Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In rather special circumstances this can result in the creation of new dislocations but the much more usual effect is for them to repel each other . |
| 2 | ( That cultural allusion is for you , Stu . ) |
| 3 | You will then know what a healthy weight-loss diet is for you and be able to follow this for a further two weeks , or longer if necessary . |
| 4 | I said that , I said the back door 's for you but they 're like concrete . |
| 5 | As stated in the AEA Times bulletin our clear preference is for our commercial business to be retained essentially in a single company that is transferred to the private sector either by a public flotation or private placement . |
| 6 | Our lecturer , who had spent months translating hieroglyphics there , said that entering the great , dim temple was for her , even now , like swimming into a warm patch of sea . |
| 7 | And these negotiations are mostly conducted in a tone of high comedy ; after 1930 Pound 's anger is virtually monopolized by Roosevelt 's USA , and English culture is for him just something that he ca n't take seriously . |
| 8 | Shortly after they reached her apartment in Belgravia the standard procedure was for their mother to burst into tears . |
| 9 | Their stated wish was for him to be moved to another mainstream school . |
| 10 | The obvious possibility is for their trade associations to play a role on their behalf . |
| 11 | The ideal solution is for her to go to stay with other members of the family to be cared for in their home , or for a relative to come to take over in your absence . |
| 12 | Then she shows how much fun the proper outdoor technique is for her — ‘ The ideal occasion for communing with nature … is while you 're peacefully sitting still . ’ |
| 13 | We need to reflect , however , on what has just been said : in brief , that for something to be or to have a power in the primary sense is for it to enter into a possible causal circumstance . |
| 14 | In 1943 the well-known painter , Hans Hofmann , asked the young Pollock how important nature was for his art . |
| 15 | In that period as we danced , sang and recited night after night in the Cabaret Voltaire , abstract art was for us tantamount to absolute honour . |
| 16 | Do n't feel bad if that happens because the most important thing is for you to BE SAFE . |
| 17 | Er , there is this curious erm , not quite sure what the right word is for it . |
| 18 | You are only fifteen , and if your parents will not take responsibility for you , and you will not tell us what you are up at night , the only alternative is for you to go into care . |
| 19 | His only concern was for his own men and for the standards and traditions he expected them to live up to . |
| 20 | My immediate concern is for my husband 's safety because , given that , our lives could then go back to normal . |
| 21 | The most painful — ’ He paused , corrected a slip of the tongue , and went on , ‘ The most painless way is for us to keep out of each other 's way until you can leave . |
| 22 | So I will make a personal attack on you the day after to-morrow , when the House will be full , and I will tell you beforehand what I 'm going to say and what the right come-back is for you to score off me . |
| 23 | For instance , what it is for there to be a red rose in this darkened room is for it to be the case that if I were to turn the light on , I would make a certain observation , and if I were then to move to another place , I would make an observation rather different , and if you were to come in , you would observe such and such , and so on . |
| 24 | The Green Show is for you . |
| 25 | They have also given the lesser players their chance to see if pro golf is for them . |
| 26 | David Stirling 's final plan was for his force to embark in five Bristol Bombay aircraft of 216 Squadron on the night of 16 November and drop near their targets . |
| 27 | His final concern is for what he calls the " real movement of Proust 's novel " . |
| 28 | The oth the other , the other option is for us to hold that . |
| 29 | The original plan was for her to make a solo album on the label , produced by Prince and featuring songs written by Prince . |
| 30 | One reason why Pound 's scales must ‘ slide ’ is that nowhere in his criticism does Pound forget chronology — literary history and literary criticism are for him two aspects of one unified act of attention . |