Example sentences of "[noun sg] be for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then one of them asked : ‘ Can you tell us what the Rules of Engagement were for your task Major ? ’ |
| 2 | But it would spoil the illusion if all the merrymakers were to think that their spending bonanza was for their own satisfaction . |
| 3 | The plan which Henry still had in mind was for his eldest son to take all of those lands which he himself had inherited from his father and mother , i.e. Anjou , Maine , Normandy and England , while Richard should have the land which he had acquired by virtue of his marriage to Eleanor . |
| 4 | The second is that it is in relation to this period that one finds a quite separate account of the origins of the Muftilik advanced , namely Katib Celebi 's view that the office originated not with Molla Fenari in Bursa or Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne but rather with Hizir Bey in Istanbul , the Muftilik being for his tenure , and for some time alter , a to the post of kadi of Istanbul , of which he was the first holder . |
| 5 | They are also closely associated with University College Cork , which makes it particularly pleasant to welcome them to Queen 's for their first visit . |
| 6 | David Stirling 's final plan was for his force to embark in five Bristol Bombay aircraft of 216 Squadron on the night of 16 November and drop near their targets . |
| 7 | Hurtled The plan was for his main chute to open at 3,000ft but it did not open and he hurtled to conclusion of the association 's investigation was that he had failed to locate the ripcord handle . |
| 8 | Gloucester Place seemed awash with the carriages of other guests attending the ball and Emily chafed as she sat waiting impatiently to move on , watched by ladies ' maids and servants of the lower orders who seemed to think that the spectacle was for their pleasure . |
| 9 | Resource-based learning places the pupil in the active mode , but equally its demand on the teacher is for his full creative involvement . |
| 10 | In 1943 the well-known painter , Hans Hofmann , asked the young Pollock how important nature was for his art . |
| 11 | This video is for my generation but can be used by anybody . |
| 12 | The hide is for your sole use . |
| 13 | Shortly after they reached her apartment in Belgravia the standard procedure was for their mother to burst into tears . |
| 14 | The following proposed amendments to the Constitution are for your careful consideration so that you can comment and vote on them at the A.G.M. on Friday , 19th March 1982 . |
| 15 | He cries ; Lit 's for my friend St Herbert ! |
| 16 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 17 | Pearson 's policy is for our newspapers to be corporately and not proprietorially managed . ’ |
| 18 | Jim Devine , Scottish regional officer of the Confederation of Health Service Employees , said there was no need for a pay intelligence unit to find out what the Government 's strategy is for its staff . |
| 19 | Children need to understand and learn where the limit is for their behaviour . |
| 20 | Hagen 's iconoclasm was for his own benefit ; he never saw himself as a social campaigner on behalf of his fellow professionals . |
| 21 | ‘ The arrangement was for my ex-husband , Thom , who 's American , to see Eva , now three years old , for one week in every four , ’ explains Wendy . |
| 22 | ‘ So all that preening naked on the pool-edge was for my benefit ? ’ he teased . |
| 23 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 24 | Without quantum theory there would be no genetic engineering , no solid-state computers , no nuclear power stations ( or bombs ) ; even Albert Einstein 's Nobel prize was for his pioneering contributions to quantum theory , not for his ideas on relativity . |
| 25 | But they can not be alike , since one of them requires a sentient being for its existence while the other does not . |
| 26 | As stated in the AEA Times bulletin our clear preference is for our commercial business to be retained essentially in a single company that is transferred to the private sector either by a public flotation or private placement . |
| 27 | My immediate concern is for my husband 's safety because , given that , our lives could then go back to normal . |
| 28 | Men like Gay-Lussac sought laws rather than risking theories ; and Davy declared ( Works , VII , 93ff. ) that Dalton 's Royal Medal from the Royal Society was for his laws of chemical combination , rather than for his atomic hypothesis . |
| 29 | When she knew the plans were afoot to move her on her concern was for her second in command , a Sinhalese whom she considered worthy of being leader . |
| 30 | His only concern was for his own men and for the standards and traditions he expected them to live up to . |