Example sentences of "[noun] [be] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Becher et al ( 1981 ) point to some of the problems : it is not obvious what the real reasons are for poor results ( e.g. poor intake ) ; criticism of a hardworking school operating in bad circumstances undermines morale ; and a high scoring school acts as a magnet and deprives other schools of high ability children . |
| 2 | Briefly the requirements for short story are for fictional narrative based er narrative based scripts of two thousand one hundred to two thousand three hundred words do not use a factual accounts or anything longer or shorter on this , nor can we consider 60 Writers Monthly |
| 3 | If picture-books are for young children , then what is one to make of , for example , Charles Keeping 's edition of Alfred Noyes The highwayman or Raymond Briggs ' Fungus the bogeyman ? |
| 4 | Proceeds from the offering , which was managed by Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette Securities Corp are for working capital . |
| 5 | Out of the office , Muriel 's preferences are for classical music , a quiet existence , with knitting , visiting the elderly and church on Sundays pretty well top of the list . |
| 6 | The problem generally classified as ‘ shirking ’ also extends to incompetence , since if the shareholders are for practical purposes unable to replace management the company may suffer from inept leadership quite separately from questions of managerial diligence . |
| 7 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 8 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 9 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 10 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 11 | Open Houses are for any mums and their children the majority of whom are obviously of pre-school age . |
| 12 | However , although most of my patterns are for single-bed machines , I am becoming more and more interested again in playing with double jacquard . |
| 13 | Things like that it 's for letting that 's what words are for well numbers are for telling other people how much you how much do you Would you like a cup of coffee ? |
| 14 | Alan and I served er , together as er , deputy Chairs , or vice-Chairs or whatever the appropriate words are for several years er , and I erm , well I think I would adopt the words that he used about the experience that he has had in the Chair , to whit , that his companionship and his contribution to our affairs has been stimulating , enlightening and particularly enjoyable . |
| 15 | The two parts of this figure are for different values of the Prandtl number . |
| 16 | ( 2 ) All of the roles are for male characters male sopranos never portray women . |
| 17 | It 's also worth stressing that these books are for real people , with real gardens : we 're not giving them pictures of Blenheim or Buckingham Palace . |
| 18 | But these data are for fourth-year crabs . |
| 19 | Had the recommendation been for industrial action and the crews voted against , I have no doubt Mr Clarke would have applauded the triumph of democracy . |
| 20 | Will he ensure that the vast amount of aid which has been sent into the region for military purposes will in future be for peaceful purposes so that the region 's social injustices are dealt with as rapidly as possible ? |
| 21 | Only 10% were for advanced material , and another 12% for a category defined as ‘ standard ’ works . |
| 22 | Launderettes were for common people with common synthetic clothing . |
| 23 | The proposals in the accord were for general improvements in the judicial system , alterations to the electoral system to prevent fraud , decentralization for a participative democracy , and the modernization of state institutions . |
| 24 | The said partnership is for economic strategy planning and they have current consultancy projects in what was the USSR , and the one of the three I have known for years , as he shared a Lothian Regional council office with our former upstairs neighbour , lovely now in lake district is off to Moscow next Monday and then to another city ( ? sp ) six thousand miles east of Moscow ! |
| 25 | The key recommendation is for new legislation , in the form of a fresh National Parks Act , stressing conservation and " quiet enjoyment " as the priorities in Park management . |
| 26 | ‘ How fit shooting is for all kinds of men : how honest a pastime for the mind ; how wholesome an exercise for the body . ’ |
| 27 | Obviously the main justification for location shooting is for outdoor work , but , given the costs of set-building , it is often realistic to film indoor material in a ‘ real ’ house — it is a moot point how ‘ lived-in ’ it ought to look : studio sets do tend to look like studio sets , but real houses are often too run-down to provide the slightly artificial air of super-tidiness which many commercials strive for and which at least some consumers seem to respond to . |
| 28 | A Pakistani Foreign Ministry spokesman on Dec. 2 denied the latest allegations , stressing that " Pakistan 's nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes " , but added that " in the evolution of this programme Pakistan has acquired some technical capabilities " . |
| 29 | It is not clear what the standing rule is for hybrid actions brought by way of writ or originating summons . |
| 30 | For a statute or a past decision poses problems of consistency in strategy only when it has assigned people legal rights that a judge forming a new rule is for some reason powerless to change , rights that would work badly with the new rights he wants to create . |