Example sentences of "[be] for [adj] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If any courses were run they would have been for trained staff like enrolled or staff nurses . |
| 2 | The cold , harsh realities of life are for other people to worry about . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The shampoo and combs are for white people 's hair ; they do n't have Black combs . |
| 7 | These are for fat people , and there are enough of them about . |
| 8 | ‘ These low cost housing schemes are for local people and the children of local people . |
| 9 | 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 ) . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Launderettes were for common people with common synthetic clothing . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | exactly , that 's for rich people , it only really helps the rich that 's been |
| 15 | That does n't immediately occur to me that it 's for blind people |
| 16 | And the first one is based at a project called and it 's for unemployed people in . |
| 17 | It 's for old people , our Church . |
| 18 | ‘ Bed 's for dead people , ai n't it ? ’ |
| 19 | THE BIBLE IS FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE |
| 20 | The LWS-25 is a 25Mhz , 15.8 MIPS offering priced at £7,500 ; the LWS-40 , priced at £7,000 and rated at 28.5 MIPS , is for advanced 2D and 3D graphics ; and the LWS-40GX , at £10,000 , features a GX graphics accelerator . |
| 21 | The only reason I shave at all is for other people . |
| 22 | Litigation is for other people . |
| 23 | The burning burning need I have ( all prisoners must have ) is for other people . |
| 24 | The only special preparation needed is for euryalid species , the thickened skin covering the arm spines must be dissolved using bleach ( sodium hypochlorite ) or KOH . |
| 25 | ‘ Our greatest need is for additional staff resources . |
| 26 | The third drawer is for big fish ; a decent sea trout , a hefty cod , a couple of salmon . |
| 27 | The best way to restore the spirit of enterprise which first made our cities great is for local people , the private sector , the voluntary sector and local and central government , to work together in partnership . |
| 28 | So I think I 'm asking for just a bit more , more talks and where there is a , a home or homes in a rural area that may be the only home in that area , so it is available to local people that Social Services come in and there in an understanding in planning authorities first and now the actual criteria we 're working on because most local people will think that home is for local people . |
| 29 | ‘ Mario thinks the place is for old people . |
| 30 | If you want to get money out it 's harder than it is for white people — they always check you and go away and phone . |