Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] be for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Spencer has always longed to have a Spitfire and one day Mike Searle , presumably having recovered from the shock of the Jungmann episode ( see the September issue , page 25 ) , pointed out an advertisement in which some Spitfires were for sale at Strathallan in Scotland . |
| 2 | We are constantly seeing TV programmes and newspaper/magazine articles that tell us how bad some things are for us . |
| 3 | Some changes are for the worst , however . |
| 4 | And , in our English language we actually make this mistake when we talk about birthdays French , in some ways are for more sensible with language , and you only ever have one birthday , the rest of them are anniversaries of your birthday . |
| 5 | Some recipes are for dinner parties , others for day-to-day . |
| 6 | Some votes are for capital items , such as expenditure on new buildings , while others are for revenue items , such as staff salaries . |
| 7 | Typically , such contracts were for 15 years . |
| 8 | It was tacitly assumed that such activities were for grown-ups only . |
| 9 | The normal rule in such circumstances is for the convictions to be set aside : ‘ no reasonable jury who had applied their mind properly to the facts in the case could have arrived at the conclusion , and once one assumes that they are an unreasonable jury , or they could not have reasonably come to the conclusion , then the convictions can not stand . ’ |
| 10 | Such an aggregate will only equal the value of total output if those goods which are produced but not sold are also included — this item , which is called ‘ net changes in stocks and work in progress ’ , is normally counted as part of firms ' investment spending ( which is logical since such goods are for future rather than current consumption ) . |
| 11 | Davide was still committed to preferring it to the alternatives , the vendettas , the feuds , the bloody score -these ways were for barbarians , for people like Sicilians , or Neapolitans , people whose own blood was all mixed up with Spaniards ' . |
| 12 | ‘ We make no distinction whether such magazines are for men or women . |
| 13 | Such evenings are for cementing business relationships rather than for discussing specific aspects of business . |
| 14 | For example , the case of an actor ( Marbé v Edwardes ( George ) Daly 's Theatre [ 1929 ] 1 KB 269 ; Herbert Clayton and Jack Waller Ltd v Oliver [ 1930 ] AC 209 ; the claims in these cases were for breach of contract but the same principle applies in tort ) and the case of a professional golfer who had been prevented from taking part in competitions by his injury ( Mulvaine v Joseph ( 1968 ) 112 SJ 927 ) . |
| 15 | The main need of these artists was for good opportunities to exhibit their work ; unlike the equally celebrated group Die Brücke ( The Bridge ) they did not work closely together . |
| 16 | These accounts are for the period from 15 July 1991 to 30 September 1992 . |
| 17 | These teeth are for battle . |
| 18 | It would be noted that in fact one of these plans is for a 20-bed unit consisting of 2 10-bed sections . |
| 19 | 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 ’ . |
| 20 | And these telegrams were for , to our nearest and next of kin , telling us we were now safely home . |
| 21 | It is obvious , argues Cutler , how suitable these characteristics are for the needs of bourgeois society . |
| 22 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |
| 23 | However a word of warning : good as these books are for giving you techniques to help you remember strings of unrelated facts , numbers or words , they do not in any way show you how to train your memory to remember other facts in a different context . |
| 24 | These books are for reference only and are not to be removed from the library . |
| 25 | These schools were for children but adult education and literacy classes were also provided . |
| 26 | All of these subjects were for year 9 to choose from to study for 2 years at G.C.S.E. level . |
| 27 | Some of these functions are for moving , adding and deleting points from your shape , whilst others are concerned with manipulating the entire shape . |
| 28 | The one on the right read ‘ These seats are only for use by those who can be classified as obese ’ and the one on the left read ‘ These seats are for those of very slim build only ’ . |
| 29 | All these ideas are for what I would call BIG presents . |
| 30 | Our only real protection from these problems is for the horse trainer or handler to cure the anxiety before the problems develop — to banish fears in the horse , not to make them . |