Example sentences of "[be] for them [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The ideal thing would have been for them to keep to their offer of a two-year deal and I would have signed it before the final . |
| 2 | If you win , it will then be for them to serve an enforcement notice or injunction as appropriate . |
| 3 | It would be for them to decide what to do with our report . |
| 4 | This is the relevance of rules ; for the courts to embrace such an issue would be for them to breach the long-standing settlement with regard to the boundaries of parliamentary privilege ( see below , pp.113–19 ) and they would not do it . |
| 5 | How each generation of parliamentarians in member states will try to guide the community 's political institutions will be for them to determine . |
| 6 | The ultimate sanction may be for them to sack the person whom they regard as being mainly to blame . |
| 7 | The further west Allied aircraft could be stationed , the easier it would be for them to protect the sea lanes which were vulnerable to enemy air power based in Sicily and Crete . |
| 8 | The most usual course of action for disappointed applicants will be for them to write back to the Com |
| 9 | It 's for them to sort out . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's in their interests to address the issue and it 's for them to decide whether change is cost effective , but it 's in our interests too . ’ |
| 11 | No , no that 's for them to send in |
| 12 | In rather special circumstances this can result in the creation of new dislocations but the much more usual effect is for them to repel each other . |
| 13 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 14 | The only thing I can say is for them to lay down their arms and stop it right now . |
| 15 | Squigs are unpredictable and in many way the best thing that can happen is for them to go wild once they are near the enemy . |
| 16 | Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken . |
| 17 | The tendency is for them to hold , as a result of their negotiating role , a truce metaphor of management ‘ in the mind ’ which informs their conduct . |
| 18 | Parliament has placed the primary responsibility for their enforcement on local authorities and it is for them to decide their own course of action . |
| 19 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 20 | We need to remember that it is no more natural for women to live longer than men than it is for them to have lower incomes , to expect to give up work if their men wish it at marriage or in later life , to be the keepers of family memory , the main carers of those in need , the main sufferers from the empty nest as children leave home . |
| 21 | It is not for teachers to tell them what to believe or value , but it is for them to try to equip pupils in such a way that they can enter into the debate and develop a coherent and perceptive worldview for themselves . |
| 22 | Orbach ( 1978 ) , for instance , suggests that the solution to women 's eating problems is for them to develop more positive feelings about their physical , sexual , intellectual , and social selves . |
| 23 | It is for them to ensure that those substantial resources are used effectively . |
| 24 | The larger the number of firms already supplying a market and the more difficult it is for them to collude , the more competition there is likely to be . |
| 25 | One is for the group and the other is for them to sign and send back . |
| 26 | Divide them into two teams and the game is for them to head the balloon over the string and hope the opposing team do not succeed in returning it . |
| 27 | It is for them to accept your instructions in this matter . |
| 28 | The key for farmers to do business is for them to deliver assured quality ; there is then a premium at the end of the line and no need to form Continental style co-ops , the minister adds . |
| 29 | The ideal love of a man for a woman and of a woman for a man is for them to want to give something to each other , or to want to do something for each other . |
| 30 | It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated . |