Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the law of property , a child conceived , but not yet born , will be treated as born , at any rate where it is for its advantage that it should be so treated . |
| 2 | But right now , I 'm going to do the most important thing that there is for me to do . |
| 3 | Buttressing these are the scarcity of good job opportunities on the internal labour market and the intense competition that there is for them ( Koshiro , 1981 ) . |
| 4 | We may thus argue that /a/ functions for women as a network marker to a greater extent than it does for men ; by this we mean that there is for them a higher correlation between choice of variant and network structure , a tendency to select relatively backed variants being associated with higher levels of integration into the community . |
| 5 | This lets you monitor the demand that there is for it and will provide a sound basis for decisions about the possible expansion of your video facilities in the future . |
| 6 | I know Sibelius is in many ways a very different composer from Bruckner , but I remember you suggesting that there are for you affinities between them . |
| 7 | Surrounded as I was by supremely negative images of homosexuality such as ‘ the man in the dirty mac living out a lonely old age in a filthy garret ’ , I still felt that there was for me a clear choice between expressing or repressing my homosexual desire . |
| 8 | Cigarettes were placed on the table in front of you which meant that they were for everybody . |
| 9 | It is clearly laid down in the Act that it is for them to consider whether or not the nuisance exists , whether or not it has been abated , and whether it still exists , and , if it does , it is for them to consider which of the requirements of the abatement notice are to be carried out or how otherwise the nuisance is to be abated . |
| 10 | He takes the understandable view that it is for him to take the first steps in Russia , which he is doing to keep the scientists in Russia . |
| 11 | As is usual , our report is provided on the basis that it is for your information only and that it will not be quoted or referred to , in whole or in part , without our prior written consent . |
| 12 | It had taken a week to obtain , and had Hapsburg officialdom realized that it was for him rather than Aranyos it would have been unlikely to arrive before the end of the war . |
| 13 | Not only would I have refrained from interfering with Thorpe J. 's decision on the footing that he had properly directed himself and that it was for him to decide , but because , even on the facts as they then were , I consider that his decision was plainly right . |
| 14 | But Caspar , belatedly gallant , said that it was for him to lead the way . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think Simone would have mentioned it if she had n't felt that it was for your own good , ’ he murmured . |
| 16 | ‘ I thought you were going to tell me at least that it was for my own good . |
| 17 | Perhaps just because she was Bob 's fiancée — but Tessa felt that it was for herself as well . |
| 18 | ‘ It seems like a nightmare , ’ said Breeze in bewilderment ; ‘ but it 's much , much worse for you than it is for me . |
| 19 | Well it 's probably gon na be easier asking you to nip up to shop than it is for me trying to get back . |
| 20 | We need to remember that it is no more natural for women to live longer than men than it is for them to have lower incomes , to expect to give up work if their men wish it at marriage or in later life , to be the keepers of family memory , the main carers of those in need , the main sufferers from the empty nest as children leave home . |
| 21 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 22 | It is much more effort for the speechreader than it is for you . |
| 23 | However that may be , there are reasons for thinking that the abandonment of England , and of any hopes for her , was not much less momentous for Pound than it is for his English readers . |
| 24 | As far as the RAF was concerned , they had this nice little lull when losses fell substantially , so it was for us a calm period in the storm . |
| 25 | ‘ What sufferers need more than anything is for somebody to listen . |
| 26 | ‘ And I 'm for it , ’ Nevil stated . |
| 27 | Any nonsense and you 're for it . ’ |
| 28 | I know her now and she is for my fool 's turn that will be caught by her . |
| 29 | I said I 'm on a YTS , she went oh she said I do n't know if you 're for them , I said er well if you do n't I 'll find out and then tell you at the she goes , yeah , we 'll do that she says but I do , I do n't know if owe have to pay for them or not , you know she said I think you 're supposed to have a form . |
| 30 | Now , all these things are not just for this woman , they were for you , and they 're for me . |