Example sentences of "[det] [noun sg] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That contract was for ten albums , which , at Oldfield 's work rate , could amount to fifteen to twenty years ' work . |
| 2 | Work in this field was for many years hampered by a lack of techniques sufficiently sensitive to detect changes in the solutions under study and by a rigid and over-simplified view of the nature of solutions . |
| 3 | Critics of Guerreiro 's dismissal , however , stated that this decision was for foreign consumption , and pointed out that it was Collor himself who had delayed the boundary decision by six months in order to give FUNAI more time to study the region . |
| 4 | But this monitoring was for many students inconsistent with their future leading roles in Chinese industry , commerce and society in general . |
| 5 | This action was for wrongful dismissal but the same principle applies in a claim for damages for personal injury . |
| 6 | And this figure is for each cell , not all the cells of a body put together . |
| 7 | The two parts of this figure are for different values of the Prandtl number . |
| 8 | Available straight or with honey , this vinegar is for general cooking and dressings for salads , including apples . |
| 9 | This lot was for 59 coaches to what became 53 , the numbers allocated being 1599–1648 inclusive . |
| 10 | everybody thought that this agency was for runaway dads . |
| 11 | Note that this allowance is for independent monsters which are assumed to be magically bound , trained , or otherwise loyal to your cause . |
| 12 | The object of this activity is for one side to carry a ‘ ball ’ from one end of the assembly hall to the other . |
| 13 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 14 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 15 | Such activity was for one thing ‘ part of the English temper ’ . |
| 16 | Each dose was for 30 minutes . |
| 17 | And developments which did not contribute to , nor necessarily seek that objective were for that reason defective . |
| 18 | That order was for three months ' duration . |