Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] is [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The game continues until one player has all 48 beads — or it is time for supper ! |
| 2 | These two changes — instrumentation and electronic treatment — suggest two points immediately : that this is music created in a recording studio using quite complex equipment and recording techniques ( the Beatles had in fact just given up live performance ) ; and that it is music for listening rather than dancing . |
| 3 | Prolonged prosperity is as likely as prolonged adversity to engender the mood that it is time for a change . |
| 4 | An important lesson that has been learnt from the Beck case is that it is time for art historians to stop standing by in cowardice and make responsible evaluations of the restoration techniques used . |
| 5 | Now that society is at last recognizing and developing the full range of women 's abilities and now that women are seen to have , with men , full ‘ human rights ’ , many people conclude that it is time for the Church of England to embody in its official ministry the biblical vision of equal partnership between women and men . |
| 6 | All of this has made me understand that it is time for change , and I want to explain how I believe I can continue to serve Britain . |
| 7 | Presidential support scores are so inadequate and so subject to misinterpretation by students and others ( including presidents ! ) that it is time for Congressional Quarterly to consider abandoning them . |
| 8 | Hall reveals through his examination of Colnaghi documents that Berenson 's recommendations at times ‘ follow almost word for word , Gutekunst 's own letters to Berenson ’ , suggesting that it is time for a re-examination of the role of dealers as well as the more famous advisers in influencing taste . |
| 9 | That it is time for us to take our rightful place . |
| 10 | Does my hon. Friend agree that it is time for the public to play their part ? |
| 11 | The Class runs for an hour and it is playtime for the 24 children . |
| 12 | Kenny does the same , and he relates animal wants to Aristotle 's notion of epithumia , or sensual desire : ‘ It is felt desire , and it is desire for something now , desire which is more or less continuously felt until it is satisfied ( like hunger , sleepiness , thirst ) ’ ( 1975 : 49 ) . |
| 13 | A conveyancing business can be built on many other bases apart from price , and it is time for conveyancers to start to market these bases in order to secure the future success of their businesses . |
| 14 | Meanwhile the cancer grows and it is time for serious surgery . |
| 15 | Dressings generally should be left undisturbed until it is time for suture removal unless : |
| 16 | The welts , the abrasions and the black eyes get starker , more livid , until it is time for the women to return , in an ecstasy of distress , to the men who will suddenly heal them . |
| 17 | I really thought that I would have asked Chris if he is pay for his erm Society here in . |
| 18 | But it is humbug for the Harlequins to make a great song and dance about it — and for Jamie Salmon to imply that the New Zealanders never kick anyone . |
| 19 | Most critics ignore the dreariness of our streets , but it is time for the public to demand better |
| 20 | But it is time for a woman : Alison is the choice . |
| 21 | I have some wonderful memories which I will always cherish but it is time for someone else to take over . |
| 22 | ‘ My father 's old housekeeper — he and she grew old together — has a daughter who needs to make money ; , she lives in Nile Street , and if you were to say that I sent you , she might well be glad to put you up till it is time for you to go to Oxford . ’ |
| 23 | The US still wants its verbal support because it is cover for American policy in the Middle East , but that 's all it is . |
| 24 | Whilst it is true that the deposit is paid to the original payee because it is security for the performance of contractual obligations assumed throughout the term by the payer and because the payee is the party to whom the contract is entered into , it is , in their Lordships ' view , more realistic to regard the obligation as one entered into with the landlord qua payee rather than qua landlord … |
| 25 | He must be able to stamp his authority not only on his team but on the peloton as a whole , directing the whole tenor of the race before it is time for him to go to the front and win . |
| 26 | When it is time for recreation , he sets aside his regal dignity for a moment , and is in such a humour that his condescension can not be criticised , his severity can not be called bloodthirsty . |
| 27 | Music lovers should not start feeling apprehensive , for the whole circus moves to London when it is time for the Aldeburgh festival . |
| 28 | Let us hope they 're still dancing when it is time for the Fourth Round draw . |
| 29 | The computer regularly calls the telemetering station and when it is time for the customer to replenish his stocks , the ICI Customer Service representative simply calls to confirm the next order . |
| 30 | Barley is exceedingly delicate in his treatment of the great Bung Karno , the man who once stated , to wild applause from an audience of Indonesian economists , that ‘ Inflation can be good — as long as it is inflation for the Indonesian revolution ’ . |