Example sentences of "are for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people think it is hard to assess whether a building is worth preserving and ask what the criteria are for trying to save it . |
| 2 | It is doubtful whether either of these distinctions would bear scrutiny on the broader canvas of moral and social philosophy : the moral thrust of Caldwell is that people are often just as much to blame for failing to think as they are for thinking about their actions and its consequences , and this very argument was applied to rape in the paragraphs above . |
| 3 | The remaining six controls are for setting parameter values , effect variations or turning the effect on/off , depending on which mode the A2 is set to . |
| 4 | Mr Thomas needs to realise that there will always be degrees and levels of wealth and privilege , just as there are for piloting skill . |
| 5 | ‘ Our kits are marketed as much for leisurewear as they are for wearing on the terraces . |
| 6 | Similarly , young emerging leaves and shoots that have not yet developed a tough skin are easier for fungus spores to penetrate as they are for sucking and biting insects , and this is why the first signs of mildew especially are always to be found on such tissue . |
| 7 | All these crops are for feeding the farm stock , the swedes often being grazed in situ during the winter . |
| 8 | We are for bringing outside analysis to departments along with the office of the Minister for the Civil Service and the Treasury . |
| 9 | Erm how suitable would you say the flats are for bringing up children ? |
| 10 | These are for attaching to the erm , tabs . |
| 11 | Dick and the spacecraft are for exploring this universe . |
| 12 | Most of the projects are for building new homes but modernisation and refurbishments are included . |
| 13 | Okay , well I should start there you know , erm and , and er see what options there are for getting involved with erm you know young people , erm |
| 14 | Miss Ross said : ‘ I am not sure just what the procedures are for getting hold of a gun . |
| 15 | The remaining rear sockets are for connecting a volume pedal , headphones ( mini jack ) , stereo outputs and guitar input . |
| 16 | Sir Angus replied : ‘ We are for advising the Prime Minister , who is very interested in efficiency and effectiveness in the Civil Service . |
| 17 | The streets around are for wandering slowly . |
| 18 | However , the seminars are for teaching and there is no aim to make a profit — not many events in the Uk are like that . |
| 19 | Important as these two above opportunity structures are for facilitating corporate crime , the greatest opportunity lies in their ability to prevent their actions from becoming subject to criminal sanctions in the first place . |
| 20 | The owner will have spent time finding out about his territory ; where the best sites are for hiding , where the best food is to be found . |
| 21 | Some of these functions are for moving , adding and deleting points from your shape , whilst others are concerned with manipulating the entire shape . |
| 22 | Such evenings are for cementing business relationships rather than for discussing specific aspects of business . |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | I mean it was cursory , it became cursory when I saw the bloody pile of stuff that I 'd got to read , and I thought , ‘ Well I 'll you know we 'll skip that and I 'll just say what a wonderful lot you are for doing so much . ’ |
| 25 | This trait is not restricted to one variety of style , for we can observe it both in passage [ 3 ] ( " though ( of course ) an undeniably fine infant " ; remorseless twins they are for striding through their human forests , notching as they go " ) ; and in passage [ 7 ] ( " as is not unusual in men of transparent simplicity " ) . |
| 26 | That in lower income groups , not because you could n't afford to heat the bedrooms , but there 's a definite idea that bedrooms are for sleeping in , rather than living in . |
| 27 | Lebanon is not elsewhere in the Hebrew Bible usually connected with burning and while it is natural enough — even while we are still in line A — to suppose that it is the trees of Lebanon that are for burning , even though they are typically used for building , it is impossible to discern from line A what purpose is in view in burning Lebanon 's trees , and thus why Lebanon 's trees are insufficient for burning . |
| 28 | But unions are for representing people properly , responsibly , not for using as some vehicle for your own political obsessions . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | There is wide agreement that the recent forest damage can predominantly be ascribed to atmospheric pollution even if there remains uncertainty concerning which pollutants are to blame at which locations and what the response mechanisms are for triggering damage , as well as over how the contributing natural stress factors should be weighted ( Hinrichsen , 1986 ) . |