Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [be] [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trees bearing Cox 's Orange Pippins are vigorous enough to be favourites for orchards in Britain and several other countries with a similar climate , and it has also been used as a parent in breeding a number of other varieties which share some of its desirable characteristics . |
| 2 | John Lade , later to be MP for Southwark , shortly after the passage of the Abjuration Act of 1702 , said " that his friends , meaning the Jacks , were milksops for kicking at oaths , asserting they should never be able to do anything if they , his friends , did not take all the oaths that could be imposed " . |
| 3 | I had never taught in a classroom before but , although daunting at first , it turned out to be education for me as well as the students . |
| 4 | It goes without saying that the TD must hold regular surgeries , or in the euphemistic Irish expression " hear confessions " which will of course turn out to be requests for assistance . |
| 5 | ‘ The convoy turned out to be reinforcements for a Panzer division . |