Example sentences of "is for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is for £1.05p , or 90p if you opted for the discount . |
| 2 | In social research Sociological Abstracts is the main abstracting journal for sociology , as Psychological Abstracts is for psychology . |
| 3 | Whether your requirement is for grams , kilos , tons or thousands of tons , they have a large range of facilities and technologies to meet your needs . |
| 4 | D is for depression — now melted away |
| 5 | S is for Sex Ban : |
| 6 | What needs to happen is for players to learn how to ruck and maul more efficiently . |
| 7 | The object is for players , taking it in turns , to remove one of the pieces and place it on the top without the whole structure collapsing . |
| 8 | What part the laity could play in the Church and how far they felt alienated is for discussion later . |
| 9 | Scientific Correspondence is for discussion of topical scientific matters , including those published in Nature , and for miscellaneous contributions . |
| 10 | But one must recognize that whatever system one puts in has only got a limited life before it becomes irrelevant , and if the payment is for achievement it must do just that . |
| 11 | He is aware of how much latitude , indeed , of how much necessity , there is for interpretation . |
| 12 | Now because of this initial asymmetry between the sexes and the size of the sex cells , the tendency is for females to concentrate on parental investment and males to concentrate on mating success . |
| 13 | It is relieved that the most the Americans now want ( apart from money , naturally , of which the Koreans are putting up $220m ) is for Korea to take over more of the job of defending itself , thus freeing American troops and equipment based in Korea for duty in the Gulf . |
| 14 | The PDR System , the first of its kind to be used in a subsea completion in the Deepwater gulf of Mexico , is for Shell 's Tahoe No. 4 well in a water depth of 1,500 feet . |
| 15 | Alcatel NV 's Alcatel Standard Electrica SA has won a new $500m telecommunications contract in China : the contract is for 6m telephone lines and comes after the $300m Chinese contract already announced . |
| 16 | The Old Bailey was told : ‘ His only previous conviction is for parking on a double yellow line . ’ |
| 17 | the side is for parking . |
| 18 | It makes no difference whether it is for manumission or its content is pecuniary . |
| 19 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 20 | However it is possible in some cases to obtain a broad indication for 1985 of the contrast between firms with over 1000 and those with less than 100 employees although the data is for manufacturing industry rather than all employees . |
| 21 | SunLink ISDN is for users working at home or at remote sites accessing corporate computing resources over ISDN phone networks and transmitting images and graphics at high speeds . |
| 22 | It 's amazing how difficult it is for strangers to find the main entrance to many schools , particularly when the school is a modern flat roofed single storey building . |
| 23 | Premier League is for solemnities . |
| 24 | The request to Christian Aid for core funding for SCAWD for 1991–92 is for £8,335.00 ( the same sum as last year ) . |
| 25 | S is for Syndrome — This means a collection of illnesses . |
| 26 | We may soon see a nursery ABC frieze , which goes : A is for Aids , B is for Bondage , C is for Condom , D is for Deviancy , E is for Equality , F is for Feminism , G is for Gender Stereotyping , H is for Haringey , I is for Income Support , J is for Joyriding , K is for karma , L is for Liberalism , M is for Ms. , N is for New Age , O is for Outing , P is for Positive Discrimination , Q is for Questioning Authority , R is for Radical , S is for Single Parent , T is for Therapy , U is for Underprivileged , V is for Virtual Reality , W is for Wimmin , X is for Malcolm , Y is for Yoof and Z is for Zen . |
| 27 | J is for Jules Rimet Trophy : |
| 28 | U is for Umbrellas |
| 29 | The space in paragraph 6 is for frequency e.g. daily/every other day in chronic cases or 1/2/3/4 hourly etc. in acutes . |
| 30 | Cannibalism is a subject of fascination and exquisite horror for the Buid , as it is for Europeans ( see Arens 1979 ) . |