Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] it [be] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | WHILE watching the Olympic boxing , I realised what a sensible idea it is for the amateur fighters to wear headguards to protect them from brain injuries . |
| 2 | This time it was for a new church in Gainsborough to honour the Lincolnshire-born John Robinson , pastor to the ‘ Pilgrim Fathers ’ although he did not actually sail in the Mayflower . |
| 3 | What utter and unbelievable nonsense it is for the Labour Group to claim that the Conservative Group have sought to exploit the needs of people with disabilities in order to gain political advantage . |
| 4 | During the development of modern phonetics in the present century it was for a long time hoped that scientific study of intonation would make it possible to state what the function of each different aspect of intonation was , and that foreign learners could then be taught rules to enable them to use intonation in the way that native speakers use it . |
| 5 | He would n't be allowed to race if his eye was bad , but she knew only too well what a punishing endurance it was for the drivers . |
| 6 | I think that the hon. Gentleman knows that in the first instance it is for the mineral planning authority to decide whether to revoke the planning consent for extractions and whether such action is warranted . |
| 7 | For one thing it is for the Holy Spirit to tell us in that hour what we are to say , and for another thing the people we prove to be in that hour will be determined , not by our thinking about that hour , but by our thinking and living in this hour . |
| 8 | Yes because on the remote control it 's for a video as well you see |