Example sentences of "is for [pron] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Divide them into two teams and the game is for them to head the balloon over the string and hope the opposing team do not succeed in returning it .
2 Also , if a contractor is to carry out the work the more information we can supply to them the easier it is for them to provide an accurate tender .
3 But the lads have been tremendous , and there 's a buzz around the club now all we want now is for them to show the same attitude tonight . ’
4 He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia .
5 Then tell him that the problem is for him to free the rope without taking his hand out of his pocket or untying the rope .
6 The normal method of the original owner to ‘ avoid ’ the contract is for him to inform the rogue that he does so .
7 Her normal pattern of working with this type of activity is for everyone to undertake the same task .
8 A variation is for everybody to hunt an imaginary prey : " Wait for a space to become empty , move into it quickly , wait , stalk the space … "
9 All I 'm waiting for right , is for somebody to set a precedent for for erm doing people for manslaughter because of secondary lung cancer then you 're fucking history sonny .
10 The only way to find out is for her to get an HIV antibody test .
11 How important could you from this work of making known this father 's name and kingdom , he said to his disciples my food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work why did Jesus consider God 's work to be as important as school ?
12 My food is for me to do the will of him that sent me
13 Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner .
14 But the plan is for me to get a look in that van without , for the moment , the driver noticing anything wrong . ’
15 ‘ That is for me to tell the Lieutenant . ’
16 It is for someone to support the person whilst they try to unravel their thoughts in such a way that it becomes clear that they can say anything , no matter how bizarre or odd it sounds , because that will be the way they sort out their feelings in order to cope with them .
17 And from this account of empirical meaning there naturally arises an account of what it is for someone to understand a statement , or to know its meaning :
18 The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution .
19 ‘ Not as rare as it is for you to meet a woman who wants to be there . ’
20 What I need from you , Ellie Browne , ’ he uttered distastefully , ‘ is for you to get the hell out of my life ! ’
21 All I would want is for you to make the journey into the burning , and then come back and report .
22 I can tell him how important it is for us to have a home of our own .
23 erm He says , ‘ Just as what we think good , what we should like , has no bearing on whatever on what is , so it is for us to determine the good life .
24 And it 's no good saying , ‘ It is for us to determine the good life .
25 er and some of the solutions that are offered to reduce those crimes involve women restricting , their movements and their freedoms , but I think one of the other reasons why generally people who are victims of crime be they men or women feel guilty is because one of the implicit elements in tradition crime prevention strategies is for us to reduce the opportunity for crime
26 Thus , the more mobile a dipolar group , the easier it is for it to follow the electric field up to higher frequencies , whereas the less mobile groups can only orient at lower frequencies .
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