Example sentences of "[noun] it be a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | For equities it was a day for special situations . |
| 2 | In other countries it was a vehicle for selling processed peas or indoctrinating the masses . |
| 3 | Whenever I went to Fisherton Street it was a must for me to go to Pickfords , the carriers for The Great Western Railway , just to gaze in the window , for right in the centre was a beautiful scale model of one of their pantechnicons , some two feet in length . |
| 4 | For many years it was a centre for cave exploration but was recently acquired by the Royal Signals for adventure and training . |
| 5 | Can I assist here ? the motion that has been mooted and the amendment has been proposed the amendment has been accepted the question now is whether what the the motion has been made and uh it is a matter for you to go to your suggested that certain members be allowed to speak at the end of the day it is a matter for you to decide uh control of the who is allowed to speak on that particular motion as amended of course |
| 6 | At the end of the day it 's a matter for you . |
| 7 | In Elizabethan days , rosemary shoots were tied with coloured ribbon , tipped with gold and given to guests at weddings to symbolize love and faithfulness , and on New Year 's Day it was a gift for guests , together with an orange stuck with cloves . |
| 8 | Down the road at the Gloucester leisure centre it was a weekend for table tennis fans … over 300 players were competing in the Cotswold Junior championships … the boys title went to Surrey … the girls to Yorkshire but local boy Ray Powell raised the roof by fighting his way through to the semi-finals |
| 9 | For Weber it was a matter for social and historical analysis to discover the real basis of inequality in a particular society . |
| 10 | In its freest operation it is a medium for inspiration and creativity . |
| 11 | In this case it was a matter for local authorities . |
| 12 | So , I did what I learnt to do as a working-class woman , which was to justify why I did my work by saying , well of course it is a metaphor for all kinds of struggle , and of course it is , but actually the original reason was n't that at all . |
| 13 | Some , of course , deny that such purity of method is possible but few would argue with the proposition that where a description of law is coloured by the expositor 's own values it is a virtue for these values explicitly to be registered . |
| 14 | In the past , this has been seen as most relevant to men , although now that more women work in paid employment it is a problem for both sexes . |
| 15 | In reality it was a chance for Charles and Diana to get to know their prospective stepmother . |
| 16 | When ambitious Little joined Leicester City it was a blow for the club and chairman . |
| 17 | Sadly , the case had more to do with the freedom of the press than with the rights of the mentally handicapped to live , and when the Mail was cleared of contempt by the Law Lords it was a victory for the freedom of the press not the mentally handicapped present in our society . |
| 18 | Democracy has arrived at a gallop in England and I fear all the time it is a race for life . |
| 19 | ‘ ( 4 ) In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for the accused to prove that he was inside a dwelling and had no reason to believe that the words or behaviour used , or the written material displayed , would be heard or seen by a person outside that or any other dwelling . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ In proceedings for an offence under this section it is a defence for an accused who is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred to prove that he was not aware of the content of the material and did not suspect , and had no reason to suspect , that it was threatening , abusive or insulting . ’ |
| 21 | So , in English there is a keyhole , but in French it is a trou de serrure i.e. a hole with a lock ; in English it is a bedroom , but in French it is a room for lying down ( chambre à coucher ) . |
| 22 | In wet weather it was a site for spectacular puddles , a mucky moat from which the picture house rose like a medieval castle . |