Example sentences of "be for " in BNC.
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| 31 | It is n't uncommon for a record contract to allow for a royalty increase of I per cent throughout each year of the agreement , and for this to be raised once certain sales figures have been reached ( commonly , this might be for gold and platinum status albums ) . |
| 32 | An agreement may be for one song , or for everything a musician writes over a number of years . |
| 33 | Sometimes biblical chant sounds too much like adaptation from simple anthropological textbooks , but we can see at any rate the exemplification of the way in which Lawrence 's ‘ capering redskins ’ had to be for Eliot now ‘ Life ’ but ‘ not the last word , only the first ’ . |
| 34 | They were meant to be for his weight but I 'm not sure I believe that . |
| 35 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 36 | You ca n't be for the audition , said Malcolm . |
| 37 | The virtual demise of modern constitutional history as a subject of study has meant that there has been hardly any analysis of the major constitutional questions which arise out of the crisis — what role did the king play , what are the relative rights of the Prime Minister vis-à-vis his Cabinet , what is the relative importance of party and of the ‘ national interest ’ , and what justification can there be for a peacetime coalition government ? |
| 38 | The scholar fed his pet dragons on the choicest tit-bits , bringing them rump steaks of the purest virgins and a daily supply of swallows ' flesh — not realising that such things , for true dragons , are treats , are after-dinner delicacies and no more a fit diet than endless chocolates would be for you . |
| 39 | I think there has always got to be for any executive — and for any employee for that matter — new challenges , new frontiers to keep them enthused . |
| 40 | It says : ‘ If I am not for myself , who will be for me ? ’ |
| 41 | Initially it was assumed that the objective would be for the villages to farm on a communal basis . |
| 42 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 43 | ‘ I know it 'll be for the best . |
| 44 | The best thing will be for me to phone my aunt and then perhaps you 'll let me go and have something to eat . |
| 45 | An alternative would be for patients to keep a daily record of their food . |
| 46 | Among the free churches there is no set system of redundancy procedure as there is for the Anglican Church , so that it may be for officials from the local congregation to decide if and how to dispose of vacant church property . |
| 47 | To have a week away , and with Fräulein Silber … even the thought of Omi faded as she thought of it ; after all , it would only be for one week , pushing away the traitorous thought that one week for herself was quite different from a week in Omi 's life , and , treachery giving way to treason , she did have her own life to lead ; and so she said , firmly , ‘ It will be all right , Fräulein . |
| 48 | A book by Mother Teresa has said much to us about how we are to be for Jesus in this situation . ’ |
| 49 | Just how tough it could be for the independent producer is evident from the history of Minerva Films . |
| 50 | He needs to be for the next four days in Hong Kong , because he will be hard at work cutting ribbons and laying foundation stones . |
| 51 | Viscerally , political leaders in all parties recognise that Germany is moving towards reunification , however uncomfortable that prospect may be for one of Germany 's wartime adversaries . |
| 52 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 53 | The best thing that could happen now would be for the scheme to be killed by another backbench Tory revolt , like the rebellion which quashed Sir Keith Joseph 's 1985 effort to make student fees income-related . |
| 54 | Today , America 's Thanksgiving Day , it is certainly the place to be for the world 's best technical and all-round skiers . |
| 55 | But ‘ photographs of the Soviet Union will not be for sale , ’ he said . |
| 56 | As the country found itself on the brink of a constitutional crisis , Mr Havel said the best way to avert such a crisis would be for President Husak to quit and for a strong prime minister to assume his authority temporarily , as the constitution permits . |
| 57 | One of the first battles between the giants of the world aerospace industry will be for a $2billion order from British Airways for either the 777 or the A330 to replace its ageing fleet of Tristars . |
| 58 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 59 | This leaves unit holders with vague promises of release from investments they have already been locked into for over a month — and may well be for a further two months or more . |
| 60 | The first step in forging an alliance of Euro-Parliamentarians would be for national MPs to be invited to the special hearings on changes to the Rome Treaty being organised by the European Parliament . |