Example sentences of "be for their " in BNC.

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1 In the course of these policies , one or the other restrictive practice has been singled out as the root cause of our ills — resale price maintenance , clearing banks ' cartel , trade unions — the cry has been for their removal .
2 If possible , life was harder even for these ragged redskins than it had been for their forefathers after the war with Rope Thrower , when their livelihood had been deliberately burned away from them .
3 Had it not been for their masks , the Phantasms ' faces must surely have blistered — a gulf of rising furnace-air yawned beyond that hatch .
4 If it had not been for their long , soul-searching conversations about the Koran and the life of the Prophet , he would probably not , now , be sleeping with her .
5 Perhaps they 've been for their walk , this one looks as if he 's so old he can hardly !
6 If nothing else these provide the opportunity to share problems , to reassure , and to make the point that modern children 's books are as enjoyable and informative for adults as they are for their intended audience .
7 Youth , when death has no reality ( she does n't mean fear of death , children can have that ) , and our actions and pleasures are for their own sake , for what they are now and new .
8 They are as dependent on retaining and winning votes from local electors through winning government contracts as their industrial and military colleagues are for their profits and prestige , respectively .
9 I suspect that for many young Germans it might be pretty meaningless , as it would be for their British or French contemporaries , who simply want to get on with their lives without having to attend to the doings of another generation .
10 If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies .
11 Women factory inspectors agreed that the less work women did in factories the better it would be for their home life and children 's welfare , but they were also forced to admit that working women usually needed their earnings .
12 And they give them a gill of whisky that was supposed to be for their lunch you see .
13 Our survey shows that highbrow readers rated their papers no more useful for them than the lowbrow papers were for their readers ( Table 6.11 ) .
14 But both men told police that the drugs were for their own personal use , said a DPP lawyer .
15 What a laugh , Modern English merit respect even if it 's for their sheer determination and sense of humour .
16 Well it 's , it 's for their benefit in , in the long run .
17 ‘ Nobody wants to exterminate them but it 's for their own good .
18 They are also closely associated with University College Cork , which makes it particularly pleasant to welcome them to Queen 's for their first visit .
19 What Muslim men do n't like is for their women to work outside the home , potentially in the company of strange men .
20 Everything they do is for their children .
21 But what an excellent development this is for their health .
22 It is for their benefit in the long term .
23 Some parents have inappropriate expectations for their child 's level of development and may just require some help in understanding and acknowledging what their child is able to do and how appropriate this is for their age .
24 Children need to understand and learn where the limit is for their behaviour .
25 The Halls main concern now , as ever , is for their daughter .
26 Gushing statements to the young person about how this is for their own good , or ‘ this is going to hurt me more than it hurts you ’ ( attitudes which are still prevalent ) are quite unhelpful , virtually damaging in fact .
27 And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing .
28 All that remains is for their critical application to be supported by imaginative funding .
29 J. Rothschild Assurance is equally committed to providing a superior level of service to their clients as Scottish Amicable is for their customers .
30 The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf .
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