Example sentences of "it [be] a [noun] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a present for my mother . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's a job for your father and brothers , Grace , not you ! |
| 3 | It is a matter for their boards of management and we should expect them , like all bodies that are publicly funded , to get value for money . |
| 4 | My views are well known , but it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 5 | As I said , it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 6 | I was very happy at Emmanuel Church and the University Congregational Society , and it is a joy for my husband Michael and me that we are still in touch with so many friends from CongSoc , and in fact some of us still meet every year for a few days in the Lake District . |
| 7 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 8 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 9 | First it was a little bit of yellow fish for her landlady 's cat — the poor thing was half starved — then it was a bulb for her bedside lamp , and lastly she remembered that a friend of hers had just opened in a play in Manchester and there just might be a review in the evening paper . |
| 10 | But it was not a parent — it was a letter for her brother Branwell . |
| 11 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 12 | It was a mailshot for his own agency , which was then starting up , to potential clients . |
| 13 | It was a demand for his own deselection . |