Example sentences of "[num] be for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Deputy Head ( Staff ) : ‘ Scale 2 is for additional responsibility , not just for services rendered over time . ’
2 Method 1 is suitable for small diameter pipettes whereas method 2 is for larger ones .
3 In fact , both 53 and 54 covered these coaches : the original 53 was for six-wheeled versions and 54 for four-wheeled versions altered from the original six .
4 The TRI-R Hanger III is for heavier items .
5 Sir Denys had little doubt that the coming months seem set to be as difficult as 1991 was for most countries , ‘ It would not be prudent at this stage to attempt to predict when recovery might begin ’ , he said , ‘ But when it comes , it is very likely to be gradual ’ .
6 The Science Citation Index also indicates that the outside world has not been developing ideas form German scientists : 2 per cent of citations in 1975 were for German papers compared with 4 per cent for the UK and 3 per cent from Japan .
7 There were three failures ( 30% ) in the Crohn 's group ( all three were for pelvic sepsis and fistula ) and a further three failures ( 30% ) in the indeterminate colitis group ( one for fistula , one for recurrent pouchitis , and one because of incapacitating diarrhoea ) compared with nine failures ( 15% ) in the ulcerative colitis patients ( six for ischaemia , two for recurrent pouchitis , and one for poor functional results ) ( relative risk 2.03 ( 96% CI 0.81 to 5.10 ) ) .
8 Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable .
9 11 were for people with learning difficulty or mental handicap , and 4 were for elderly people with a mental impairment , 3 for elderly people who were physically frail , I for children and 1 for physically handicapped adults .
10 Of the £6 billion increase in the planning total , it is true that £4 billion is for social security , but not all that — indeed , I think that only about £2 billion — is the increase in unemployment benefit .
11 An urgent need in the 1990s is for this professionalism to gain control of all classrooms , in order for the National Curriculum in English to be properly implemented .
12 Level 1 is for complete beginners , while level 5 covers competence some way above Higher Grade .
13 Of the courses listed , 5 were for English teachers , 15 were for Modern Language teachers , 1 for Primary teachers , 4 for a mixed group , 1 on ‘ Language Awareness ’ , 1 on ‘ Examining ’ , 1 on ‘ English Language ’ and 6 uninterpretable .
14 Lack of such information leads to the common misapprehension that housing for disabled people should consist of one-bedroom properties , whereas the majority of the demand for housing from disabled people below the age of 60 is for two bedrooms and above ( Morris , 1986 , 1988b ; Robinson , 1987 ) .
15 The cry by 1901 was for educated men ‘ of good social standing ’ to become ministers : ‘ Such men … are more needed now than before Board Schools provided hearers whose improved education demands preaching of a higher order than formerly . ’
16 The report states that rates of child poverty ’ remained constant in the 1980 's for most countries , but doubled in the United Kingdom The results of longitudinal studies suggest that countries that have more child poverty and do not provide universal child care or other programmes to reduce inequalities before the child goes into the school system will have more crime .
17 Two were for fulminant colitis , in one case Crohn 's disease was subsequently identified in the proctectomy specimen and in the other Crohn 's was recognised only in the ileal reservoir after excision .
18 This is one of three sister committees , the other two being for Pastoral Rites and for Art and Architecture .
19 Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments .
20 Responding to criticism that Germany was not pulling its weight within the alliance the government announced on Jan. 25 that its financial contribution to the Gulf effort totalled DM5,300 million , of which DM3,400 million was for Western allies and DM1,900 million for " frontline " Arab states ( US$1.00=DM1.4885 as at Jan. 28 , 1991 ) .
21 Egypt 's debt to the USA was estimated at dollars 10,000 million , of which dollars 4,500 million was for military purchases .
22 Of the £78 million worth of UDGs , £35 million was for commercial developments , £26 million was for industrial developments and £17.5 million was for housing developments .
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