for the receipt is that it should be signed by the superior or his agent . |
| 23 | The question for the court is whether the views could honestly have been held by a fair-minded person on facts known at the time . |
| 24 | The ultimate question for the court is whether the absence of the covenant changes the contract in character from the original . |
| 25 | The question for the emperor is whether it is reasonable for him to claim the trust . |
| 26 | Conversely , as Callinicos implicitly recognizes , the problem with contemporary politics for the left is that the dialectic of class depends on a historicist History and vice versa ; any failure of the former necessarily also involves a waning of the latter . |
| 27 | Indeed , the fundamental reason for the controversy is that the Draft Directives do not actually impose identical conduct of business rules . |
| 28 | One possible reason for the cure is that the alcohol may act as an anti-inflammatory agent , stopping symptoms like a runny nose . |
| 29 | If you move straight from chapter 5 to chapter 8 you will get a stark contrast between two theories of justification , and all you need to know for the moment is that I take the intervening chapters to provide a reason against any form of foundationalism . |
| 30 | He sees that too , but the only other option for the moment is that we should … ’ |