Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [noun] for [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Four-course meals that last four hours are marathons for everyone concerned .
2 The upshot of deifying humanity is this : animals are ours , animals are our property , animals are resources for us , animals are our tasters , animals are our tools .
3 ‘ The country areas are a softer option for them where they know some areas are no-gos for us because of manoeuvrability and the terrain .
4 Gardens are work for me , not leisure . ’
5 Thomas Brinton , bishop of Rochester , preached that the English defeats were punishment for their sins .
6 HTFS customers are companies for which heat transfer is an important part of their business in that they design , manufacture or use heat exchangers .
7 … We have consciously tried to place responsibility on the management of nationalized industries and to make it clear that pay negotiations are matters for them and their employees .
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