Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The chief way out of this difficulty has been for empirical studies to focus on surrogates for power , rather than directly on the exercise of power itself . |
| 2 | The only special preparation needed is for euryalid species , the thickened skin covering the arm spines must be dissolved using bleach ( sodium hypochlorite ) or KOH . |
| 3 | The punchcards in the basic packs which are marked for colour changing are for manual yarn changing , where it is the pattern that is intended to change ; so these wo n't work with the colour changer either . |
| 4 | In Scotland the pattern followed was for Regional Councils and constituent Districts . |
| 5 | Whereas the original demand had been for actual ships , the Crown began in the 1590s to ask for money instead . |
| 6 | Important as the victory at Stirling Bridge had been for Scottish pride , there was , after a period of despondency and subjugation , to be an even more significant battlefield above the Bannock Burn two miles south of the town . |
| 7 | Basically , the tradition has been for financial landowners to pursue the investment route by building shopping centres as a long-term project , e.g. the Coal Industry Pension fund in North Shields . |
| 8 | Much of the cider produced was for local consumption , with farmers bringing in their cartloads of apples for processing . |