Example sentences of "are for " in BNC.
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| 31 | Mugabe and ( Minister of Foreign Affairs Nathan ) Shamuyarira are for it and they are in a position to effect it . ’ |
| 32 | I believe this is what friends are for , to give support at this time . |
| 33 | White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater on General Noriega That 's what friends are for . |
| 34 | Few of the learned tomes that have been written are for the domestic consumer and contain few , if any , recipes to lighten the technical detail . |
| 35 | As all Hanson businesses are for sale at all times , why should headquarters asset-strip a good long-term business for short-term gain ? |
| 36 | Of the 183 paintings , 56 are for Madrid 's Reina Sofia Centre for Contemporary Art . |
| 37 | If the figures are for real GNP per head then West Germany would fare better , because of its slow growing ( and latterly falling ) population , than America which has had millions of new immigrants . |
| 38 | Some are for the young . |
| 39 | Explanations are for children . ’ |
| 40 | His family are for him living proof of them . |
| 41 | It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny on the broader canvas of moral and social philosophy : the moral thrust of Caldwell is that people are often just as much to blame for failing to think as they are for thinking about their actions and its consequences , and this very argument was applied to rape in the paragraphs above . |
| 42 | ‘ If I 've told you once I 've told you a thousand times , ’ he said , ‘ your catapults are for stoning the Brits — not for shooting sticky buds at me , right . |
| 43 | Between now and then , the row that biotechnology generates is going to make everyone think anew about what animals are for . |
| 44 | Plants are for sale . |
| 45 | Tranquillisers are for the control of manic patients . ’ |
| 46 | ‘ Thus we live by hope and faith , thus we are for the most part able to realize what we will , and thus we accomplish the end of our being . |
| 47 | Ten-year-olds being sworn into the Deutsches Jungvolk and Deutsche Jungmädelschaft on that day had to pledge an almost religious vow : ‘ You , Führer , are for us our command ! |
| 48 | Their physical needs are for food , water , shelter from extreme weather , a safe environment , sensory stimulation , light , exercise , and freedom from injury , pain , or parasites . |
| 49 | Essential psychological needs are for companionship of other horses , affection , self-esteem , respect and acceptance by the herd , mental stimulation , and sufficient space . |
| 50 | Although self-image does not obsess me as it once did , my interest continues and I find it exciting how fashions and looks have changed ; how many more possibilities there are for creativity and self-expression via clothes and image . |
| 51 | The clothes are for comfort , for running and moving , not just for looking good . |
| 52 | The advertisers obviously wish to give the idea that their products are for blondes or light-skinned people only , or maybe that if you use their product you will suddenly be transformed into a seductive beauty with a string of young men at your fingertips . |
| 53 | I know Sibelius is in many ways a very different composer from Bruckner , but I remember you suggesting that there are for you affinities between them . |
| 54 | They have not made it clear enough what they think Conservatives are for . |
| 55 | ‘ But North Korean officials believe that only one is for peaceful purposes , while the others are for military aims . ’ |
| 56 | SOME of the most unusual chimney stacks in the world — grand enough for Hampton Court — are for sale , attached to the lovely 17th-century Old House in Blandford Forum , Dorset . |
| 57 | Set meals are for one . |
| 58 | Now , having spent a hard eight years making clear what we are against , the time has come to describe what we are for . |
| 59 | At a recent anti-diet rally in West Virginia , women smashed their scales and toted banners proclaiming : ‘ Scales are for fish , not women . ’ |
| 60 | The percentages shown are for all Cambridge University/WEA Tutorial Classes which included some arranged beyond the Eastern District , e.g. Nuneaton and Rugby . |