Example sentences of "[noun] it [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its doss houses and meths drinkers it was for long Edinburgh 's ‘ skid row ’ but it in the process of being tidied up and its picturesque old buildings are being steadily restored . |
| 2 | WHAT a tragedy it is for tennis that Dan Maskell ( right ) has gone . |
| 3 | With this in mind it is for consideration whether such forms should not be redesigned to separate the disclaimer of liability on the part of the hospital from what really matters , namely the declaration by the patient of his decision with a full appreciation of the possible consequences , the latter being expressed in the simplest possible terms and emphasised by a different and larger type face , by underlining , the employment of coloured print or otherwise . |
| 4 | When modern social anthropologists write about " primitive " peoples it is for want of a better vocabulary ; they could just as well be writing about " other " peoples . |
| 5 | The reminiscing continued — the deaths of friends , one man marching alone through the night , the terrible hard labour it was for some men to die , night marches from one safe house to another , the rain , the wet , the damp , the cold of waiting for an ambush in one place for hours . |
| 6 | Artichaut sauce vinaigrette it was for both the girls . |
| 7 | But her smile was strange — as if she was sharing a secret with me , that this was an illusion it was for us two , not the old man , to foster . |
| 8 | If Cziffra is remembered at all in England it is for his technique , which has acquired a quite legendary status . |
| 9 | I would like to emphasise how valuable an exercise it is for students and teachers to attempt to analyse some recorded speech for themselves . |
| 10 | You do n't know Stella , what er a delight it is for us to have you . |
| 11 | So he has accepted an offer to drive the new Vector at Silverstone , but insists at the moment it is for this race only . |
| 12 | At this moment it was for him to protect her , and he must find a way to do it . |
| 13 | Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner . |
| 14 | But at the conference it was for the first time agreed to allow the constituency parties to elect their own separate representatives to the National Executive , and this at once led to the appearance in this category of Sir Stafford Cripps , Professor Harold Laski and D. N. Pritt — all advocates of close collaboration with the Communist Party , and Pritt indistinguishable from an actual card-carrying member . |
| 15 | What humbug it is for some Opposition Members to say that one should buy British and then travel around in foreign cars . |
| 16 | Daddy it 's for you ! |
| 17 | Or as Engels meditated , ‘ Irish history shows one what a misfortune it is for a nation to have subjugated another nation . |
| 18 | And what a great day it was for 82-year-old George Mitchell of the Belmont Club . |
| 19 | What utter and unbelievable nonsense it is for the Labour Group to claim that the Conservative Group have sought to exploit the needs of people with disabilities in order to gain political advantage . |
| 20 | Setting a blistering pace of 91pts on day one , on day two it was 92pts easing off slightly on Sunday it was for them a modest 89pts to give them a grand total of 272pts , 16pts clear of the teams in second and third places on 256pts they were Karl O'Donnell ( Newlands ) , C Burke , V Burke , C McKeone . |
| 21 | " I thought for a while it was for a baby of your own , " she said . |
| 22 | What do you hate the charity it 's for ? |
| 23 | What a shock it was for Nicodemus to learn this truth . |
| 24 | Lassa Java pushed him early on … what a night it was for the Meek family from the Forest of Dean as they watched their dogs dominate … |
| 25 | I had visions it 's for the thirty |
| 26 | What a splendid week it is for Earache Records . |
| 27 | Yes because on the remote control it 's for a video as well you see |
| 28 | it was n't for the Dalesman it was for er |
| 29 | The same day , Mobutu warned the conference against this course , asserting in a statement read on national radio that under the present Constitution it was for him to appoint the head of government . |
| 30 | I had a feeling it was for you . |