Example sentences of "[be] for [adj -er] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are many other activities and sports that are just as suitable for older women as they are for younger ones : golf , badminton , skiing ( cross country or downhill ) , croquet , table tennis , bowling , rambling , sailing , archery — anything that is , and continues to be , enjoyable . |
| 2 | ‘ Some of them will undoubtedly be for finished bulls but my impression is that most will be for younger cattle from owners who want to claim BSPS as quickly as possible and then sell them , ’ said Mr Heslop . |
| 3 | They may be for longer periods of time , for various investment purposes . |
| 4 | Opportunities for communication may have been reduced ; the concentration needed to listen attentively may be for shorter periods ; the whole process of comprehension and response may have slowed down . |
| 5 | These were for higher wages , reduced differentials , greater workplace control and more shopfloor participation in bargaining . |
| 6 | Well it 's for younger children I suppose , like Kirsty , to learn , to show them how to hold a pencil tidy . |
| 7 | Let us remember that everything for which we legislate is for worse cases and blanket rules . |
| 8 | The TRI-R Hanger III is for heavier items . |
| 9 | Horses learn new things easily when they are young ; it is actually easier for them to learn new things than it is for older horses . |
| 10 | It is entirely wrong to assume that older women , who have been involved in employment during their lives , should experience retirement as any more or less significant than it is for older men . |
| 11 | This is a game I came across in the United States and is for older children aged seven and upwards . |
| 12 | It is for later developments in the theory of ideology that we have to wait for in account that does not raise Marx 's materialism to a status such that it can not itself be analysed as ideology . |
| 13 | Method 1 is suitable for small diameter pipettes whereas method 2 is for larger ones . |
| 14 | Age-related widows ' pension is for younger widows , who do not qualify for full rate . |
| 15 | The reason for the decline is not always poverty ( which it often is for smaller farms or those in marginal areas ) but in the better areas is due to increasing agricultural efficiency , and even in the mid-1980s to agricultural surpluses ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 16 | ‘ The current requirement is for smaller units situated within the local community to which the young people belong . ’ |
| 17 | The main trend was for greater powers for the republics , which were to join the new union on a voluntary basis , choosing the level of involvement which they wanted to have . |
| 18 | And she has double ones was for bigger ones . |
| 19 | For example , one group focused specifically on the particular problems and needs of Asian parents , another was for older parents and carers , and several groups provided significant elements of direct service . |