Example sentences of "[vb -s] is [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 A human touch was added to Nash 's report : ‘ I could heartily wish more respect were paid to the remains of this amiable though unfortunate Queen , and would willingly , with proper leave , have them wrapt in another sheet of lead and coffin , and decently interred in some proper place , that at least after her death her body might remain in peace ; whereas the Chapel where she now lies is used for the keeping of rabbits , which make holes and scratch very indecently about her Royal corpse . ’
2 ( c ) Use It is vital to ensure that the use that the buyer intends is authorised for planning purposes .
3 The one who suffers is asking for help .
4 The ‘ singular universal ’ , with its organicist and essentialist overtones whereby the part incarnates the whole , is thus the product of Sartre 's hesitation between the singular , which remains privileged as the existential basis of history , and the universal which as a Marxist he feels is required for its intelligibility and validation .
5 The timber industry has re-started , but most of the wood it produces is needed for military and official purposes .
6 The money each club generates is held for that club to use for improvements , alterations and safety measures .
7 Here when a worker suffers mental of physical problems as a result off stress at work , the first thing he or she does is reach for his lawyer .
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