Example sentences of "is for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men . |
| 2 | Everything they do is for their children . |
| 3 | But what an excellent development this is for their health . |
| 4 | It is for their benefit in the long term . |
| 5 | Some parents have inappropriate expectations for their child 's level of development and may just require some help in understanding and acknowledging what their child is able to do and how appropriate this is for their age . |
| 6 | Children need to understand and learn where the limit is for their behaviour . |
| 7 | The Halls main concern now , as ever , is for their daughter . |
| 8 | Gushing statements to the young person about how this is for their own good , or ‘ this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you ’ ( attitudes which are still prevalent ) are quite unhelpful , virtually damaging in fact . |
| 9 | And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing . |
| 10 | All that remains is for their critical application to be supported by imaginative funding . |
| 11 | J. Rothschild Assurance is equally committed to providing a superior level of service to their clients as Scottish Amicable is for their customers . |
| 12 | The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf . |
| 13 | Make them do what we know is for their benefit as well as our own , and all difficulties in China are at an end . ’ |
| 14 | We believe that people should have the choice and the choice and the rights that most people want is for their children to be educated in schools without water dripping down the walls , where the ceiling does n't fall in , that does n't rely on temporary classes . |
| 15 | Right , have you starting to talk early and with a wide coverage unusual it is for their age example , classical music for a three year old , reading by the age of three , early ability and enjoyment of |
| 16 | If she was , then it is for her God to judge her personal action — and for the historian to wonder whether this was not one of the most sensible political decisions she ever made . |
| 17 | ‘ This is for her own safety , as much as anything else . |
| 18 | Her modesty in the face of such popularity is endearing , especially as it is for her self-confidence in front of canvas and tv camera for which she is probably best known ! |
| 19 | Little in Hanson 's track record suggests this has yet happened ; but the best defence strategy against Hanson is for its target to demonstrate that its business is volatile , capital-hungry and high-tech . |
| 20 | In the law of property , a child conceived , but not yet born , will be treated as born , at any rate where it is for its advantage that it should be so treated . |
| 21 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 22 | Inside there is more marble , — the marbled floor is very good — but it is for its art that the interior is famous . |
| 23 | The goal is for its value to exceed 50 × 10 20 keV sec per m 3 . |
| 24 | And , naturally a leather suite is as notable for its longlasting looks as it is for its enduring comfort . |
| 25 | Jim Devine , Scottish regional officer of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , said there was no need for a pay intelligence unit to find out what the Government 's strategy is for its staff . |
| 26 | Two occasions in the book about his partisans quietly illustrate what he is for his readers in this respect . |
| 27 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 28 | Although he spent a comparatively few number of years as a painter , it is for his paintings that his name is known worldwide . |
| 29 | Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him . |
| 30 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |