Example sentences of "[am/are] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 2 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 3 | The rooms are for 2–3 sharing and are all well furnished with private bath , shower , WC and balcony . |
| 4 | If both genes are for wild-type eyes , or one is for wild-type and one for pearl eye , the beetle has wild-type ( black ) eyes . |
| 5 | Because balls are for outside . |
| 6 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 7 | The calculations and specimen disclosures shown as illustrations [ … . ] are for general guidance only and do not form part of the [ draft ] FRS . |
| 8 | Ultimate said the new facilities , the company 's first after nearly four years of restructuring , are for general working capital purposes . |
| 9 | Some of the form and topical subdivisions are for general application and are known as free-floating . |
| 10 | The Seville variety is mainly used for marmalade , while the rest are for ordinary eating and cooking . |
| 11 | Of course they are for internal consideration only , but because there is the intention of some discussion at June CED Conference on Government Joint Funding and on Resource Sharing , I thought these two papers might profitably be circulated as background material . |
| 12 | The points of Figure 7.7b are for successive days , and it appears that the bird adjusted its territory size to maximize its rate of weight gain . |
| 13 | Briefly the requirements for short story are for fictional narrative based er narrative based scripts of two thousand one hundred to two thousand three hundred words do not use a factual accounts or anything longer or shorter on this , nor can we consider 60 Writers Monthly |
| 14 | Practical help and emotional support of the bereaved are of course interwoven , but from the purely emotional standpoint it could be said that their greatest needs are for loving concern , good listening and patient understanding of their need to work through their grief in their own way at their own pace . |
| 15 | The seasonal charts are for late evenings , with the Sun far enough below the horizon for the sky to be dark . |
| 16 | Ever since I took over the tips section in the hallowed pages of ZZAP ! 64 , folks have whinged that most of the pokes are for Reset and Action Replay carts . |
| 17 | Beware of some proprietary brands — most are for preventative use and will have little effect against serious outbreaks of parasites . |
| 18 | If we do n't know where you are for twelve months or more we have to assume you have abandoned your child . |
| 19 | However , this approach towards electronics is not without its critics ( Moore and Booth , 1986 ) : few jobs have been created for the long-term unemployed ; a relatively small proportion of posts are for managerial and technical positions ; and the indigenous sector remains small , as do total exports and research and development capacities . |
| 20 | Becher et al ( 1981 ) point to some of the problems : it is not obvious what the real reasons are for poor results ( e.g. poor intake ) ; criticism of a hardworking school operating in bad circumstances undermines morale ; and a high scoring school acts as a magnet and deprives other schools of high ability children . |
| 21 | Several of the offers are for individual homes , while some companies are interested in all four . |
| 22 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
| 23 | Er a specific on only thing that might have been I think was really , erm the erm the concern that some people expect erm are for rural areas , whether there was going t there were going to be con whether things were going to be spread thinner on the ground in rural areas , particularly sort of transport costs , and of course erm there 's one , but nevertheless , the concern that that would be underlying that and the erm the erm the the rural community |
| 24 | Here you are for best results treat autumn or spring . |
| 25 | Emanuel Shinwell , who has never changed his mind on this issue , was clear in 1918 about the wrong-headedness of destroying the people 's grammar schools while leaving unscathed the privileged Public Schools : ‘ We were afraid to tackle the public schools to which the wealthy people send their sons , but at the same time are ready to throw overboard the grammar schools which are for many working-class boys the stepping-stone to the universities and a useful career . |
| 26 | It is true that there are some fringe benefits available to farm workers ( as there are for many occupational groups ) , but their value amounted to only an estimated £1 per week for free food and a net £2 per week for low-rent tied cottages ( Brown and Winyard 1975 ) . |
| 27 | The ‘ normal minimum admission standards ’ listed in these tables are for many areas of study a realistic indication of the grades likely to be required and applicants who hold these grades stand an excellent chance of being made an offer , eg for most degrees in the Faculty of Arts , the Faculty of Science and Engineering , and the less pressured areas in the Social Sciences such as Nursing Studies or Social Policy . |
| 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 | The last set of Home Office statistics for animal experiments which are for 1991 show that : |
| 30 | However , although most of my patterns are for single-bed machines , I am becoming more and more interested again in playing with double jacquard . |