Example sentences of "[pers pn] [be] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I 'm for another round of toast , ’ said Chico . |
| 3 | In fact , I was for some time of the opinion that this huge challenge ahead of us could not be surmounted without my bringing in additional staff from outside . |
| 4 | She 's for this house . |
| 5 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 6 | The attack was stepped up by Raghib Ahsan , of Birmingham Ladywood , who told the conference : ‘ We are offered scraps from the masters ’ table , and hungry as we are for black representation , our response must be to spit them out . ’ |
| 7 | Of course they are for internal consideration only , but because there is the intention of some discussion at June CED Conference on Government Joint Funding and on Resource Sharing , I thought these two papers might profitably be circulated as background material . |
| 8 | They are for that area on the Greater York study . |
| 9 | For most of his career Tolkien was a most extreme example of a man with this second urge strongly developed : he was fascinated by names , to give only one example , part of whose nature is that they are for one thing and one thing alone , very hard to reduce to system ! |
| 10 | Although many lone parents work , Table 4 shows that earnings from employment are less likely to be their main source of income than they are for two parent families although for both groups this will be affected by fluctuations in employment and unemployment . |
| 11 | Every day couples meet who are amazed at how right they are for each other — proof that Dateline works ! |
| 12 | Every organization has these unofficial groups , and research has shown how important they are for organizational effectiveness . |
| 13 | Please send contributions direct to the office at Epsom , clearly stating that they are for this fund . |
| 14 | They are for some reason most dreadfully at home in Paris — ‘ |
| 15 | Oh er they 're for some job at Street , they 're wanting it for some job or other . |
| 16 | They stayed where they were for another minute or so , although Jack had to practically hold Ho down while they waited . |
| 17 | All claims by the employee , whether they be for unfair dismissal , wrongful dismissal or redundancy are claims against the vendor . |
| 18 | What will it be for that clef ? |
| 19 | If the latter , can it be for any offence or only for a serious one , and is the offence in the problem sufficiently serious ? |
| 20 | It 's for all week so I 'll see you tomorrow afternoon . |
| 21 | It 's for that reason people like us read , ai n't it , Gal ? ’ |
| 22 | Er Brian has already confirmed that er he will support the Conservative resolution which in effect recognises that some of the changes in government regulation over the past er decade has not always turned out for the best er this County in particular order er other asked the Secretary of State to re to relieve some of the pressures that generates in that area and it 's for that reason er |
| 23 | It 's for that reason that I still support the original line which was to merge the centres with a common management structure headed by a single head of the project . |
| 24 | It 's for that thing . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's for Second Father 's Day . ’ |
| 26 | It 's for each person , that 's why like the playwright does n't specify what each thing 's supposed to mean because it can mean whatever it wants to each member of the audience . |
| 27 | I told you man , it 's for this university study . |
| 28 | It 's for this time . |
| 29 | Their justification for doing it is that it 's for this thing , this painting or whatever , and I always wonder if it could n't be more without all that . ’ |
| 30 | It 's for this reason that shareware has n't to be confused with public domain ( PD ) software . |