Example sentences of "[be] for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ James — I am for staying here — do you agree ? ’ |
| 2 | Treasurer Keating had used high interest rates as his main weapon in the struggle to reduce the country 's current account deficit , but they had been for blamed for contributing to the loss of business confidence . |
| 3 | But mostly I remember the fishing and if it had n't been for having to carry a gas mask , go without sweets and put up with loud bangs in the middle of the night , I would hardly have known a war was going on . |
| 4 | What had her motives been for keeping quiet then , for not behaving as ( perhaps ) most women would have behaved ? |
| 5 | Many people think it is hard to assess whether a building is worth preserving and ask what the criteria are for trying to save it . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The remaining six controls are for setting parameter values , effect variations or turning the effect on/off , depending on which mode the A2 is set to . |
| 8 | Mr Thomas needs to realise that there will always be degrees and levels of wealth and privilege , just as there are for piloting skill . |
| 9 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 10 | Similarly , young emerging leaves and shoots that have not yet developed a tough skin are easier for fungus spores to penetrate as they are for sucking and biting insects , and this is why the first signs of mildew especially are always to be found on such tissue . |
| 11 | All these crops are for feeding the farm stock , the swedes often being grazed in situ during the winter . |
| 12 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 13 | Erm how suitable would you say the flats are for bringing up children ? |
| 14 | These are for attaching to the erm , tabs . |
| 15 | Dick and the spacecraft are for exploring this universe . |
| 16 | Most of the projects are for building new homes but modernisation and refurbishments are included . |
| 17 | For the purposes of the tape I think er we ought to explain that our management meetings are always run on very serious lines with no , no jokes allowed , er first of all I think we should just place on the record that this meeting is being taped everybody recognises that , and the purposes are for to analyse everybody 's linguistic ability and later on Tracy 's going to recite her piece her presentation for the purpose of the tape . |
| 18 | Okay , well I should start there you know , erm and , and er see what options there are for getting involved with erm you know young people , erm |
| 19 | Miss Ross said : ‘ I am not sure just what the procedures are for getting hold of a gun . |
| 20 | The remaining rear sockets are for connecting a volume pedal , headphones ( mini jack ) , stereo outputs and guitar input . |
| 21 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 22 | The streets around are for wandering slowly . |
| 23 | However , the seminars are for teaching and there is no aim to make a profit — not many events in the Uk are like that . |
| 24 | Important as these two above opportunity structures are for facilitating corporate crime , the greatest opportunity lies in their ability to prevent their actions from becoming subject to criminal sanctions in the first place . |
| 25 | The owner will have spent time finding out about his territory ; where the best sites are for hiding , where the best food is to be found . |
| 26 | Some of these functions are for moving , adding and deleting points from your shape , whilst others are concerned with manipulating the entire shape . |
| 27 | Such evenings are for cementing business relationships rather than for discussing specific aspects of business . |
| 28 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 29 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 30 | This trait is not restricted to one variety of style , for we can observe it both in passage [ 3 ] ( " though ( of course ) an undeniably fine infant " ; remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests , notching as they go " ) ; and in passage [ 7 ] ( " as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity " ) . |