Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [noun sg] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organisations that have agreed in principle to let Phonelink hold and use their databases are Infocheck for company profiling ; the Automobile Association for identification of appropriate hotel accommodation , restaurants and guest houses ; Thomson Directories for finding business leads ; the Press Association for news ; Ordnance Survey for destination mapping ; British Rail for railway timetables ; British Weather Services ; and GB Mailing Systems for postcode information . |
| 2 | Alesis reverb units are par for the course in home studios ; and their 3630 should enjoy the same popularity . |
| 3 | Braun said that the ‘ order books are cause for cautious optimism . |
| 4 | Among his best-known books are Food for Free , The Common Ground , The Unofficial Countryside , The Flowering of Britain and Home Country . |
| 5 | The anger he saw in her eyes was camouflage for the fear she felt . |
| 6 | Gardens are work for me , not leisure . ’ |
| 7 | Lighter winds are idea for novices and there 's windsurfing too . |
| 8 | As Hassan 's comment half-implies , it may in some areas be time for criticism to move on from the task of defining postmodernism in relation to its antecedents . |
| 9 | These observations differ from earlier findings in which scid mice were host for the same TCR -β transgene . |
| 10 | It follows that , if what is being sought in this action against the third , fourth and fifth defendants is compensation for the loss suffered by the investors arising out of their purchases of or subscription for Euramco shares , the action can not be sustained . |
| 11 | The most common reason for children returning to the danger areas was homesickness for parents and relatives , or parents worrying endlessly about them . |
| 12 | The next few days were agony for Constance , as she waited for the letter to arrive . |
| 13 | Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins . |
| 14 | The original and present populations of all three species have never been assessed reliably , but because of their restricted distribution and the uncertainty of their numbers , the extent of their killing by crab fishermen is cause for grave concern . |
| 15 | It is easy for them to play football , it 's like other sports but I mean , people say that sports is nay for women ! |
| 16 | It also , in those days was mileage for the tyres was paid on the number of miles run per tyre , so at the end of the month you could record , you knew what tyres were on a certain bus , you knew of how many miles that bus had done , so you recorded that particular tyre on that bus had run so many miles and it was that that we paid for our tyres that way . |
| 17 | But the white man does not believe that cattle are payment for taking someone 's life . ’ |
| 18 | East European changes are chance for historic bargain Economics . |
| 19 | Our aims are security for Israel and self-determination for the Palestinians . |
| 20 | Their efforts were compensation for an earlier breakdown in discipline ( verbal only ) which permitted Strett to kick the first of his two penalty goals . |
| 21 | The experience of the early Christian community in Jerusalem in sharing their worldly goods is evidence for many of the material communism which is implicit in the Great Commandment ‘ Love your neighbour as yourself ’ . |
| 22 | Solving such difficulties is routine for Christine Hall , a married woman with a family , who is one of 43 volunteers in the nationwide Friskies Petcare Helpline , a service funded by the petfood manufacturer of that name . |
| 23 | At the core of human rights is concern for fair treatment and due process — the recognition that those in power have an obligation to acknowledge , implement and observe proper legal procedures . |
| 24 | Such service companies want your agency 's business and lavish lunches and gifts are par for the course . |
| 25 | Mr Travers , who drew his figures from public expenditure White Papers , said the sectors that enjoyed the biggest rises were education for the under-fives ( up nearly 90 per cent ) and children with special needs , both favourite Labour targets . |
| 26 | It is no accident that the title of the Swann Report on children from ethnic minorities was Education for All ( Committee of Inquiry , 1985 ) . |
| 27 | Wringe continues by suggesting that pronouncements on active citizenship indicate that its central themes are respect for democratic values , the law and one 's obligations . |
| 28 | Gels were prerun for 2 h before application of samples . |
| 29 | One of the factors influencing the career decisions of professionals is opportunity for career advancement , which has been limited in this field until recently . |
| 30 | Originally edited down to 22 minutes for a half-hour TV show ( the other eight minutes being time for adverts and credits ) , Havis and his team had so much fascinating footage left over it was incorporated back in to produce this more detailed full-length video . |