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

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1 ‘ And closer than you too believe , Lord of the Hill of Assaroe , ’ she heard herself saying , ‘ for it is through humankind that Otherworld will be saved . ’
2 And entirely alone , he faced the remaining seven fences ; a situation not for the faint of heart , for it is in company that horses race best , their adrenalin stimulated by the competition at their heels .
3 But this emphasis is rather distorting for the play as a whole , for it is in danger of reducing the language to examples of one of the three styles .
4 For it is in essence a political crisis without an economic crisis .
5 For it was of course Thatcher from the right , and not the left , who seized the initiative in attempting to break the stalemate of class forces and carry through a radical restructuring of the British social formation .
6 For it was at court , as the more astute realised , that positions of power and wealth were to be found .
7 It is quite likely therefore that a meeting of Lambarde and Shakespeare took place at this time , although it was n't until 1594 that Shakespeare made his mark , for it was at Christmas of that year that he was Summoned to appear at Court .
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