Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] be [art] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | What a contrast to the previous student flats she 'd shared , where it was every man for himself ! |
| 2 | This last is one of the first essentials of a true Suffolk ; for it was bred for use on the farm , and for use on the Suffolk farms in particular , where it was the custom for the horses to work a long day from 6.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m. without nosebag or any break for rations . |
| 3 | It is no offence for him to engage in other sexual acts with her , unless these are otherwise unlawful , although it is an offence for him to commit an act of buggery or gross indecency with a male patient who is mentally disordered . |
| 4 | Now , we got permission to go ahead with a , a ballot for industrial action , which took place and although it was a majority for industrial action , it was n't the required two thirds majority . |
| 5 | In a reply , Mr Lovelock gave a short historical background to the choice of the new cruiser 's name , pointing out that although it was a precedent for a Departmental vessel , Searcher is an appropriately traditional name in the Customs and Excise with all its connotations . |
| 6 | If you 're a sucker for tradition , you can always watch the changing of the guard before the leading runners come along . |
| 7 | If you 're an organizer for a charity or if you know someone who needs help in some way or indeed if you need help in some way , call us on Nottingham three four three four three four soon as possible and we 'll put you on charity shop that follows the four o'clock news here on afternoon special . |
| 8 | Patients with prostatic disease were removed from the survival figures to see if they were a confounder for age ; although overall survival was worse in the remainder , there was still no association with age ( table II ) . |
| 9 | I accepted all of this without thinking it in any way unusual , even though my father used to boast about Billy 's achievements as if they were a matter for civic pride . |
| 10 | He ordered that the proceeds of sale be treated as if they were the cargo for all purposes . |
| 11 | If it is a machine for cooking , as design writers are fond of saying , it must be a well oiled one . |
| 12 | It permits a takeover offer to be made for a private company if it is an offer for all the shares in , or all the shares comprised in the equity or non-equity share capital of , that company ( other than shares held by the offeror ) and the conditions set out in the article are satisfied . |
| 13 | If it 's a house for university then they only rent it out . |
| 14 | The Gloucestershire Regiment — shortly to face being amalgamated as part of the Governments defence cuts — wants more young recruits and spending a day with them is one way potential soldiers find out if it 's the life for them . |
| 15 | A subsidiary company can only receive surrendered ACT in an accounting period if it was a subsidiary for the whole of that period ( s 240(l) ) . |
| 16 | And I thought well , even if it was a voucher for pads or owt , I mean , they 'll come in for either Lianne |
| 17 | Although she would dearly love to know if it was the norm for women to follow him home ! |
| 18 | In fact there was something almost monastic about it : as if it were a retreat for much needed solitude and quiet study . |
| 19 | The wood is laid on the altar , Isaac is bound and then ‘ put ’ ( the word in the Hebrew is as colourless as that : it is as if he is an object for slaughter , no longer a human being , let alone Abraham 's son ) on the wood . |
| 20 | A secured creditor may , with the agreement of the trustee or leave of the court , at any time alter the value which he has , in his proof of debt , placed upon his security , but if he is the petitioner for the bankruptcy order or has voted in respect of his unsecured balance , he may revalue his security only with the leave of the court ( r 6.115 ) . |
| 21 | No , it 's nice cos it 's a lot for presentation as well |
| 22 | Cos it 's a penny for each degree . |
| 23 | ‘ Because I like the fashion , and because I 'm an activist for what I believe in . |
| 24 | ‘ Of course , we have to put these advertisements in , ’ said the tired , courteous , slightly frayed man who interviewed him , ‘ because we are a service for all schools in the private sector . |
| 25 | It arrived at his desk , as he had privately hoped , simply because he was the long-stop for security/intelligence matters that nobody else wanted to field . |
| 26 | He became a suspect for the double rape because he was the goalkeeper for a local amateur soccer team and police were able to match his footprints to those found on a floor in his victim 's house . |
| 27 | New Democrats dislike it because it is a substitute for painful spending cuts , old Democrats because it is inherently regressive . |
| 28 | I would rather have seen it move to Merthyr Tydfil , Brecon , or anywhere else , because it is an authority for Wales . |
| 29 | It almost goes without saying that in contemporary society a certain amount of money is an important human requirement , not necessarily for its own sake ( though that may also be the case ) , but because it is the wherewithal for other requirements . |
| 30 | My reason for not having done it myself and my father 's reasons for not having done it with the National Gallery is that , in the case of Yale , I 'm looking forward to the day when there 'll be other people interested in English art who will give paintings or money to the Center for British Art just because it is the Center for British Art , where they would n't do it if it was the Paul Mellon Center for British Art . |