Example sentences of "be the [noun sg] for which " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am the civilization for which they are fighting , ’ he replied . |
| 2 | She may be the bird for which some wicked fowler will spread his snares . |
| 3 | The general election will be the opportunity for which we have waited . |
| 4 | Er and Professor is right that it was paragraph B er which at the time was A A er it 's now B B , that caused er me and er my colleagues some difficulty erm in er policy and resources and it will be the reason for which we do n't support it this afternoon . |
| 5 | The alternative name for a close relation , Hamburg parsley , is turnip-rooted , the root being the part for which it is grown , and ordinary parsley tends to follow the same root pattern . |
| 6 | To enable the Chief Executive to meet the performance requirements contained in this Agreement , a gross total of £1,392.8 million will be made available to the Agency , being the sum for which the Secretary of State has gained the approval of Parliament under Vote 2 of the 1993–94 Supply Estimates for the Employment Department Group . |
| 7 | When viewed in this light , Animal Liberation is the goal for which the philosophy of animal rights is the philosophy . |
| 8 | An act or forbearance of the one party , or the promise thereof , is the price for which the promise of the other is bought , and the promise thus given for value is enforceable . |
| 9 | One may also ask ‘ What precisely is the AILMENT for which food is regarded as ‘ treatment ’ ? ’ |
| 10 | A further source of names is the purpose for which the communication takes place , such as advertising or news . |
| 11 | Not only is the purpose for which the consumer buys consumer goods more likely to be known to the seller ( particularly by implication ) but it is far more likely that the consumer will rely on the seller 's judgment and skill . |
| 12 | That is the guarantee for which people are looking and which the Government appear to be failing to deliver . |
| 13 | His trailer leasing combine is the company for which the boom never ended . |
| 14 | It is an application of the program for determining the sequence of steps in the process and it is the process for which protection is sought . |
| 15 | This is the moment for which they kept clean , |
| 16 | It is the consort for which Morley and Rosseter published their Lessons and which supports the voices in the first seventeen of Sir William Leighton 's Teares or Lamentacions of a Sorrowfull Soule ( 1614 ) . |
| 17 | Now that was , the reason that all this mileage was done because that mileage is the basis for which all statistical information is recorded . |
| 18 | The smaller the change the longer is the time for which the two solutions remain close , but they never do so indefinitely . |
| 19 | This is the reason for which the legislation is adopted and it is , for the legislator , a dependent reason . |
| 20 | This is the period for which your employee is paid . |
| 21 | Second , is the period for which the seller promises to remedy defects a reasonable one given the nature of the goods and any other relevant factors under the contract ? |
| 22 | It is the audience for which they and the play exist ; that is their whole reason for being . |
| 23 | A united South Africa within the British Empire was the purpose for which , almost from the beginning of the Boer War , Lord Milner laboured and assembled the galaxy of British talent soon to be known as his kindergarten . |
| 24 | The position has been held to apply to an insurance agent , who was under no duty to hand those notes and coins to the company ( Robertson [ 1977 ] Crim LR 173 ( CA ) ) , and to a person in receipt of housing benefit , who was under no legal obligation to use the money to pay off rent arrears ( DPP v Huskinson [ 1988 ] Crim LR 620 ) , even though that was the purpose for which the accused received the benefit . |
| 25 | This , perhaps , made us feel that here in this sunlit place serenity bore a deeper meaning , it was the peace for which the thousands lying here had given their lives . |
| 26 | It was the vehicle for which Crawford had been looking . |