Example sentences of "[pron] [be] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'm for another round of toast , ’ said Chico . |
| 3 | In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside . |
| 4 | Nor are foods which are for immediate consumption . |
| 5 | I think that I am correct in saying that the two original high level computer languages were Cobol and Prolog , which were for developing business and general/scientific applications respectively . |
| 6 | The Engineering Council also operates the Technology Enhancement Programme which is for 14–19 year olds and aims to increase capability in technology , mathematics and science , developing skills that are matched to the needs of industry . |
| 7 | Similarly the right to grant mulazemets was sometimes used as a means of showing particular honour to individual scholars or of placating those who were for some reason aggrieved . |
| 8 | She 's for this house . |
| 9 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 10 | The attack was stepped up by Raghib Ahsan , of Birmingham Ladywood , who told the conference : ‘ We are offered scraps from the masters ’ table , and hungry as we are for black representation , our response must be to spit them out . ’ |
| 11 | What possible justification could there be for such coldness ? |
| 12 | Later it was even specified that should there be for any reason no foreskin to sever , blood must still be made to flow for a rite to be effected and for the individual to enter the covenant . |
| 13 | Leith mentally shook herself to join in the conversation , realising that her mother had been speaking of the wonderful opportunities there were for world-wide travelling these days . |
| 14 | When in the same issue the journal reviewed Why Men Forget we are reminded of just how many social melodramas there were for this film showed a Socialist spokesman being discharged from a factory and ‘ denouncing wealth in no uncertain terms ’ before inheriting wealth and marrying a society girl and finally deciding to return to the poor folk from whence he came . |
| 15 | Mark , did your letter say how many tickets there were for this game ? |
| 16 | Er we 're going to take questions at the end er the camera there is for internal use only and at the end we 'll hand out copies of the slides to anyone who wants them . |
| 17 | ‘ When you are with the only woman — the only one you think there is for that moment — you must love her and know her body as you would think a great musician would orchestrate a divine theme . |
| 18 | ‘ All I can say is that I recognise the incredible enthusiasm that there is for this sport among a section of the listening public — especially Daily Telegraph readers . |
| 19 | The less biographical or historical evidence there is for this view of Milton , the more the scholars believe it , producing readings of Paradise Lost which ignore Lewis 's golden rule , ‘ You must , so far as in you lies , become an Achaean chief while reading Homer , a medieval knight while reading Malory , and an Eighteenth Century Londoner while reading Johnson . |
| 20 | There was never a consensus for them , as there was for political reform , a consensus of middle class and lower class opinion . |
| 21 | Of course they are for internal consideration only , but because there is the intention of some discussion at June CED Conference on Government Joint Funding and on Resource Sharing , I thought these two papers might profitably be circulated as background material . |
| 22 | They are for that area on the Greater York study . |
| 23 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 24 | Although many lone parents work , Table 4 shows that earnings from employment are less likely to be their main source of income than they are for two parent families although for both groups this will be affected by fluctuations in employment and unemployment . |
| 25 | Every day couples meet who are amazed at how right they are for each other — proof that Dateline works ! |
| 26 | Every organization has these unofficial groups , and research has shown how important they are for organizational effectiveness . |
| 27 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 28 | They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘ |
| 29 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 30 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |