Example sentences of "[be] for [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pattern has usually been for such people to establish themselves as privileged representatives of a ‘ god ’ who has the power to punish or destroy those who do not conform to the rules which they , the privileged , have themselves formulated , but have attributed to the ‘ god ’ . |
| 2 | According to H. C. Robbins Landon , it was the Tristan und Isolde shortly before that , a production of swarming darkness and rare musical sensibility , that had been for many people one of the greatest of all their musical experiences . |
| 3 | Since the inter-war years , Britain has been for many people an upwardly mobile society , with children from working-class homes winning jobs in the expanding service class . |
| 4 | ‘ If any courses were run they would have been for trained staff like enrolled or staff nurses . |
| 5 | Although many of the massage techniques in this illustrated guide are for two people to practise on each other , as you can clearly see from the simple techniques over the page , massage is something that you can successfully achieve alone . |
| 6 | All recipes are for two people . |
| 7 | The cold , harsh realities of life are for other people to worry about . |
| 8 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |
| 9 | If the additional research results in a new product launch at the end of three years the sales forecasts are for lower sales levels . |
| 10 | If the additional research results in a new product launch at the end of three years the sales forecasts are for lower sales levels . |
| 11 | In Scotland the track record is better than the rest of Britain , with Employment Service staff maintaining its target of ensuring that 3 per cent of its job placements are for disabled people , according to its Scottish director , Alan Brown . |
| 12 | Stephen , a boy of about sixteen in a school not far from Susan 's , told me the following story : Extract 2 : Sounds are for big people Me was trodding down de road and me come across me bredder " e — me ask " im for some money an " e say " e na got . |
| 13 | The shampoo and combs are for white people 's hair ; they do n't have Black combs . |
| 14 | These are for fat people , and there are enough of them about . |
| 15 | Because they occupy key positions in primary care , they are for most people the most accessible caring profession , and psychiatry is considered by doctors to be primarily their occupational territory . |
| 16 | ‘ These low cost housing schemes are for local people and the children of local people . |
| 17 | ‘ The angel said , ‘ Do not be afraid , I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people . |
| 18 | ‘ The angel said , ‘ Do not be afraid , I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all people . |
| 19 | It is important to remember that there are risks attached to being kind to people in this state , and important also not to underestimate how difficult it may be for such people to reach out on their own . |
| 20 | ‘ Initial requirements will probably be for ten staff , ’ explained Dr Philip Tasker , Safeguard chief executive . |
| 21 | So — hard as it may be for some people to believe — we disinfected the whole place , sloshing the stuff everywhere . |
| 22 | Approximately half the courses described by the data sheets were for professional staff , one-quarter for non-professionals and one-quarter for both or either ( both or either typically meant new professionals and/or senior assistants or all staff with supervisory responsibilities ) . |
| 23 | 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults . |
| 24 | Launderettes were for common people with common synthetic clothing . |
| 25 | ‘ I respect the fact that The Jam can touch people and what they 're doing is an attempt to be ‘ real ’ — no myth or far-fetched fantasy — and it 's for real people , not people who follow trends . |
| 26 | It 's for young people aged 12 to 17 years , and is n't necessarily for Pinewood Village residents — anyone interested from the whole locality would be welcome . |
| 27 | exactly , that 's for rich people , it only really helps the rich that 's been |
| 28 | That does n't immediately occur to me that it 's for blind people |
| 29 | Yeah but not but it 's not for school it 's for some people outside school , it 's a sort of |
| 30 | And the first one is based at a project called and it 's for unemployed people in . |