Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since wages and prices tend to be ‘ sticky ’ in the downward direction , the only way that the price mechanism can work and give the appropriate signals is for the prices of different goods and services to rise at different rates . |
| 2 | The most frequent plea we hear from readers is for a no-fuss dinner-party menu . |
| 3 | The usual practice in most offices is for a post-clerk or secretary to open all the incoming mail and to place it in the in-tray of the appropriate recipient . |
| 4 | This is because 40 per cent of all the information that is taken in through the eyes is for balance alone . |
| 5 | Unfortunately , the majority of energy used in homes is for space heating ( heating the rooms and the people ) and this is mostly needed in the winter when there is not sufficient sunshine in this country for solar energy to be feasible . |
| 6 | Thus , one of the functions of parents sending their children to elite schools is for them to be identified as more able . |
| 7 | One of their main demands is for a greater say in policy-making and legislation governing Northern Ireland . |
| 8 | If loss of amenities is for the rest of the plaintiff 's life the court will need to take into account in assessing damages his age and his expectation of life . |
| 9 | One of her designs is for a lady 's version of the Norfolk jacket , which has been worn by Prince Charles on Sandringham shoots . |
| 10 | Streamline English Directions is for upper intermediate students , such as those approaching or at the level of Cambridge First Certificate . |
| 11 | One of Britain 's oldest asylums is for sale . |
| 12 | Playing the piano is as easy for Cziffra as playing tiddly-winks is for you and me . |
| 13 | The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’ |
| 14 | He was a natural swimmer and loved it , and could keep up with Nails for several lengths , with a long , graceful strike that far outshone Nails 's for style . |
| 15 | Does not my right hon. Friend agree that the last thing that business needs is for business rates to be brought back under the control of uncapped , loony Labour authorities who will send rates sky rocketing , as they did during the early 1980s ? |
| 16 | Two-thirds of the output from its factories is for civilian use — washing machines , prams and hunting rifles , for instance . |
| 17 | Quite why food and diet have become of such interest in recent years is for the social historian to discuss , but there is no doubt about the present popularity of culinary herbs . |
| 18 | Thus , the Manpower Services Commission ( MSC ) stated in 1985 that ‘ the best assumption for planning purposes is for a continuing high level of unemployment throughout the period ( 1985–89 ) and for a level of long-term unemployment remaining at around the one million mark . ’ |
| 19 | Feelings is for Rita Hayworth , that 's what I used to get told . ’ |
| 20 | One of their biggest fears is for the loss making Cotswold Line which has eleven rural stations between Oxford and Worcester . |
| 21 | Our only real protection from these problems is for the horse trainer or handler to cure the anxiety before the problems develop — to banish fears in the horse , not to make them . |
| 22 | Orbach ( 1978 ) , for instance , suggests that the solution to women 's eating problems is for them to develop more positive feelings about their physical , sexual , intellectual , and social selves . |
| 23 | One way of ensuring a fairer distribution of additional resources is for schools to work together on joint fund raising . |
| 24 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 25 | All that is needed to disrupt this state of affairs is for a ‘ seed ’ to be planted . |
| 26 | My priorities in life is smaller , more compact , but their priorities is for about ten , fifteen years from now . |
| 27 | One of the four ads is for insurance , another for Sherwood 's and the other two draw the attention of anxious patients to a particular service offered by local solicitors . |
| 28 | Important though each of these qualities is for his survival in office , they are over-shadowed by that most prized of all political virtues : knowing where he wants to go . |
| 29 | He would not have disagreed either with the implications about the unfairness of Providence ; we should note that a recurrent prospect in The Lord of the Rings is for Frodo to be taken by Sauron and tormented till he too goes ‘ under the shadow ’ , becomes a petty ‘ wraith ’ himself , worn out by addiction and privation and torture and fear to a state of nothingness like that of ‘ the haggard king ’ of Minas Morgul . |
| 30 | A central requirement in the Regulations is for a risk assessment in order to help the employer decide what health and safety measures are needed . |