Example sentences of "[noun pl] it be for " in BNC.

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1 With its doss houses and meths drinkers it was for long Edinburgh 's ‘ skid row ’ but it in the process of being tidied up and its picturesque old buildings are being steadily restored .
2 When modern social anthropologists write about " primitive " peoples it is for want of a better vocabulary ; they could just as well be writing about " other " peoples .
3 I had visions it 's for the thirty
4 Incontinence , however , was poorly defined ( for solid or liquid stools ) , but we may reasonably suppose that in many cases it was for liquid stools only .
5 Where there is a conflict of views it is for the court to decide on the nature of the examination or assessment governed as always by the need to give paramount consideration to the child 's welfare .
6 So once you knew wh how many degrees it was for each slice of the pie in your pie chart no problem to use your protractor and mark off forty eight degrees , a hundred and forty four , seventy two , thirty six
7 ‘ I was no angel , but I was sent off just twice in over 20 years in the game and on both occasions it was for having a go at referees .
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