Example sentences of "[det] be for [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are normally short and fixed term though some are overnight ( ‘ at call ’ ) deposits and some are for 364 days . |
| 2 | This is for two reasons : ( a ) state subsidies to farmers are harder to disguise than rigged prices , and therefore harder to keep increasing ; so even if the right reforms initially seem perverse — requiring EC governments to spend more on farmers — that will be only temporary . |
| 3 | Management development therefore moves centre stage , and this is for two reasons . |
| 4 | This is for two reasons . |
| 5 | This is for two reasons : first , these strategies largely ignore the political conditions of their implementation , and second , they fail to answer the question of whether such a ‘ regeneration ’ is possible and whether , if possible , it can take place under conditions which will be of benefit to socialist politics . |
| 6 | This is for two reasons ( which , by the way , are often wrongly conflated , including in some of these essays ) . |
| 7 | An extension of this is for one field ( the emit field ) to hold a short literal value which can be gated ( under control of another field ) to any of a number of destination registers . |
| 8 | Well that 's , that 's fine you 've got to start with the easy ones and at your age you would n't , you would n't normally be doing them this hard at all , this is for sixteen year olds who are doing their , their plot paper on G C S E maths so you expect to find , oh hang on this is a bit hard there 's a bit of work in this , but I think you 're capable of doing it . |
| 9 | This is for 300 man years of training ; industrial training beginning with 60 managers ; Polish managers training this year alone . |
| 10 | She followed him up the large curved staircase and decided that even if this was for one night only , she would be happy . |
| 11 | erm it 's very interesting that in the Old Testament there 's no legislation about homelessness at all , which indicates it was n't a problem , and I suspect that this was for two reasons . |
| 12 | But this was for two flats . |
| 13 | I think the reason the British like it so much is for one thing it is normally sunny , there are some shots outside when it is rainy and overcast , but it comes across as bright and cheerful and it is an ideal sort of world . |
| 14 | Add a topping , each is for 12 pies , and bake for 20 mins . |
| 15 | That 's for twelve months int it ? |
| 16 | That 's for twelve weeks . |
| 17 | Thank you all for attending , oh we do have to formally , formally move into part two and that 's for one purpose only , and that 's to approve the minutes of the last meeting |
| 18 | But that 's for two weeks . |
| 19 | And in that time I really only ever had one proper job and that was for two weeks . |
| 20 | Yeah , but I thought Take That was for twelve year olds . |
| 21 | Erm that was for twelve years . |
| 22 | The duration of local authority bonds is typically between one and five years , although most are for one year and are known as yearling bonds . |
| 23 | Most are for three months or less , right down to over-night or at call . |
| 24 | I have altered my Mind ; I should not like it cloth , but duffil , let it be cloth , and not to be more than 11s at most , and full yard long , and two if you please , both of a length , and both large ones , full yard long , both of a price , they both be for one Woman — they must be exactly alike for goodness and price — fail not on Wednesday — and full yard long . |