Example sentences of "it be an [noun sg] for " in BNC.

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31 Section 1 of the Act provides that it is an offence for a person intentionally to intercept a postal communication or a telecommunication .
32 It is an offence for anyone under the age of 18 to sell or buy drinks .
33 Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence has taken place in connection with that vehicle ( p 94 ) .
34 Under s 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 , which has now been brought into force , it is an offence for an officer such as a company 's director or secretary to fail to give the name of a driver of one of the company 's vehicles where an offence in connection with that vehicle has taken place .
35 However , where the police or Customs & Excise officers are acting under the authority of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 it is an offence for the practitioner to tell anyone anything regarding their investigation ; even the fact that one is taking place .
36 It is an offence for companies to recruit a non-disabled worker when they are below the quota .
37 The counselling and procuring provisions are contained in s.1(7) and stipulate that it is an offence for , inter alios , any of the above mentioned insiders to counsel or procure any other person ( ie not only individuals ) to deal in the relevant securities , if they know or have reasonable cause to believe that person would deal in them on a recognized exchange .
38 By virtue of s.47(1) it is an offence for any person , inter alia , to dishonestly conceal any material facts if he conceals those facts for the purpose of inducing , or is reckless as to whether it may induce , any other person to enter or to offer to enter into , or to refrain from entering or offering to enter into , an investment agreement or to exercise , or refrain from exercising , any rights conferred by an investment .
39 Equally , it is an offence for a private company to pass itself off as being a public company and vice versa .
40 it is sim because of the big difference between the Sales Of Goods Act and buying privately , for that reason it is an offence for a trader erm to pretend not to be a trader .
41 Similarly , it is an offence for a man who is a member of staff or a manager of a hospital to have sexual intercourse with a mentally disordered female patient .
42 It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered .
43 He was , however , dissuaded from holding that a man 's belief in consent must be reasonable because of the wording of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 , s.1 , which provides that it is an offence for a man to rape a woman .
44 Thirdly , it is an offence for someone in the course of a business to furnish the consumer with a written contract ( or other written document ) containing such a notice .
45 Fourthly , it is an offence for someone in the course of a business to supply goods bearing any statement about the seller 's liability in respect of description , quality or fitness for purpose unless the statement also makes it clear that the statement does not affect the statutory rights of the consumer .
46 It is an objective for today and tomorrow and every day as it arrives .
47 " It is an honour for me to meet the son of Dermot Corcoran , " Collins said immediately .
48 It 's only when you visit Jane and Keith Hainge 's modest patch behind their Edwardian terrace house in Chesham , Bucks , that you realise it is an inspiration for all gardeners with limited resources .
49 As a home that is much more diy than designer , it is an inspiration for anyone wanting to create all their own decorative effects .
50 In a recent and important case concerning copyright in weekly television programme listings , the Court held that it is an abuse for a copyrightholder to use its copyright to prevent the introduction of a new product for which there is potential commercial demand , into a market of which the copyrightholder has a monopoly .
51 It is an apology for the steady decline in public services during the decade or more in which the Government have been in power .
52 Yet again , it is an apology for failure .
53 It is an excuse for not getting pay systems sorted out , for neglecting the problem of de-motivated staff .
54 I would rather have seen it move to Merthyr Tydfil , Brecon , or anywhere else , because it is an authority for Wales .
55 It is then argued , that , this being so , there is no consideration for the agreement at all , and that it is an agreement for a voluntary gift on certain conditions ; but , looking at the agreement , we find , not a mere proviso , but an express agreement by the plaintiff to pay £1 towards a certain ground-rent , which apparently has been for the first time apportioned , and to pay it to the defendant , who is , I presume , liable to the whole ground-rent .
56 So it 's automatically built in to the first life assured , but it is an option for the second if they want it .
57 I fully support it , and I believe it is an option for those schools who have Local Education Authorities that are not progressing in the way in which the parents think they should .
58 It permits a takeover offer to be made for a private company if it is an offer for all the shares in , or all the shares comprised in the equity or non-equity share capital of , that company ( other than shares held by the offeror ) and the conditions set out in the article are satisfied .
59 It is an innovation for which Edward Heath was responsible .
60 May the MEDAU SOCIETY continue to blossom , grow and stay alive — it is an example for us and at the same time an inspiration to continue our work for the benefit of people everyone .
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