Example sentences of "[verb] to [be] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm 's building , owned jointly by Tajan and his two associates and estimated at FFr80–100 million before the recent slump in Paris property prices , is also reported to be for sale . |
| 2 | However , contracts traded on a futures exchange recognised under the FSA , such as the London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange ( LIFFE ) , are deemed to be for investment purposes . |
| 3 | The more Jane Holt mulled things over in her mind , the less cause there seemed to be for alarm . |
| 4 | Maggie had n't even taken notes , and most of Mitch 's shots seemed to be for pleasure . |
| 5 | The precedent suggests the inclusion of a plan and , while it is suggested that where the premises are clearly defined there is no necessity for a plan , there is little doubt that a plan stated to be for identification purposes ( and thereby preventing the plan from prevailing over the verbal description ) is advisable . |
| 6 | A proactive search is undertaken to identify companies and businesses which are not necessarily known to be for sale but which meet the client 's acquisition criteria . |
| 7 | There nevertheless remain some aspects of the scheme which demonstrate how difficult it seems to be for government to jettison the original ideas of the Beveridge Report ; for example , the Invalid Care Allowance ( ICA ) , which was introduced as recently as 1976 , is not payable to married women on the grounds that they are likely to be at home anyway and hence not in need of compensation for giving up paid work in order to care for a chronically sick person in their household ( Groves and Finch , 1983 ) ; the tax system ( which is not under detailed discussion here ) still assumes that all men need an additional allowance to help pay for the cost of ‘ keeping ’ a wife . |
| 8 | It is to be noted that even in the case of a fiduciary the ambit of his duty once he has ceased to be for example , a director , is circumscribed . |
| 9 | In all cases the premises ought to be defined by reference to a plan , probably stated to be for identification purposes only unless the plan is supposed to take precedence over the verbal description of the premises . |