Example sentences of "be [adv] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | not been on for ages . |
| 2 | Well of course it 's not on , it has n't been on for weeks . |
| 3 | PET ‘ HOTEL HATES ’ ( THE FREQUENT ONES ) * narrow stairs and no lifts * low shower pressure * telephone kiosks built for left-handed midgets * only one plug , down on the floor under the bed and 5AMP * hairdryers on 1m fixed lead from the floor socket 3m away from wall mirror facing opposite direction * just two 40 watt lamps to read and work by * toilet rolls positioned for contortionists only * room service that brings each course separately throughout Dallas * radiators that have n't been on for years * radiators that wo n't go off * basins that take half an hour to empty after you 've cleaned your teeth and you want to shave * stoppers that hang under the cold water tap but do n't reach the drain * stoppers that have no chain so you wallow in the dirty water to find them * toilets where you can sit down or close the door but not both |
| 4 | A barn owl 's body feathers are mostly for warmth , while the wing and tail feathers are used for flight . |
| 5 | Novell 's network products are mostly for PCs , but the next few years will see them move into the traditional minicomputer market with support for a number of minicomputer systems , thus re-enforcing their dominance . |
| 6 | It is rarely a main source of income ( for 4 per cent of lone parents in 1987 ) , the amounts awarded are generally low , they are mostly for children rather than spouses and payments are frequently unreliable . |
| 7 | He had seen Frank 's mutilated back when they had both been down for screening , and had been deeply shocked . |
| 8 | ‘ I am all for change , ’ he says . |
| 9 | I am all for patriotism and international competition — the more feeling , the better . |
| 10 | I am all for peace . |
| 11 | Chapter 10 comes back from Utopia — and I am all for Utopia — to the question of ‘ How is it to be done ? ’ |
| 12 | In Sweden teachers collected 10 000 slide-rules , which would have been enough for students starting in 1983 and 1984 . |
| 13 | They believe that the miserly increases being made now are enough for pensioners . |
| 14 | No , me and my verruca are together for life . |
| 15 | The times are less for youngsters under 17 years of age . |
| 16 | And I saw a dear little shed that someone had made into a craft shop , and the woman said no one had been in for ages , and was n't she pleased to see me … ’ |
| 17 | Several dogs have been in for boosters and there 's a bitch to be spayed tomorrow . |
| 18 | They are so for robbers too . |
| 19 | These occasions are only for humorists who enjoy the captains ' and coaches ' mumbled no-comments , and pusillanimous platitudes from grown men . |
| 20 | These occasions are only for humorists who enjoy the captains ' and coaches ' mumbled no-comments , and pusillanimous platitudes from grown men . |
| 21 | Many of the agreements are only for minority groups , especially BCU members , many give access to only very short lengths of river and dates of use can be restricted . |
| 22 | The mine-workers have always preferred lengthy day-release courses for active members , usually organised through extra-mural departments of the WEA and pre-dating the 1975 entitlements , to the more limited TUC courses ( more limited in three senses : they are shorter , they are role training , and they are only for representatives ) . |
| 23 | The one on the right read ‘ These seats are only for use by those who can be classified as obese ’ and the one on the left read ‘ These seats are for those of very slim build only ’ . |
| 24 | I also welcome two more amendments which have also been put down by my Noble Friend , Lord and of course are down for discussion now . |
| 25 | ‘ It was a crowd of boys who 'd been together for years — somebody was always up to something . |
| 26 | But Vicky 's now , she had erm anorexia the girl friend , she sort of got over it but then er hos , her mum and , oh it 's all very confusing , mum and the boy friend been together for years , they 've now split up , Vicky 's now , it 's all been sort of everything on top of her |
| 27 | It is as though he 's been inside for months . |
| 28 | This has been so for decades and there is little on the horizon that threatens to curtail it . |
| 29 | This has been so for centuries , and afflicts all nations . |
| 30 | Telepathic communication , for us still the domain of science fiction or fringe experimentation , may be part of a dolphin 's daily life , and may have been so for centuries . |