Example sentences of "[verb] it [be] the [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would n't have thought it was the moment for semantics . ’ |
| 2 | The work of a French doctor , Jacques Duval 's Des Hermaphordits , Twelfth Night and As You Like It are the focus for an exploration of the ways a culture 's sexual discourse plays a critical role in the shaping of identity . |
| 3 | With the dreams of 1945 's Labour victory long gone , and the pretensions of the Conservatives painfully exposed it was the hour for the group of young meritocrats who had done well out of the peace , the Angry Young Men . |
| 4 | But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too . |
| 5 | ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’ |
| 6 | But I 'm unlikely to do the New York Marathon in any case , because I 'm very much a rhythm runner , and I do n't think it 's the course for me . |
| 7 | The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said . |
| 8 | They are furious that people thought all their lyrics on ‘ World Clique ’ just oozed naive positivity ( though , pressed on this , Kier says , ‘ We did n't think it was the place for a pop group to depress people . |
| 9 | On Spring Bank Holidays it is the venue for the Woodhall Spa Agricultural Show . |
| 10 | In the case of both /Ε/; and /a/ it is the persons for whom the vowel has less significance as a network marker who seem to be leading the linguistic change . |
| 11 | ‘ Oathbreaking , the theft of a horse , uttering false coinage — yes , I think it 's the Arena for you , Rincewind . ’ |
| 12 | She 's proud of these ideals — and of the success they have brought … she knows it 's the moment for a just reward . |