Example sentences of "is for " in BNC.
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| 31 | The knob at the rear is for setting the pointer to any desired position for calibration . |
| 32 | Its real purpose though — which the editor guessed ( oh yes ? ) — is for strengthening ankles , and it is called a wobble board . |
| 33 | Know your medicines is divided into three sections : section 1 gives general information on using medicines , and advice on questions to ask a doctor , nurse or pharmacist ; section 2 covers the actions of medicines on the body system ; section 3 is an index of medicines to enable users to check what each is for and what effects they can have . |
| 34 | Waiting lists are known to be an inaccurate indicator of need , as many doctors do not refer patients if they know the wait will be long ( this is as true for instance for hearing aids as it is for hip replacements ) . |
| 35 | One thing is for certain . |
| 36 | In The Sleeping Beauty Carabosse shows Aurora what a spindle is for and Aurora later shows how she can use it before she pricks her finger . |
| 37 | A comparison of such different ballets as Enigma Variations , Fancy Free and The Rake 's Progress emphasises how important it is for young choreographers to remember that ballet is an art of the general as well as of the particular . |
| 38 | Both centre frequency and shift will be subject to component tolerances , but the circuit fills the bill as is for undemanding applications ; alternatively , present can be designed in to allow adjustment to a standard I.H shift such as 170 or 850 Hz . |
| 39 | It is for this reason that deconstruction remains a fundamental threat to Marxism , and by implication to other culturalist and contextualizing approaches . |
| 40 | What one hopes for is for the student to remain open to the possibility of aesthetic experience , to accept and enjoy it when it occurs , but not to fake responses if it does not . |
| 41 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 42 | And these negotiations are mostly conducted in a tone of high comedy ; after 1930 Pound 's anger is virtually monopolized by Roosevelt 's USA , and English culture is for him just something that he ca n't take seriously . |
| 43 | Dido 's sobbing for her old lover even as she lies in the arms of her new one — this melancholy , which Virgil , and following him Hardy , responded to with such sympathy , is for Pound deathly , it precludes the genuinely ‘ new ’ , which he urgently wants to find and to celebrate . |
| 44 | For him , to discover a new writer of genius is as satisfying an experience , as it is for a lesser man to believe that he has written a great work of genius himself . |
| 45 | It is for others to offer moral guidance to the newly prosperous Pharisees . |
| 46 | The most pressing need is for a centre-half to prevent the sort of soft header with which David Bardsley brought QPR back into contention , and a more productive partner for Lineker . |
| 47 | ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said . |
| 48 | Life is for sharing . ’ |
| 49 | But she said : ‘ Because Labour is for a united Ireland , nationalist support would home in on us . |
| 50 | ‘ It is for a constituency Labour Party to welcome Mr Scargill with open arms , or any arms . ’ |
| 51 | No one is now demanding justice for the dead and disappeared ( during Marcos 's rule ) , today the clamour is for justice for one dead man . |
| 52 | ‘ The whole point of the incentive allowances system is for local authorities and schools to decide for themselves how many allowances to award and at what rates in the light of their particular circumstances , ’ Mr MacGregor said . |
| 53 | But the intention is for the 49 per cent Dutch government shareholding to be reduced later this year through an issue in Amsterdam , London , Frankfurt , Paris and New York . |
| 54 | Carson is not without a chance on Murango later in the afternoon , but preference is for Petite Rosanna ( next best 3.40 ) , for whom the booking of Steve Cauthen looks significant . |
| 55 | IT USED to be an easy decision , and still is for many racing fans — the first weekend in October is the time to visit Paris . |
| 56 | But now a new generation of Japanese collectors is coming into the market and their taste is for much stronger , more colourful things , such as prints by Miro . |
| 57 | But the winning recipe is for the filo fruit baskets , below , sent in by Margaret Crisell from Newcastle which wins her a bottle of 1987 Torres Milmanda wine from Pendes , Spain . |
| 58 | People will nevertheless say that the desire is for nothing more than alcohol . |
| 59 | ‘ In such a phase , where final decisions have not been taken , nobody can say anything is for sure , ’ Mr Saeger said . |
| 60 | We know some things about what God does , for once we recognise that there is this mystery we recognise that all that is is God 's doing — though we have no understanding of what it is for God to ‘ do ’ . |