Example sentences of "[unc] [noun pl] be for " in BNC.
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1 | Out of the office , Muriel 's preferences are for classical music , a quiet existence , with knitting , visiting the elderly and church on Sundays pretty well top of the list . |
2 | Welcome though many of the Government 's proposals are for reducing the demand for aggregates ( PIP 6.20 ) , the efficient use of materials , different approaches to construction , increasing the price of aggregates , making better use of waste materials and introducing voluntary codes by the public sector to use less material , will prove insufficient unless they are reinforced by a development strategy that questions the need for aggregates-intensive development , such as roads . |
3 | Welcome though many of the Government 's proposals are for reducing the demand for aggregates ( PIP 6.20 ) , the efficient use of materials , different approaches to construction , increasing the price of aggregates , making better use of waste materials and introducing voluntary codes by the public sector to use less material , will prove insufficient unless they are reinforced by a development strategy that questions the need for aggregates-intensive development , such as roads . |
4 | So far as the privately rented sector was concerned , the government 's proposals were for the automatic decontrol of all dwellings with a rateable value over £40 in London and over £30 in the rest of England and Wales . |
5 | Eleven months later the new Secretary of State said that he was equally committed to a very substantial expansion in student numbers , and stated that the government 's plans were for an increase of 50,000 by 1993 . |
6 | Now the depot office the they in those days controlled what a man 's duties were for the next day and a man did n't know what he was on until about twelve o'clock one day what he was on the next day . |
7 | Were they really ruling huge areas of land when my family 's ambitions were for nothing grander than the next meal and the work to pay for it ? |
8 | Yesterday 's figures were for February and did not include recent huge job losses at Rolls-Royce . |
9 | Perhaps the most appropriate mechanism for safeguarding both the patient 's and the doctor 's interests is for the hospital to document the circumstances fully in the notes , and to have the patient 's competence assessed in cases of doubt by a qualified person not otherwise concerned in the case . |
10 | A young man once told us , following a talk on sex and relationships , that the reason he fondled his fiancée 's breasts was for her pleasure and not his . |
11 | Only Christian Lacroix , says John Davidson , shines a light into haute couture 's gloomy penitence Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations |
12 | Ingenues and waifs may find their perfect attire from more avant-garde designers , but Lacroix 's clothes were for real women to wear in real-life situations . |
13 | They wear well , too ( so the young mothers tell me ) since the children 's garments are for ever in the washing machine . |
14 | Apart from that erm the scores on the doors forty six postcards were sent out which does n't sound perhaps like very many but is in fact quite a lot of work when you 're having to find people who 's who people 's MPs are for them and so on . |
15 | The main thrust of the inquiry team 's recommendations is for services to be concentrated on fewer sites and the money released to fund improvements in the community . |
16 | Until now , Danish GPs ' notes were for private use , except when they involved drug prescription , accidents , and insurance claims , or when malpractice was suspected ( see Lancet 1992 ; 340 : 719 ) . |
17 | Two thirds of the suspended sentences imposed by the Magistrates ' courts were for up to three months . |
18 | Taxpayers ' priorities were for the Revenue to get things right first time , and for problems , where they arise , to be resolved quickly . |
19 | Most lenders ' discounts are for a limited period only , after which you will revert to paying the standard rate — this table provides a guide to lenders ' competitiveness , which should be taken into account when making your mortgage choice . |
20 | Although Mariot nodded , Agnes , shrugging , turned the matter by asking if this was not what earls ' daughters were for ? |
21 | E1 buildings are for storage of goods and materials not specified as hazardous in occupancy E2 . |