Example sentences of "[noun] [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ This just shows how hungry institutions are for commissions , ’ one banker said . |
| 2 | Parkside pit camp mugs , T-shirts and badges are for sale , and a limited edition commemorative plate has been produced . |
| 3 | About 15 posts are supervisory and management jobs and the remainder are for checkout , shelving and other staff . |
| 4 | Becher et al ( 1981 ) point to some of the problems : it is not obvious what the real reasons are for poor results ( e.g. poor intake ) ; criticism of a hardworking school operating in bad circumstances undermines morale ; and a high scoring school acts as a magnet and deprives other schools of high ability children . |
| 5 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 6 | These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 . |
| 7 | Briefly the requirements for short story are for fictional narrative based er narrative based scripts of two thousand one hundred to two thousand three hundred words do not use a factual accounts or anything longer or shorter on this , nor can we consider 60 Writers Monthly |
| 8 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 9 | … The proceedings in the present case are for the direct purpose of handing the appellant over so that he may be dealt with on these charges . |
| 10 | The illustrations are for the case when the game is played with the eight neighbouring sites ( the cells corresponding to the chess king 's move ) , and with one 's own site ( which is reasonable if the players are thought of as organized groups occupying territory ) . |
| 11 | Proceeds from the offering , which was managed by Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp are for working capital . |
| 12 | While the PRE has halted Mozambique 's rapid economic decline since the early 1980s , there have been doubts about how appropriate its policies are for a country still at war . |
| 13 | We need an urgent review , maybe less papers but more information on rights lost and what Labour policies are for the future . |
| 14 | As well as operating on behalf of industrial concerns , part of EFS ' everyday operations are for Europ-Assistance the International holiday insurance company . |
| 15 | Out of the office , Muriel 's preferences are for classical music , a quiet existence , with knitting , visiting the elderly and church on Sundays pretty well top of the list . |
| 16 | All those defences are for the defendant to establish on the balance of probabilities . |
| 17 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |
| 18 | Most of the projects are for building new homes but modernisation and refurbishments are included . |
| 19 | But Bourdieu is on the other hand very French , very Parisian , and as seductively avant-garde in sociology as Foucault , Lacan , Barthes , Lefebvre , Derrida , and Deleuze are for other academic disciplines . |
| 20 | Apart from employment , the most serious implications of the policies of constraint are for housing . |
| 21 | These teeth are for battle . |
| 22 | These syllables are for me the quintessence of the Beautiful , the Worthy , they are an inspiration , a political confession of faith and a moral and spiritual claim ’ . |
| 23 | Riggers are for letting , lining out and landscape applications . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's what solicitors are for . ’ |
| 25 | That 's what solicitors are for . ’ |
| 26 | A few , a tiny few , recognise how unreasonable this attitude is , but the overwhelming majority are for the time being standing firm . ’ |
| 27 | Most of the meetings are for the purposes of electing Elders and Deacons ; selecting dates for Communion and purging and adding to the roll in preparation ; electing a representative in the Presbytery and Synod ; and acting as a court of discipline . |
| 28 | Their proposals are for a traffic-calming ramp or similar device , or even just a sign reminding drivers of the speed limit . |
| 29 | However , the 1987 budget proposals are for firms with an annual turnover under £250,000 to be able to pay VAT on a cash basis viz. VAT need only be paid when the invoice bearing VAT has actually been paid . |
| 30 | Welcome though many of the Government 's proposals are for reducing the demand for aggregates ( PIP 6.20 ) , the efficient use of materials , different approaches to construction , increasing the price of aggregates , making better use of waste materials and introducing voluntary codes by the public sector to use less material , will prove insufficient unless they are reinforced by a development strategy that questions the need for aggregates-intensive development , such as roads . |