Example sentences of "[vb infin] is for " in BNC.
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| 1 | " It would have been immensely preferable for my return to be accomplished by the [ legal ] process , " de Gaulle told Dulac , but added cryptically : " Tell General Salan that what he has done and what he will do is for the good of France . " |
| 2 | The example we shall give is for a person who starts the regime moderately overweight and whose normal meals are fairly typically too high in fat , sugar , and salt , and too low in fibre . |
| 3 | The best advice anyone can give is for people to get their hands on a copy of the official festival programme and to plan their own agenda . |
| 4 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 5 | What I would like is for us to be able to poke about a bit ; see if there are any angles in the Livesey case that might lead back to this girl . |
| 6 | And erm what I 'd like is for Dennis is to explain a little about how far we 've actually got with the C E D G approach to the introduction of I S O Nine Thousand . |
| 7 | But erm what we would like is for any of you who are actually here at that time to attend that mass and to be involved in some way , to do some sort of erm service . |
| 8 | What I would like is for all the Councillors to look at this , to advise me which other seats they think are indeed the responsibility of and then I 'll go back and go to battle but er I 'd like everybody 's views on which ones they believe they are so that I can do it firmly . |
| 9 | Erm but one of the things they did not like is for erm to have a sales consultant on the medical practice for three weeks using their |
| 10 | A more normal way of satisfying the prospective buyer 's concern that the vendor may not proceed is for the vendor to agree to pay or contribute towards the cost of the report if the matter does not proceed to completion for any reason not involving fault by the prospective buyer . |
| 11 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 12 | The worst that could happen is for someone to suggest a ‘ magic ’ solution . |
| 13 | The worst thing that can happen is for the boat to become totally inverted and here you need to slide the daggerboard quickly out before it drops through the hull . |
| 14 | ‘ What I do intend is for you to drive down town with me right now , come into the notary 's office and sign away any rights you imagine you might have . |
| 15 | Indeed , the greatest praise an innovation can receive is for people to say : ‘ This is obvious ! |
| 16 | All I would want is for you to make the journey into the burning , and then come back and report . |
| 17 | The last thing the family would want is for there to be any public disturbance . ’ |
| 18 | The only thing I can say is for them to lay down their arms and stop it right now . |