Example sentences of "the [noun sg] be for [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The direction was for her to decide , not for him . |
| 2 | He is very affectionate , and I would n't be without him now , and he has been to the vet 's for his injections so as to avoid another disaster . |
| 3 | The normal method of the original owner to ‘ avoid ’ the contract is for him to inform the rogue that he does so . |
| 4 | The clearing member must designate whether the contract is for his client account or another account with LCH . |
| 5 | Her morning descent to the kitchen was for her a moment of happiness and importance . |
| 6 | The loathing is for myself . |
| 7 | The loathing is for myself . |
| 8 | Did you ever , did he ever clean the loo 's for you ? |
| 9 | The intention was for them to be escorted by the combined fleets from Brest and Toulon and the combination of the two , to outnumber any force likely to be brought against them , was a vital part of the French plan . |
| 10 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 11 | ‘ All the neighbours thought the ambulance was for me , ’ said Helen , 31 . |
| 12 | When some years ago I decided to pay the Life Governor 's subscription the expense was for me a serious cost but was willing to pay it to ensure that I should continue to enjoy the privileges without having to worry about future subscriptions when I had retired from salaried work . |
| 13 | Refusing to condemn the bombing , Mr Adams yesterday said the only way to end the violence was for everyone to be involved in the talks process . |
| 14 | So of course the bike , the car 's for me to use in the evening , but last |
| 15 | The photograph is for him . ’ |
| 16 | If you think the stroke is for you , the keys to success are : |
| 17 | The effect was for her to wave both her arms out in front of her holding her hands together , then surprisingly a seeming third hand was under her jumper and was moving up and down . |
| 18 | But the plan is for me to get a look in that van without , for the moment , the driver noticing anything wrong . ’ |
| 19 | But the plan is for us all to write a couple of things to put on an album . ’ |
| 20 | Hurtled The plan was for his main chute to open at 3,000ft but it did not open and he hurtled to conclusion of the association 's investigation was that he had failed to locate the ripcord handle . |
| 21 | In early August the plan was for it to stop at Didcot for servicing on Friday , September 11 , prior to leaving for Bournemouth that evening . |
| 22 | The work is for everyone — fit and not so fit — young and old . |
| 23 | When the Fates and the mood are for it no entity on earth can move with greater elephantine pondorosity than official Washington . |
| 24 | Besides , even those who argue that the answer to women 's dependency/op-pression in the home is for them to take outside jobs ( as if the sort of jobs open to most women were in any way more congenial and less exploitative than housework , except in so far as they are paid ) and put their children into publicly funded day-care centres , must surely allow that some women ( as well as men , of course ) would choose freely to look after children , otherwise how are the centres to be staffed ? |
| 25 | The second is that it is in relation to this period that one finds a quite separate account of the origins of the Muftilik advanced , namely Katib Celebi 's view that the office originated not with Molla Fenari in Bursa or Fahreddin Acemi in Edirne but rather with Hizir Bey in Istanbul , the Muftilik being for his tenure , and for some time alter , a to the post of kadi of Istanbul , of which he was the first holder . |
| 26 | Gloucester Place seemed awash with the carriages of other guests attending the ball and Emily chafed as she sat waiting impatiently to move on , watched by ladies ' maids and servants of the lower orders who seemed to think that the spectacle was for their pleasure . |
| 27 | Cos the purpose of the exercise is for us to see how far we 've come , but the most important purpose of the exercise is to determine where we wan na go . |
| 28 | At a public meeting last September he suggested that saying ‘ they ought to do something about it ’ was pointless , and boldly proposed that the only way to save the shop was for everyone in the village to club together and buy it . |
| 29 | Resource-based learning places the pupil in the active mode , but equally its demand on the teacher is for his full creative involvement . |
| 30 | The envelope contained cash , and the cash was for her . |