Example sentences of "[noun prp] is [noun] for " in BNC.

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1 The Nile Hilton is £379 for three nights , with additional nights at £26 .
2 Driver Colin McRae is champion for the second year running … he 's won all six rounds of the home championship … and if he becomes the first Brit since 76 to win the rally he 'll land the bonus prize of a hundred thousand pounds …
3 Nancy is spar for spar the Goblin , the boat that the Swallows , pottering about at Pin Mill in a borrowed dinghy , see sailing towards them .
4 Mr Janner is MP for Leicester West , where Mr Egelstedt has been staying with Iain and Sue Baughan , who were toasting Mr Clarke .
5 DEPARTMENT store George Henry Lee is tops for tots .
6 good luck to England tomorrow — hopefully you wil beat ‘ De Oranje ’ ! ahh — and McAllister is captain for Scotland tomorrow .
7 Esperanto is Esperanto for ‘ hopeful ’ .
8 Europe is Nemesis for America .
9 Andrew Stanley is captain for the night
10 Clough is tops for Liverpool
11 Alto is Mex for a bald-top hill and Loving was an old trail boss who first named it . ’
12 But the see of London is work for the physically strong , not for declining energy .
13 Thus , Williams v Singer is authority for the proposition that if the trustees of , say , a life interest trust direct that trust income be paid direct to the beneficiary the trustees escape an income tax charge .
14 However , that is a mechanical provision : Williams v Singer is authority for the proposition that the trustees can not be assessed where they have made such a direction .
15 Principal ministers , with the rank of Minister of State : Fidelis Cabral de Almada ( Minister of State at the Presidency ) ; Carmen Perreira ( Social Affairs ) ; Col. Manuel dos Santos ( Economy and Finance ) ; Júlio Semedo is Minster for Foreign Affairs .
16 Villa-Flotilla is yachting for novices , for families seeking a compromise , or for friends who like variety .
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