Example sentences of "it [be] [art] [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 's no fun for my colleagues to be away . |
| 4 | It 's the basis for your whole way of life ! ’ she exhorted , hand outstretched . |
| 5 | It 's an inspiration for their creative talents . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My views are well known , but it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 8 | As I said , it is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 11 | He ca n't recall the man 's story but clearly it was a pretext for his accomplice to search the house . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | But it was not a parent — it was a letter for her brother Branwell . |
| 14 | It was a disappointment for his many fans not to see him in action . |
| 15 | It was a mailshot for his own agency , which was then starting up , to potential clients . |
| 16 | It was a demand for his own deselection . |
| 17 | It was the base for his ‘ Highgrove set ’ , the gang of pals which included Camilla Parker Bowles whose friendship with Charles over the years made Diana so jealous . |
| 18 | It was the price for my more materialist attitude , my seeking to occupy the middle ground , between absorption in life and soaring above the cares of the earth . |
| 19 | Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick . |
| 20 | It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass . |
| 21 | The idea of being nice to someone because they were going to leave you their money was not pleasant ; Tom often told himself this , but it was the reason for his going to see his grandmother . |
| 22 | It was the signal for your murder . |