Example sentences of "[pron] be [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to dancing , both my husband , Rod , and I are musicians for the team ; I play the recorder and he is a ‘ cellist . |
| 2 | ‘ Blackburn , Ipswich , Cambridge and ourselves are contenders for automatic promotion . |
| 3 | Money was not , however , the only currency in evidence – communication with the public and good fellowship among ourselves were subjects for pleased comment . |
| 4 | As a club we are very chuffed to be where we are and be able to have an input at such a high level of the game , but we believe their are grounds for an adjustment . ’ |
| 5 | The British army has always given campaign medals which are rewards for just being there and doing an ordinary job , and special medals for gallantry beyond the call of duty . |
| 6 | However , yours is a very young tank and prone to rises in ammonia nitrite , which are killers for most marines . |
| 7 | Resolved , That this House , believing it is in Britain 's interests to continue to be at the heart of the European Community and able to shape its future and that of Europe as a whole , endorses the constructive negotiating approach adopted by Her Majesty 's Government in the Inter-Governmental Conferences on Economic and Monetary Union and on Political Union ; and urges them to work for an agreement at the forthcoming European Council at Maastricht which avoids the development of a federal Europe , enables this country to exert the greatest influence on the economic evolution of the Community while preserving the right of Parliament to decide at a future date whether to adopt a single currency , on issues of Community competence concentrates the development of action on those issues which can not be handled more effectively at national level and , in particular , avoids intrusive Community measures in social areas which are matters for national decision , devlops a European security policy compatible with NATO and co-operation in foreign policy which safeguards this country 's national interests , increases the accountability of the Commission , enhances the rule of law in the Community including improved implementation , enforcement and compliance with Community legislation , improves co-operation between European governments in the fight against drugs , terrorism and cross-border crime , and through these policies secures the long-term interests of the United Kingdom . |
| 8 | Recently , the identification of characteristic sequence features in peptides eluted from HLA class I molecules suggested that the relevant antigen might be identifiable by assessing cellular immune responses to peptides containing such motifs among antigens which are candidates for mediating HLA-disease associations . |
| 9 | Directory Integrity Check then enters any modules which are candidates for entry into LIFESPAN provided that : |
| 10 | Sometimes it may contain information about the author , the date , the writer 's access to information , and even the purpose of the writer , which are clues for the historian about the source 's reliability . |
| 11 | ( It is probable that the majority of idioms began their lives as metaphors ; and synchronically , transitional cases , which are idioms for some and metaphors for others , are not uncommon . |
| 12 | Houck had personally followed the histories of two reactors in Missouri ( Callaway ) and Kansas ( Wolf Creek ) which were prototypes for Hinkley C. Both had cost three times their original budget — $3 billion apiece — and had been plagued with teething problems in their first few years of operation . |
| 13 | The impressive bulk of 762 at the Pleasure Beach , showing its new bogies which were prototypes for those on the new Centenary class . |
| 14 | European markets were further unsettled in early September by monetary developments in Finland and Sweden , both of which were applicants for EC membership [ see pp. 38834 ; 38353 ] and both of which — following a similar step by Norway [ see p. 37782 ] — had in 1991 associated their currencies with the ERM [ see pp. 38297 ; 38202 ] . |
| 15 | We 've got a lot of educational stuff for children , erm we 're running a series of what are known as Pittstops , which is workshops for children at the Pitt Rivers Museum , all on a rainforest theme , erm rainforest collage , rainforest dance , rainforest masks and rainforest stories . |
| 16 | The first Yachting World Cruising Club departure will be on 7 March 1991 to Penang and the Langkawi Islands , a charter organised by Marinair Yacht Charter Services who are agents for Pelangi Cruises in Malaysia . |
| 17 | However , the most recent of these studies has also shown that habitual drinkers who are heterozygotes for the normal and mutant ALDH2 genes develop alcoholic liver disease at lower levels of alcohol intake than alcoholics who are homozygotes for the normal gene . |
| 18 | However , the most recent of these studies has also shown that habitual drinkers who are heterozygotes for the normal and mutant ALDH2 genes develop alcoholic liver disease at lower levels of alcohol intake than alcoholics who are homozygotes for the normal gene . |
| 19 | Crystal ( 1984 ) makes a strong case for providing a detailed transcription of the language of all those who are candidates for assessment . |
| 20 | A serious limitation of the Wada technique is that the risks inherent in puncturing the carotid artery preclude its use without obvious medical justification and testing is therefore restricted to those patients who are candidates for brain surgery . |
| 21 | In his heart the boy Jaq vowed vengeance against daemons and against psykers who were conduits for daemons for stealing his parents from him and bestowing upon him the honour of being raised by missionaries . |
| 22 | ‘ It would be naive and stupid to think we have a walkover just because we are favourites for the First Division title . |
| 23 | We 're typists for a firm of account-ants in Charing Cross . ’ |
| 24 | After towing them back to their ship we were friends for life and the word soon went round the fleet . |
| 25 | Erm we were agents for a firm called in Australia , who made very good leather indeed , and we did sell quite a large amount of his tanneds to the local er firms for the saddlery trade . |
| 26 | But however that 's the way things went and er we were distributors for the Morris for Selkirkshire and Peebleshire . |
| 27 | ‘ People thought we were idiots for a long time , ’ remembers Kelly . |
| 28 | Although there are procedures for putting ‘ interrogatories ’ to another party at the pre-trial stage , they are little used in practice and bear little or no resemblance to the United States practice of ‘ oral depositions ’ before trial . |
| 29 | There are races for all age groups from eight and under upwards and also one for the disabled . |
| 30 | It is true that much of the country closes down for too long over this festive period , though there are advantages for industry in doing that and we all deserve a decent break at this time of the year . |