Example sentences of "[is] for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | But that 's for two weeks . |
2 | That 's for twelve months int it ? |
3 | That 's for twelve weeks . |
4 | Thank you all for attending , oh we do have to formally , formally move into part two and that 's for one purpose only , and that 's to approve the minutes of the last meeting |
5 | On Thursday night — late night shopping — Nails went down to the supermarket in his anorak with the big pockets and lifted six electric plugs , four pairs of scissors and a pair of pillowcases which he sold to a friend of his father 's for three pounds . |
6 | And er it was all paid for , you know and it 's for three months , and then they 're getting six weeks off I think and he went to do some fishing down in Canada and all that . |
7 | It 's for 15 weeks , so it is worth it I suppose . |
8 | Well that 's , that 's fine you 've got to start with the easy ones and at your age you would n't , you would n't normally be doing them this hard at all , this is for sixteen year olds who are doing their , their plot paper on G C S E maths so you expect to find , oh hang on this is a bit hard there 's a bit of work in this , but I think you 're capable of doing it . |
9 | The equipment listed is for 26 windsurfer guests in 1989 . |
10 | The bill is for nineteen pounds and forty pence . |
11 | His initial appointment is for 5 years . |
12 | The order is for five gas tankers being built in France by Chantiers de L'Atlantique for Malaysian shipping company Petronas . |
13 | This initiative started in October 1988 , and is for five years . |
14 | The contract for supply is for five years , after which it may be renewed at the option of Manicmotors . |
15 | The Monktonhall miners have secured a number of lucrative deals , including one with ScottishPower which is for five years and believed to be worth £10 million . |
16 | Initially , registration is for 7 years and may be renewed , ad infinitum , for further 14 year periods . |
17 | The post is for one year subject to a major review of FYT 's organisation and management . |
18 | The new agreement with the Soviet Union is for one year , rather than five as in the past . |
19 | The initial term of appointment is for one year from approximately July/August 1990 to June/July 1991 ; an extension of two to three years is envisaged , depending on the renewal of external funding . |
20 | The initial appointment is for one year but may be cancelled in the event of a serious breach of the guidelines set out in the Tutors ' Handbook . |
21 | It is for one year . |
22 | An extension of this is for one field ( the emit field ) to hold a short literal value which can be gated ( under control of another field ) to any of a number of destination registers . |
23 | I 'm psyched up to make an appearance on Wednesday if I get the chance , whether it is for one minute or 10 . ’ |
24 | Sometimes , it 's cheaper for a whole family to travel than it is for one person . |
25 | I know that his party would have preferred a separate Bill for Scotland , introduced by the Scottish Office , but it understands that because of a shortage of time the only way to achieve its objective is for one Bill to cover England , Wales and Scotland . |
26 | If a stretch of river holds more than one shoal of bream that patrol the same beat , then the only way they can pass each other when feeding on the same beat at the same time , is for one shoal to pass over the other . |
27 | If I am to take four ferrets with me , my preference is for one box with one partition and two ferrets in each compartment . |
28 | I think the reason the British like it so much is for one thing it is normally sunny , there are some shots outside when it is rainy and overcast , but it comes across as bright and cheerful and it is an ideal sort of world . |
29 | The object of this activity is for one side to carry a ‘ ball ’ from one end of the assembly hall to the other . |
30 | The initial requirement is for nine user terminals , although it is essential that it be possible to expand the system to handle at least twenty terminals should they be needed later . |