Example sentences of "[adj] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ This is for bona fide air travellers only . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | None of this is for the faint-hearted . |
| 6 | This is for the sensible reason that the last thing ministers want to do is to listen to an argument about figures being wrong . |
| 7 | So this is for them . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Ca n't you see how miserable he is , how difficult all this is for him ? |
| 11 | ‘ This is for Oxfam , ’ I said , and now I 've got Kenny running up some things for her . |
| 12 | Then the good Cid Campeador stroked his heard and said , Fear not , all this is for your good . |
| 13 | This is for real . |
| 14 | The extreme condition of this is for someone to tell me that they loved me — few ever did — or to thank me . |
| 15 | Management development therefore moves centre stage , and this is for two reasons . |
| 16 | There are times when these ideas will occur naturally and when it will be appropriate , and this is for the child 's teacher to decide . |
| 17 | One way to do this is for each group to aim to divide into two groups and eventually to form a new church in the area where they meet . |
| 18 | The idea of this is for all the people to pull on the rope as hard as possible . |
| 19 | But this is for the bass player who goes widdlywiddlywee … |
| 20 | This is for a moderate rate of descent . |
| 21 | This is for the really keen seamstresses , as it calls for some tricky work assembling five risers or ribs within the top and bottom panels , and two combined riser/keels at either side . |
| 22 | This is for two reasons . |
| 23 | This is for £1.05p , or 90p if you opted for the discount . |
| 24 | The authors believe that a major reason for the public 's perception that auditors lack independence is their ‘ weak structural position ’ , and that the only way to overcome this is for audit regulation to be taken away from the profession . |
| 25 | ‘ This is for your ears only . |
| 26 | This is for sure , ’ asked the Sheikha . |
| 27 | This is for sure ? |
| 28 | ‘ This is for sure , ’ they answered , looking at each other . |
| 29 | ‘ Surely this is for you , ’ I answered . |
| 30 | This Is for those people who think they are n't properly dressed unless they 've got the right badge on — and are guilty about their middle class backgrounds and so dress to look poor . |