Example sentences of "[noun pl] be for [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do you think it is that that you get erm that you have got quite a few girls that become prostitutes , what do you think the reasons are for it ? |
| 2 | These syllables are for me the quintessence of the Beautiful , the Worthy , they are an inspiration , a political confession of faith and a moral and spiritual claim ’ . |
| 3 | It 's an indictment on our society that The Porch is regarded as their home , and we 're only open for five hours a day , and yet they regard us as their family , and what we the servers are for them is the parents that they lack . |
| 4 | Thus , one of the functions of parents sending their children to elite schools is for them to be identified as more able . |
| 5 | Playing the piano is as easy for Cziffra as playing tiddly-winks is for you and me . |
| 6 | If you find yourself prey to regular bad night terrors , it might be worthwhile talking the problem through with a counsellor , trained in dream analysis , to look at the imagery and try to discover what the messages are for you , what your fears are all about . |
| 7 | The three Established Church representatives set themselves against ; the other four who were Free Churchmen were for it . |
| 8 | ( Some of the TRAGEDIANS are for it , others against . ) |
| 9 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 10 | Sonya asks him , ‘ I do n't understand : how will things be for you , how will you marry and have children ? ’ — of course thinking about his estrangement from human kind ; and he replies ( Dostoevsky 's italics ) : ‘ I 'll get used to it . ’ |
| 11 | I thought your efforts were for me . ’ |
| 12 | It did n't need a Russian scholar to understand that the bald man was claiming that the documents and the guns were for him , only food and drink for the ‘ businessmen ’ . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Well if one of those flats is for you , here 's just the thing to set off the view from the window . |
| 15 | It fermented you see the cattle was for it . |
| 16 | Both slices are for you . |
| 17 | Initially , all that is required of volunteers is for them to go along to a clinic where a small sample of blood is taken . |
| 18 | er and some of the solutions that are offered to reduce those crimes involve women restricting , their movements and their freedoms , but I think one of the other reasons why generally people who are victims of crime be they men or women feel guilty is because one of the implicit elements in tradition crime prevention strategies is for us to reduce the opportunity for crime |
| 19 | Embarrassing as those moments were for me , I would not wish to imply that I in any way blame Mr Farraday , who is in no sense an unkind person ; he was , I am sure , merely enjoying the sort of bantering which in the United States , no doubt , is a sign of a good , friendly understanding between employer and employee , indulged in as a kind of affectionate sport . |
| 20 | Through it all runs the most noble assumption — that no human need be daunted by the stature even of a genius such as Shakespeare , that his wisdoms and magics are for us all and that Johnson himself is an eager and willing guide . |
| 21 | ‘ All right , well I have told you that the facts are for you ; you have seen all the witnesses in the case , you have heard them and it is for you to assess their evidence and to decide which of them you believe , if any , which of them you disbelieve , if any . |
| 22 | Apart from that erm the scores on the doors forty six postcards were sent out which does n't sound perhaps like very many but is in fact quite a lot of work when you 're having to find people who 's who people 's MPs are for them and so on . |
| 23 | In a 1977 vote initiated by ASTMS at Greenock , 13,000 voted against union representation , and only 44 employees were for it . |
| 24 | Or perhaps none of the shirts is for me … |