Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The opportunity is for ministers to address the supporters of the party without any filtering of the views they want to express . |
| 2 | The majority were for law and were greeted by applause in an assembly of the staff and students . |
| 3 | About 15 posts are supervisory and management jobs and the remainder are for checkout , shelving and other staff . |
| 4 | The remainder is for animals and plants . |
| 5 | ‘ The beard is for Edwardian Days , ’ he said primly . |
| 6 | Where the new asset(s) are depreciating assets such as fixed plant and machinery , the deferral is for a maximum of ten years . |
| 7 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 8 | When the original phase of the development of the airfield as an industrial park was revealed , the provision was for 150 acres , building was not to extend near to the valuable runway , but it was considered to be a deterrent to property sales , so the runway would be removed . |
| 9 | Besides , in some ways the change was for the better . |
| 10 | It says here the mercury 's for dental purposes , but I do n't think there 's much doubt what it 's actually for . |
| 11 | The struggle is for both money and power . |
| 12 | But now the struggle is for methodology to really be geared towards stimulating intellectual development and problem solving . |
| 13 | The access was never meant to be it was meant to be further in and and we all for well know , the permission was for a drive to come down through the wood , which would have been very attractive and a garage on the end of the property . |
| 14 | Another way of deciding the winner is for those with a clear round to jump a smaller course of higher jumps with the jumps getting higher until you have a winner . |
| 15 | Payments qualify for tax relief under gift Aid only if the donation is for £600 or more . |
| 16 | The money is for fitting out a laboratory dealing with tempera paintings . |
| 17 | Er , it 's just I feel that I 've worked all my days and did without and er er had put savings away and things like that so that when I stopped working to have children I would have money , but if you were means tested , and the money is for the children as well , anyway and the people who , you know , I do n't mean that all people , a lot of people who are supposedly not having money , and getting all these things , they sell them and things like that . |
| 18 | ‘ I am sure your friends will be eager to help — once you explain to them what the money is for . |
| 19 | Half the money is for Channel Tunnel work , leaving spending on existing lines at the lowest level in years . |
| 20 | Well th , the money 's for the child 's benefit in the first place . |
| 21 | Mrs Metcalfe said : ‘ The money was for the electricity bill . |
| 22 | Yes , the basement is for those who fail , the lower basement is for those failures who blame their failure on their supporters . |
| 23 | However fine the grave is for Sarah , if it is not his , then his status will not change at all . |
| 24 | He is very affectionate , and I would n't be without him now , and he has been to the vet 's for his injections so as to avoid another disaster . |
| 25 | The latest announcement in the field is for High Availability Cluster Multi-processing/6000 version 1.2 : software that aims to glue a pair of the machines together in such a way as to combine the benefits of fault-tolerance and symmetric multiprocessing . |
| 26 | The contract is for three years , with the annual salary thought to be £130,000 . |
| 27 | The contract is for three years , with the annual salary thought to be £130,000 . |
| 28 | Alcatel NV 's Alcatel Standard Electrica SA has won a new $500m telecommunications contract in China : the contract is for 6m telephone lines and comes after the $300m Chinese contract already announced . |
| 29 | The contract is for the engineering , procurement , construction and offshore installation , hook-up and commissioning of the satellite platform . |
| 30 | ( 2 ) Apart from any such contract , express or implied , the place of delivery is the seller 's place of business , if he has one , and if not , his residence : except that , if the contract is for the sale of specific goods , which to the knowledge of the parties when the contract is made are in some other place , then that place is the place of delivery . ’ |