Example sentences of "[adj] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Borland wants the rest of us to stick with Paradox and like it ( and we do ) , so most of the improvements in version 1.5 are for the pros . |
| 2 | It will also look at what the implications of this are for UK competitiveness long term and for UK involvement in European based defence technology initiatives . |
| 3 | Some are for the young . |
| 4 | The actual selection and number of participating banks depends upon the loan 's size ( some are for several billion dollars ) and any special relationships between banks , e.g. consortium banks and clubs . |
| 5 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
| 6 | Well some are for tonight as well . |
| 7 | The only national figures quoted on this were for 1939–40 but these showed 48% and 24% respectively . |
| 8 | Something the Wild Geese used to say — the Irish soldiers who had fled Ireland after that big battle at the end of the seventeenth century when they were dying on foreign battlefields they used to say : ‘ Would that this were for Ireland . ’ |
| 9 | After this , Pound 's relations with England and the English were for the most part an aspect of his relations with that one of his erstwhile protégés who had become , surprisingly , a pillar of the English establishment — Eliot , editor of the Criterion . |
| 10 | The nickname here is Rangi , this being given to the person for his prowess with a cricket bat and was so called after an Indian cricketer while another Upper Halling nickname was No Cut Mitchell , this being for his skill in hair cutting . |
| 11 | These loans , at rates varying between 10 per cent and 18 per cent , were useful for helping the Crown over its successive liquidity crises , but , since none was for more than twelve months and some were for less , they failed to lighten the Crown 's burden in the long run . |
| 12 | Some of these cheeses were eaten the day they were made , with cream and sugar , some were for almond cheesecakes , some for the fillings of covered pies called Florentines , some for spiced cheese loaves baked in stoneware porringers . |
| 13 | Some were new , some were old ; some were for men , some for women ; some had baskets , some did not . |
| 14 | ‘ Some were for the better but a lot were for worse . |
| 15 | Half were for cancellation , a quarter for medical expenses and most of the remainder for loss or theft of belongings . |
| 16 | Danvers , Massachusetts-based PictureTel Corp is cutting prices on its M-8000 bridge product family : it says it will offer a fully H.320 version of its M-8000 Multipoint Bridge starting at $45,000 for the M-8600 with three ports : the M-8600 is for customers with only a few videoconferencing systems and limited requirements for linking a large number of sites on the same call ; the H.320 standards-compliant version will ship in the autumn . |
| 17 | ‘ This is for bona fide air travellers only . ’ |
| 18 | If you enjoy your food and do n't want to eat less , but do want to lose weight and reduce the risk of heart disease , this is for you . |
| 19 | This is for two reasons : ( a ) state subsidies to farmers are harder to disguise than rigged prices , and therefore harder to keep increasing ; so even if the right reforms initially seem perverse — requiring EC governments to spend more on farmers — that will be only temporary . |
| 20 | None of this is for the faint-hearted . |
| 21 | This is for the sensible reason that the last thing ministers want to do is to listen to an argument about figures being wrong . |
| 22 | So this is for them . |
| 23 | But if anarchists are right to think that it can never be made , this is for contingent reasons and not because of any inconsistency in the notion of a rational justification for authority , nor in the notion of authority over moral agents . |
| 24 | If it is thought to be preferable , this is for reasons having nothing to do with neutrality , such as a desire to bring the war to a speedy end or not to allow people to profit from wars . |
| 25 | Ca n't you see how miserable he is , how difficult all this is for him ? |
| 26 | ‘ This is for Oxfam , ’ I said , and now I 've got Kenny running up some things for her . |
| 27 | Then the good Cid Campeador stroked his heard and said , Fear not , all this is for your good . |
| 28 | This is for real . |
| 29 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 30 | Management development therefore moves centre stage , and this is for two reasons . |