Example sentences of "we are for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 2 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 3 | The attack was stepped up by Raghib Ahsan , of Birmingham Ladywood , who told the conference : ‘ We are offered scraps from the masters ’ table , and hungry as we are for black representation , our response must be to spit them out . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Thus we live by hope and faith , thus we are for the most part able to realize what we will , and thus we accomplish the end of our being . |
| 5 | Now , having spent a hard eight years making clear what we are against , the time has come to describe what we are for . |
| 6 | In 1970 President Nixon affirmed ‘ we are for Israel because Israel in our view is the only state in the Mideast which is pro-freedom and an effective opponent to Soviet expansion . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Day is done ’ is of course another Shakespearean echo , like the Dark Tower : ‘ The bright day is done ’ , says Iras to Cleopatra , ‘ and we are for the dark ’ . |
| 8 | WE 'RE SORRY we ca n't return any of your Gallery pictures , but not half as sorry as we are for inflicting this smirking , high-voiced , tubby toff with less personality than a plasticine man on you . |
| 9 | ‘ Tell us how bad we are for eating , buying , selling so much , through pictures of starving children or selfish indulgence — this is the style favoured by charities . |
| 10 | To actually erm I 'd gather the evidence of how far down the line we are for her , saying that would that would be a a six monthly check . |
| 11 | ‘ We are for ever saving each other 's neck , you and I. ’ He halted , striving to get his breath . |
| 12 | On behalf of CPRW , I would like to say how grateful we are for your request to the Trustees of Mrs L D Rope 's Second Charitable Settlement to consider making a donation to CPRW . |
| 13 | Argol is on his way in a kind of steel tub , apparently , and when he gets here we are for it . |
| 14 | We are not against unions , we are for unions , unions can be very useful not only for their members but also for the management , we recognise that . |
| 15 | It will obviously take some time , you know Alex is , must be going through a terrible strain himself and he must be concerned about us er as we are for him . |