Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [noun pl] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four-course meals that last four hours are marathons for everyone concerned . |
| 2 | Unexpected overtime , low wages and complicated antisocial hours are features for many care assistants . |
| 3 | Marriage conflicts are opportunities for growth . |
| 4 | There have several times been movements for reform in the course of this century . |
| 5 | The receptor molecules are conduits for information , with one end outside the cell and the other inside . |
| 6 | Its main programmes are thoughts for the day and two regular programmes — one for children and one broadcast for adults on Sunday evenings . |
| 7 | It believes that the arts are forces for social and economic regeneration ; it believes in scholars and art experts from different countries meeting each other ; it believes in restoring monuments ; it believes in education ; it believes in bringing damagingly incompatible laws on cultural property closer together . |
| 8 | The upshot of deifying humanity is this : animals are ours , animals are our property , animals are resources for us , animals are our tasters , animals are our tools . |
| 9 | These parties are occasions for much social behaviour , including mating . |
| 10 | That 's right : scalpers are fighters for justice , too . |
| 11 | The two packets are floats for the karabiners . |
| 12 | Linked with the development of the project in schools were plans for initiating and extending local authority inservice provision , as a means of disseminating good practice derived from the experience of selected schools , and to guide schools about to enter the project . |
| 13 | The authorities ca n't decide which explanation they prefer ; either that the printing equipment is faulty , or that the duplicates are replacements for faulty notes that should have been destroyed . |
| 14 | ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain . |
| 15 | Both nucleolin TPA/GKK motifs ( underlined in Fig. 2 ) and histone H1 SPKK motifs are substrates for p34 cdc2 kinase ( 5 , 6 ) , and we have previously shown with a monoclonal antibody , that various vertebrate nucleolin proteins share an antigenic epitope with histone H1 ( 7 ) . |
| 16 | Thinking about behaviour and its likely effects are prerequisites for considerate , helpful behaviour . |
| 17 | What are the limits on this form of organisation , in whose interests is it , and under what circumstances are claims for occupational control likely to be effective ? |
| 18 | Nevertheless , like the cities of the pre-industrial era , modern industry-based urban areas were mechanisms for sustaining human contact . |
| 19 | Particularly opposed by the dissident RPR factions were proposals for the dilution of the traditional role of the party leader by establishing a confederation with other pro-Gaullist groups outside the RPR ( including dissidents ) , for the formation of a joint shadow cabinet with centrist and right-wing parties including the Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) , and the proposal by another Renovator , Michel Noir , a potential presidential candidate , for the actual merger of the RPR with other elements of the opposition into a single party . |
| 20 | BP Technicians were runners-up for the second year running in the Wytch Farm annual five-a-side soccer tournament . |
| 21 | And remember that times given for stages in guidebooks and on mountain path signposts are estimates for typical , more lightly equipped walkers . |
| 22 | Some very useful aids are rails for baths or toilets and hoisting machines for lifting people out of bed , from a chair or into and out of a bath . |
| 23 | The only exceptions are shots for television or for the Sunday colour magazines ; unless these have been specifically arranged there is not much point in worrying about them . |
| 24 | Silver plants are naturals for Mediterranean conditions so , virtually all artemisias will thrive as will the grey-green Jerusalem sage , Phomis fruticosa , all lavenders , and the almost metallic silver , Senecio leucostachys . |
| 25 | The London based Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) , in a recent report on the French construction market , points out not only that the number of British housing starts is only 60 per cent of the French level , but also that ‘ individuals are clients for 50 per cent of dwellings and construction companies for 25 per cent . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ We are just at a point if we have anything to say , we really could not , ’ the company told Reuter , but it did say that it had hired Morgan Stanley & Co as its ‘ financial consultant , ’ along with Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette , but declined to say whether the investment banks are underwriters for a stock offering . |
| 27 | The main means provided to DHAs to effect these changes are contracts for services between DHAs and suppliers ; reimbursement formulas based on resident populations ; resource management systems which align responsibility for incurring expenditure for its management more closely and provide information on costs of different activities ; and medical audit . |
| 28 | In Europe , its most popular ranges are Jerzees for basic sports and leisurewear and Russell Athletic for followers of ‘ classic ’ American sportswear . |
| 29 | HTFS customers are companies for which heat transfer is an important part of their business in that they design , manufacture or use heat exchangers . |
| 30 | It is perhaps not too surprising that staff in the diplomatic corps and in government intelligence agencies are targets for violence while engaged in their daily work , but it is relatively recent in the UK , for example , to have an estate agent , a social worker , and a health visitor murdered while at work ( Smith , 1988 ) . |