Example sentences of "is for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The figures are a movable feast , but they show how important it is for anonymised prevalence testing to get under way so we can get a true picture of infection in the population . ’ |
| 2 | We believe a reasonable target is for civil R&D to increase from the present 1.8 per cent to 2.5 per cent of GDP . |
| 3 | Two-thirds of the output from its factories is for civilian use — washing machines , prams and hunting rifles , for instance . |
| 4 | At a time when the clarion call is for intensified training , higher education and greater specialization , it is a contradiction in terms to attempt to eradicate one of the best educated specialized sectors of the community , a sector that has taken hundreds of years to be created and which has the rare advantage of combining its specialized knowledge with a practical technique inherited over centuries . |
| 5 | The most pressing need is for close consultation on Germany . |
| 6 | But today is for living life to the full . |
| 7 | Unfortunately , video imaging systems are not very tolerant of contrast , and the range of brightness between the lightest and darkest areas of a picture which can be reproduced is very much less for video than it is for ordinary colour photography . |
| 8 | Although the usual direction relating to expert evidence , where both sides will rely on such evidence at trial , is for mutual exchange ( Aston v Firth Brown [ 1984 ] CLY 1520 ) , the court is not precluded from ordering sequential disclosure where it is desirable to do so ( Kirkup v British Rail Engineering Ltd [ 1983 ] 1 WLR 190 ) . |
| 9 | Discussing informed consent , Foden & Beauchamp ( 1986 ) remind us that the nurse/patient and doctor/patient relationship used to be founded on trust but now the trend is for mutual partnership , patient involvement and patient autonomy . |
| 10 | The only good use for such a notebook is for rough note-taking during laboratory experiments , so that you have all the data and observations before you when you come to write your report . |
| 11 | But their success has caught the eye of Tewkesbury Borough Council , which says that the land is for agricultural use only , and should not be used as a retail outlet for bonsai trees . |
| 12 | After all , they say , an aeroplane is for straight-line travel . |
| 13 | An interesting facet of contract sales is that much of it is for customised carpet , often incorporating the customer 's company logo in the design . |
| 14 | His immediate requirement is for financial stability and control of where the money is going , especially all the small sums spent on things which , on the face of it , all have perfectly laudable reasons . |
| 15 | An FA spokesman said : ‘ A player dismissed for two bookable offences receives a one-match ban , unless his second offence is for violent conduct . ’ |
| 16 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 17 | In theory , the higher the pitch of a sound , the better it is for accurate sonar . |
| 18 | Yeah my dad is for armed robbery , for poundstretchers |
| 19 | The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow ! |
| 20 | ( It is important to remember that the purpose of these records is for internal progress checking , not for circulation to Area Managers or whoever . |
| 21 | Er we 're going to take questions at the end er the camera there is for internal use only and at the end we 'll hand out copies of the slides to anyone who wants them . |
| 22 | Before we start the presentation I 'd mention there will be hard copies of the slides available , the video is for internal use only and there should be plenty of time for questions at the end . |
| 23 | The secure knowledge of a parent 's presence is the precondition for such exploration , as it is for satisfying curiosity and for sharing new experiences . |
| 24 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 25 | The St Modan 's High School proposal covers a range of uses for the microcomputer , while the Dyce Academy proposal is for specific project . |
| 26 | Everything Madonna does is for specific business reasons . |
| 27 | P is for Professional Foul : |
| 28 | Because of cognitive limits within top management ( that is , bounded rationality ) , the effect that diversification has , therefore , in the U-form firm is for strategic planning to be ‘ crowded out ’ by operational decisions . |
| 29 | Traditional spelling error detection and correction data is for typed input . |
| 30 | Performance evaluation by short-term income measures is for short-term control purposes and not for motivating appropriate investment behaviour . |