Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would not the worst thing that could possibly happen for any of our constituents or patients be for the Labour party to come to power and abolish competitive tendering ? |
| 2 | And so to war , and at first a very strange war , On either side it appeared that no one wanted to start the bombing war which in our way had been our long time plan — in fact the Trenchard theory that fighters are for defence , bombers for offence . |
| 3 | That in lower income groups , not because you could n't afford to heat the bedrooms , but there 's a definite idea that bedrooms are for sleeping in , rather than living in . |
| 4 | The important thing to remember is that NVQs are for the individual , are broadly based and non-specific , in five levels , and once accredited the individual , from school leaver upwards , builds up a personal record of achievement which will be recognised by employers across the country . |
| 5 | " I always thought that gardens , " said Clara , as they progressed slowly back along the long stretch of grass , and down the steps to the lower level , " I always thought that gardens were for growing flowers in . |
| 6 | Reminders that responsibilities were for policy-making and relating government priorities to local needs offered no real guide to role or purpose . |
| 7 | The case studies of school self-evaluation which the Open University has carried out in Oxfordshire and elsewhere suggest that teachers are for the most part ignorant of this literature and of the various research strategies , mainly derived from social science , by which valid and reliable evidence about their professional activities might be gathered and judged . |
| 8 | We believed that flowers were for the living , and Uncle used to often quote some lines of poetry : |
| 9 | One of his successors , Lord Fisher , explained that gaiters were for the restriction of blood circulation and possibly accounted for the number of swollen heads among their wearers , but he added that , ‘ I myself find them a very comfortable kind of bondage ’ . |
| 10 | Many seemed not to know what the knives and forks were for and took the napkins for handkerchiefs . |
| 11 | Whole concepts , whole reorganizations of thought swam drunkenly through her head , and lurched and revolved like the drowned woman and her orange : she no longer knew what gardens and houses were for , and their distinctions , once clear , had grown confused . |
| 12 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 13 | Parkside pit camp mugs , T-shirts and badges are for sale , and a limited edition commemorative plate has been produced . |
| 14 | Derelict land is resilient , robust and interesting , providing private areas that are so necessary to children — land to dirt-track on which cowboys and indians are for real , and ponds to sail boats that never do . |
| 15 | An interviewee of the Holman group observed , ‘ My experience as a child care officer was that some of the worst adoption breakdowns and problems were for kids in their adolescence . ’ |
| 16 | Youth , when death has no reality ( she does n't mean fear of death , children can have that ) , and our actions and pleasures are for their own sake , for what they are now and new . |
| 17 | The filters were washed to 2 SSC , 0.1% SDS at 65°C and autoradiographies were for 2 days . |
| 18 | Health services exist for the benefit of patients , not doctors ; schools and colleges are for students , not for teachers or administrators . |
| 19 | And Polos are for girlie 's — so such on that ! |
| 20 | The shampoo and combs are for white people 's hair ; they do n't have Black combs . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've never been one for doctors , and hospitals were for visiting other people , ’ he said . |
| 22 | Sometimes the slaps and punches were for real now , and my mother would cry up the stairs in alarm whenever she heard a sudden thump as I fell on the floor or bumped into the furniture . |
| 23 | And stickers are for the windows . |
| 24 | In the modern age , institutions outside the family have been created to administer public affairs and women were for a long time expressly excluded . |
| 25 | Through it all runs the most noble assumption — that no human need be daunted by the stature even of a genius such as Shakespeare , that his wisdoms and magics are for us all and that Johnson himself is an eager and willing guide . |
| 26 | Speeches , TV events , Senate hearing , newsclips and interviews are for real . |
| 27 | But unions are for representing people properly , responsibly , not for using as some vehicle for your own political obsessions . |
| 28 | Because balls are for outside . |
| 29 | Since watches were for long the toys of the rich , it is not surprising that often when ordinary folk encountered one they were extremely puzzled and were even inclined to look upon it as something evil and dangerous . |
| 30 | Some votes are for capital items , such as expenditure on new buildings , while others are for revenue items , such as staff salaries . |