Example sentences of "[coord] it is for [pos pn] " in BNC.

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1 And it is for his gaffes as much as his gifts that old Colemanballs — the column Private Eye named after them — will be remembered .
2 Inside there is more marble , — the marbled floor is very good — but it is for its art that the interior is famous .
3 Towards the end of his time with us , Peter began to develop a midfield role in the craftier confines of Division Two , but it is for his goalscoring exploits that Palace fans chiefly remember him .
4 But it is for his gift of sympathy and understanding for the teachers who worked with him which far exceeded his obligation that I shall largely remember him .
5 In England , no such evidence has come forward , but it is for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland to decide whether he is convinced by the evidence .
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