Example sentences of "[pron] is [art] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ We 've invested our money back into a system others can come through , which is a way for us to stay fresh and help people we believe in . ’
2 But we ca n't haunt places we 'd never been to , which is a bore for me , because I was so young when I died I 'd hardly been anywhere .
3 ‘ He lost 10 or 11 kilos , which is a lot for him .
4 ‘ However , I have been provided with information which leads me to think she was not entirely an angel herself , which is no excuse for you .
5 ‘ However , I have been provided with information which leads me to think she was not entirely an angel herself , which is no excuse for you .
6 Which is an explanation for my bloody-mindedness , I know , but no excuse . ’
7 However , division has a fundamental advantage , which is the reason for its good performance : no two records in any single section into which the key sequence is ‘ cut ’ by division can interfere with any other in the same section , because no two different numbers can have both the same quotient and the same remainder .
8 But , if Aquinas is right , they do not act intentionally , intending a goal which is the reason for their actions .
9 Prominence , which is the basis for our sense of the particularity of a style , also provides the condition for recognition that a style is being used for a particular literary end : that it has a " value in the game " .
10 She can tap that source , channel the current , and direct it outwardly , but she herself is not that source ; she is a container for it .
11 Perhaps I 'm missing something , but I do n't see how swapping a huge Tory majority for a small one is a triumph for them and a disaster for us — a relief for them and a disappointment for us , perhaps .
12 On 5 June , Gavin Laird of the Amalgamated Engineering Union rightly said on ’ Channel 4 News ’ : ’ It has never worked in the past ; there is no logic for it ; it does not work in any other country and it certainly will not work in Great Britain . ’
13 If there is no ship there is no Philippe for you to worry about , is there ? ’
14 We are saying that , under the legislation for the trusts , there is no obligation for them to train , despite what the hon. Lady has said .
15 But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so .
16 There is no help for it . ’
17 I will not be popular , but there is no help for it . ’
18 Presumably such militias date back to the last years of the Roman period , although there is no evidence for them in the fifth century .
19 This is a possibility , but in practice there is no evidence for it .
20 There is no necessity for you ‘ to go to perdition ’ , ’ Rose said crossly .
21 Steve Hislop , who was also to have ridden a Kawasaki at the Brand 's meeting , will not now be there for there is no bike for him in view of the fact that all efforts are being put behind Farmer .
22 There is no forgiveness for me , none .
23 Ms Bridges added : ‘ We have proved 100 per cent to our satisfaction that Norman Lamont was not in the Praed Street shop and there is no benefit for us to lie about it .
24 When speaking to Marco in the prison for instance , he tells him he is bound to be deported , and that there is no hope for him ; Alfieri would realise it was hard for Marco to take , but respected him enough to tell him the absolute truth .
25 There is no hope for them in today 's announcement .
26 To deny them to the least of our brethren is to deny them to ourselves , for in saying they are irredeemable we are saying there is no hope for us either .
27 " Unless you can , I fear there is no hope for us . "
28 There is no God for us . ’
29 ‘ So there is no protection for him in you .
30 There is no defence for my conduct weighed only in the scales of ahi sā .
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