Example sentences of "[adv] be for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further question that arises ( and that might be perceived on the face of this problem ) is whether dismissal by the Crown can only be for misbehaviour in office or whether it can be for an offence not related to judicial office or affecting judicial ability . |
| 2 | ‘ He thinks the blacklist will only be for Liverpool , but he says he wo n't go until after Christmas . ’ |
| 3 | If the Ketterings had wanted another family to stand in for them , it could only be for recognition by someone they wished to avoid or who might be a danger to them . |
| 4 | ‘ It would only be for investigation , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Some visits may only be for convenience shopping and some for comparison . |
| 6 | ‘ Not till the next time you come , anyway , and that might not be for ages . ’ |
| 7 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 8 | SHOULD the personable Steve Norris fail to impress as an under-secretary at the Transport Department , it should not be for want of preparation . |
| 9 | But ‘ photographs of the Soviet Union will not be for sale , ’ he said . |
| 10 | At the initiative of President Sir Roger de Grey several leading European artists will be showing their works , although these will not be for sale at the Academy . |
| 11 | As Hilary Land reminds us in another article ( Land , 1980 ) Ada Nield Chew , a radical suffragist , wrote that women should eschew the role of the ‘ domestic tabby cat ’ and that ‘ marriage and motherhood should not be for sale . |
| 12 | ‘ Faber would not be for sale even at the right price , ’ commented Matthew Evans a touch wearily — this being by no means the first time he has had to deny such rumours . |
| 13 | Such people have been dubbed ‘ carbohydrate cravers ’ by researchers , but many now think that the primary craving may not be for carbohydrates but for fats . |
| 14 | Their overriding need will not be for advice , but for love and support , and if you provide this you will not fail them . |
| 15 | But today the Church of England apoligised to the family saying ’ our concern must always be for people before regulations , especially during times of greiving . ’ |
| 16 | Anyone worrying — as dealers and Christie 's once did — that these thousands of 300-year-old pots will flood the market need only look at Harrods , where Nanking Cargo plates have been selling regularly and at increasing prices since the auction ( £195 for a good teabowl , £7,000 for an ‘ encrusted ’ tureen ) and where , after the Vung Tau auction , the new pieces will also be for sale from , they expect , £50 to £10,000 . |
| 17 | Market reports suggest that the contract will also be for Conoco 's Heidrun field , supplying drilling and processing packages . |
| 18 | It 'll probably be for Christmas , there 's not many I thought perhaps |
| 19 | Because Labour was once against Europe , it can not now be for Europe . |
| 20 | The most urgent need will invariably be for sources of long-term credit to finance major new investments , to maintain debt-to-equity ratios consistent with minimal capital costs and to cushion the inevitable destruction of capital that flows from basic innovations in organizational practice . |
| 21 | ‘ Yes , but that wo n't be for years yet ! ’ |
| 22 | It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 23 | When Lord Morris stated ‘ It must surely be for Parliament to lay down the procedures which are to be followed before a Bill can become an Act . |
| 24 | If the owner wishes to bring a claim against someone who has wrongfully sold the owner 's goods , his claim will again be for conversion . |
| 25 | Maria said vehemently , her thoughts flying briefly to Rachel , for whom marriage was a trap in a way it could never be for Florian . |
| 26 | Corporate liberty , even of the most exalted kind , could never be for Anselm , as it was for Hugh of Lyons , the mainspring of his whole life . |