Example sentences of "the [noun sg] is for [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The normal method of the original owner to ‘ avoid ’ the contract is for him to inform the rogue that he does so . |
| 2 | But the plan is for me to get a look in that van without , for the moment , the driver noticing anything wrong . ’ |
| 3 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 4 | Cos the purpose of the exercise is for us to see how far we 've come , but the most important purpose of the exercise is to determine where we wan na go . |
| 5 | The aim is for everyone to finish together . |
| 6 | The point is for you to think decide what you think . |
| 7 | ‘ Get me past the walls and the rest is for me to do , and I 'll be grateful to you lifelong . ’ |
| 8 | Er the reason for the get-together is for us to look closely at the aspirations of the group within the immediate future , and taking us forward three to five years . |
| 9 | One is for the group and the other is for them to sign and send back . |
| 10 | Divide them into two teams and the game is for them to head the balloon over the string and hope the opposing team do not succeed in returning it . |
| 11 | The ideal is for me to stop out here on me own because , if I go into a unit or something and stop , it 's quite easy to go straight back on the gear . |
| 12 | The notepad is for you to write down any ideas which might aid the crusade the Conductor outlined . ’ |
| 13 | Every time there is a problem , people come back and say , ‘ The answer is for us to purchase additional data ’ . |
| 14 | The thing is for us to receive . |
| 15 | The tendency is for them to hold , as a result of their negotiating role , a truce metaphor of management ‘ in the mind ’ which informs their conduct . |
| 16 | Then tell him that the problem is for him to free the rope without taking his hand out of his pocket or untying the rope . |
| 17 | ‘ If I do , will you say that if I do n't want to risk any similar events the solution is for me to move ? ’ she responded . |