Example sentences of "it [be] the [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Oathbreaking , the theft of a horse , uttering false coinage — yes , I think it 's the Arena for you , Rincewind . ’
2 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 .
3 It 's the stick for you , my lad , if you ever go down there again .
4 But I 'm unlikely to do the New York Marathon in any case , because I 'm very much a rhythm runner , and I do n't think it 's the course for me .
5 It 's the cry for us all to hear ,
6 Without looking round , he said : ‘ It 's the end for me , Wallace .
7 Well it 's the stage for it int it ?
8 ‘ Then it 's the place for me , ’ said the seaman .
9 It 's the basis for your whole way of life ! ’ she exhorted , hand outstretched .
10 In the case of both /Ε/; and /a/ it is the persons for whom the vowel has less significance as a network marker who seem to be leading the linguistic change .
11 Alicia says you should spend time talking to a breeder before diving in to buy one , to be sure it is the breed for you .
12 It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought .
13 It is the audience for which they and the play exist ; that is their whole reason for being .
14 It is the consort for which Morley and Rosseter published their Lessons and which supports the voices in the first seventeen of Sir William Leighton 's Teares or Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule ( 1614 ) .
15 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 .
16 This , perhaps , made us feel that here in this sunlit place serenity bore a deeper meaning , it was the peace for which the thousands lying here had given their lives .
17 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 .
18 It was the vehicle for which Crawford had been looking .
19 It was the temple for everyone who wanted to be involved in something that had nothing to do with what most people thought was ‘ happening ’ in that part of the seventies .
20 Then it was the turn for my own hand to explore the anonymous member beyond the missing brick .
21 ‘ From the moment I first saw freestyle I knew it was the sport for me — there was so much more to it than ordinary skiing — it was beautiful and the ultimate in skiing athleticism . ’
22 It was the excuse for her deep delaying gaze into the looking-glass .
23 But when she married and moved to a distant part of the country , I decided it was the moment for me to change my life too .
24 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 .
25 It was the signal for your murder .
26 I decided that in my present state I could n't face Moscow , and having discovered about the hot , spring baths of Budapest and the chess players who stand in water at 76 degrees Celsius , leisurely moving the pieces , decided that it was the place for me .
27 The row was like an earthquake but I did not think it was the end for us , ’ she said .
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