Example sentences of "[noun sg] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | To this end , Ritschl offered a fresh account of the nature of religion , an account which began by considering what religion is for . |
| 2 | If an abseiler becomes entangled and stuck during an abseil then the only remedy is for the instructor to cut the rope at the top . |
| 3 | The first for Hydro Electric is for the renewal of a maintenance contract for fire alarms at their Peterhead power station , while the second is to service the fire alarm equipment at Scottish Power 's Longannet power station . |
| 4 | The biggest entry is for the handicap singles with 74 players competing . |
| 5 | The ultimate deal is for the promoter to guarantee the band the whole £4,800 . |
| 6 | The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow ! |
| 7 | A further recommendation is for the setting up of an independent body of journalists that would abide by an agreed code of conduct . |
| 8 | The key recommendation is for new legislation , in the form of a fresh National Parks Act , stressing conservation and " quiet enjoyment " as the priorities in Park management . |
| 9 | ‘ How fit shooting is for all kinds of men : how honest a pastime for the mind ; how wholesome an exercise for the body . ’ |
| 10 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 11 | And we are coming dangerously near to admitting total defeat if we lamely accept the solution to street violence is for women to forego their liberty and put themselves under virtual night-time house arrest . |
| 12 | It seems to me therefore , without laying down the proposition that the Moray Firth is for every purpose within the territorial sovereignty , it can at least be clearly said that the appellant can not make out his proposition that it is inconceivable that the British legislature should attempt for fishery regulation to legislate against all and sundry in such a place . |
| 13 | The bastard double cut side is suitable for rough-sharpening the edges on spades , hoes , mower blades and axes , and the single second cut side is for fine sharpening the edges on these tools , as well as knives and scissors . |
| 14 | the side is for parking . |
| 15 | The present procedure when a judge is about to pass a life sentence for murder is for him to invite defending counsel to make submissions on what advice the judge should give to the Secretary of State on the appropriate tariff . |
| 16 | The 100 Club is for people who have achieved or are close to achieving the goal of running 100 marathons . |
| 17 | ‘ This part of the club is for members only , he said in a voice of strangulated distaste . |
| 18 | I , I would like to think they 'd been supported the same as the boxing club , but after all the boxing club is for youths , and I think they 've got to look after the youths erm , try and find something for them to do , as much as erm , community |
| 19 | The Three Hundred Club is for people who have A , done a South Pole streak from sauna , two thousand , oh two hundred degrees Fahrenheit to outdoors minus one hundred degrees Fahrenheit or a penis , a penis of over three hundred millimetres long or a club for people who have made love in a helicopter ? |
| 20 | The photograph is for him . ’ |
| 21 | A Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman on Dec. 2 denied the latest allegations , stressing that " Pakistan 's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes " , but added that " in the evolution of this programme Pakistan has acquired some technical capabilities " . |
| 22 | The search is for oblivion . |
| 23 | ‘ Meaning ’ has a much more general significance and the search is for a universal meaning , one that crosses the boundaries of distinguishable human cultures or kinship groups . |
| 24 | For example , if the search is for the string chess , h is the 3rd bit of the 26 to be set , so follow the 3rd pointer of the 10 element array to reach the ‘ h ’ node on the level below , and so on until the entire string is found , at the 2nd ‘ s ’ node , where the word flag is set . |
| 25 | That is now what the department is for . ’ |
| 26 | Marina Sirtis who plays Deanna Troi gets letters asking if her ‘ amazing cleavage is for real ’ . |
| 27 | Cocaine is for anaesthetising against pain . ’ |
| 28 | There is no outside view of any sort and the only time they leave the cell is for weekend visits from relatives , bi-daily showers or for 45 minutes ' daily exercise . |
| 29 | From the women 's point of view , the need in the future is for a more reliable and responsive support network and a wider circle of friends and acquaintances to help them strengthen their hold on , and increase their share of , life in the community . |
| 30 | ‘ The answer for the future is for the landowner and the farmer to seek Ministry approval for a tenancy of up to five years . |