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 .
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