Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My dream is for someone to say : ‘ I understand your hair and your lifestyle ; this cut will really suit you . ’ |
| 2 | My passion is for its numerous Romanesque churches , in most cases humbly proportioned but elevated into unique works of art by the richness of their exquisitely-sculpted decoration ; to go to Poitou/Saintonge and not look at any of its churches would be like going to an African game reserve and ignoring the animals . |
| 3 | How important could you from this work of making known this father 's name and kingdom , he said to his disciples my food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work why did Jesus consider God 's work to be as important as school ? |
| 4 | My food is for me to do the will of him that sent me |
| 5 | Or there are weaker forms of behaviourism which attempt to make allowances for concealed mental states ; for instance , one might hold that my being in pain in my knee is for me to be disposed to behave in a certain way , whether I actually do so or not . |
| 6 | When they were born , my only thought for their future was for them to be happy and healthy . |
| 7 | Having been drawn into the awareness , having re-experienced it in our bodies , we can then stand outside it and see what its meaning is for us . |
| 8 | It should be remembered that generalisation about bereavement or any deep experience in life can be dangerous if carried to extremes , and if you are caring for an elderly parent of either sex who has lost his or her partner , you will have no idea of just how painful their sorrow is for them , so it will be wise simply to assume , whatever their reaction may be , that they are going through a very bad time indeed . |
| 9 | The other two national winners are Tracy Young , who was born with two holes in her heart and could n't walk til she was five — her prize was for her personal achievement in ballroom and latin dancing … and Ronnie Broomhall who is the first person in the country with learning difficulties to become a qualified amateur gymnastics coach . |
| 10 | When she knew the plans were afoot to move her on her concern was for her second in command , a Sinhalese whom she considered worthy of being leader . |
| 11 | that , that there are others equally we say that we women to determine what happens to their own bodies and their destiny is for them , I respect that view too but in those circumstances you do n't resolve problems by the majority whatever it happens to be determining what the minority will do . |
| 12 | As a result , their neighbour is for them not only a potential helper or sexual object , but also someone who tempts them to satisfy their aggressiveness on him , to exploit his capacity for work without compensation , to use him sexually without his consent , to seize his possessions , to humiliate him , to cause him pain , to torture and to kill him . |
| 13 | Like Herbert , however , he suffered from ‘ aguish distempers ’ ; his doctor advised that the only chance of saving his life was for him to travel overseas in order to escape from the Cambridge climate and as a respite from his studies . |
| 14 | His citation was for his work on carbohydrates and on the synthesis of vitamin C. This , the first synthesis of a vitamin , he achieved in 1933 , in collaboration with E. L. Hirst . |
| 15 | Oh yes er I think somebody kept it around father 's day , a chap named , but it was a beautiful old place and he always , because my father always used to erm start off about seven o'clock in the morning to walk down to Walkers and er call in at the White Hart because they were open at six o'clock in the morning , for a rum and coffee for about tuppence or thruppence , then he always used to er go to his mother 's for his breakfast and er he used to go down and see all the men start off and then , then slip over to his mother 's , she lived on the Road and er she , for years and years this went on that he had his break he never had his breakfast at home he 'd start off going down there and come back to his mother 's , but he always stopped at the White Hart for his rum and coffee |
| 16 | His family are for him living proof of them . |
| 17 | The aim of your study is for you to LEARN . |
| 18 | But if your need is for anything other than that , that is to say something a little more complex , then the functionality built into Designer Labels is probably powerful enough to do the trick for you . |
| 19 | As well as using this guide and learning from practical experience , an important way of improving our service is for us to continue to be knowledgeable about the broader theory and practice of our work . |
| 20 | ‘ Your advice is for me to stay here then ? ’ |
| 21 | The only thing which can save your life is for us to amputate your left leg . ’ |
| 22 | Jock instilled into us that the end product of our training was for us to become independent in every way , operating either alone or in very small groups . |
| 23 | So our involvement was for it to be presented to us before it came to this meeting . |
| 24 | ‘ Our material is for anyone who wants to listen , but basically we 're coming from a club scene . |