Example sentences of "[verb] [be] for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the assistance has been for the purchase of new or secondhand fishing boats , including the virtual rebuilding of the Western Isles fleet . |
| 2 | The most recent contribution by the Dulverton Trust has been for the instalment of Dr Peter Ridgway Watt 's windows in the new wing of Wills Hall . |
| 3 | The practice has been for the judge to deduct a period for remission which might be earned , and to advise the Home Secretary that what remains is the requirement of retribution and deterrence . |
| 4 | IF THE PLAN has been for the Europeans not to show their strongest hands in the Freeport-McMoran Classic at English Turn , which takes its name from one of the sweeping bends in the Mississipi River , much has gone according to plan . |
| 5 | The Bolton area health authority was forced to reveal his identity after he was named in local newspapers , and its chief executive , Richard Sutherland , said last night : ‘ Our first concern has been for the patients involved . |
| 6 | The more the institutions of representative government demand technical efficiency from administrative organizations , the more those organizations have found it necessary to employ specialists and the more difficult it has been for the judgements of the career officials to be resisted . |
| 7 | Whether you think that dimension has been for the good of the game will probably depend on your nationality . |
| 8 | The trend in the UK has been for the pyramid to become flattened as many organisations have striven to reduce their layers of middle management to take account of new technology and cut costs . |
| 9 | Unless otherwise specified , the futures contracts reported are for the USA . |
| 10 | Because there is this impasse between what the officers wanted to do and what the residents find acceptable the only way I can get this matter resolved is for the council to refer the possible closure to the committee so that the committee can consider all the facts er in the light of the advice of the officers erm and I therefore beg to move this . |
| 11 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 12 | I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ . |
| 13 | But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books . |
| 14 | He says all he wants is for the lies to stop . |
| 15 | All he wants is for the RAF to make sure it does n't happen again . |
| 16 | Tranmere Rovers verses Swindon Town.Now all it needs is for the Swindon players to hold their nerve and hold on to their two goal advantage . |
| 17 | Orders commonly sought are for the delivery of pleadings and particulars , and for discovery , and , as may be appropriate , for the following : ( 1 ) Amendment of pleadings and change of parties where leave is necessary . |
| 18 | " It would have been immensely preferable for my return to be accomplished by the [ legal ] process , " de Gaulle told Dulac , but added cryptically : " Tell General Salan that what he has done and what he will do is for the good of France . " |
| 19 | What needs to be done is for the leaders who gather in Edinburgh to accept all that and begin to forge the new kind of European Community which is needed . |
| 20 | The ultimate sanction and one which is most commonly applied is for the mortgagee to sell . |
| 21 | Everything he had ever done was for the woman he could not forget . |
| 22 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 23 | Sometimes all that is needed is for the smear to be repeated in 6 months or a year . |
| 24 | All that is needed is for the philosopher 's stone of artistic intention to be applied to them . |
| 25 | Racing is for the track not for the road . |
| 26 | What was needed was for the Government to spend much more money , in a more caring fashion . |
| 27 | The usual way in which this duty is breached is for the employee to mention to customers that he is leaving and either directly or indirectly suggest to them that he is available to meet their needs once he has left . |
| 28 | What our staffing levels do n't allow us to do is for the care assistants to have the time they would like just to spend talking to elderly people , talking them write letters , get in touch with their relatives . |
| 29 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 30 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |