Example sentences of "be [noun] for [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stress on Levi 's insensitivity to religion is allowed to suggest that all Jews are religious , and there are readers for whom this might signal the corollary that all Jews are Zionists , and are likely to be supporters of Israeli government policy . |
| 2 | The detailed points raised by the hon. Member for Linlithgow ( Mr. Dalyell ) are matters for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs , who will have heard what the hon. Gentleman has said . |
| 3 | Admissions to the United Kingdom are matters for our right hon. Friend the Home Secretary . |
| 4 | There had been cries for his public execution but Jamel Mobuto had made it quite clear that Ngune would be tried and , if found guilty , sentenced to life imprisonment . |
| 5 | All she can do is tack forward and crash into him , which would be suicide for them all . |
| 6 | If I do n't get back and find Jeff soon it 'll be time for my last bus and I ca n't go without seeing him . |
| 7 | But there are professionals for whom this is a daily task , for them Trend have made an adjustable letter box template . |
| 8 | Four-course meals that last four hours are marathons for everyone concerned . |
| 9 | No there 's they were , they were called but they were agents for their own ships . |
| 10 | They may be resented or hated , but there is admiration for their supposed ‘ industriousness ’ , ‘ ambitiousness ’ , ‘ enterprise ’ , ‘ family values ’ , ‘ respect and care for their elderly ’ , ‘ respect for authority ’ , and so on . |
| 11 | There 's room for them all to do well in this place , that 's the thing . |
| 12 | Is meet for them that would be taken wise : |
| 13 | As there is acclamation for my hon. Friend , I am delighted to give way . |
| 14 | It is true that Spinoza is famous for having denied the existence of final causes in nature in the sense in which Aristotle believed in them , that is purposes for which each thing existed . |
| 15 | And there is room for them all to do better than each other . |
| 16 | Another feeling , which is much more likely if you talk about my character , would be that I ca n't give anything more to this ensemble , that it 's time for someone fresher to guide these people in the right direction . |
| 17 | Welcome back : And it 's time for our third and last look backstage at the hit musical Barnum . |
| 18 | Her second feeling was pity for her murdered and mutilated cousin and her third feeling was one of fear . |
| 19 | The unknown friend was meat for their curious excitement . |
| 20 | Though Sparkes was game for his first homosexual experience , his thick Yorkshire accent and humorous attitude to life left Minton undone with laughter and not very much happened . |
| 21 | Henry II , moreover , had performed homage while King and although it was homage for his continental possessions and not for his kingdom , this was a step to which none of his predecessors as Kings of England had ever steeled themselves . |
| 22 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by civilised preliminaries such as visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners . |
| 23 | It was sex for its own sake , pure and ungarnished by visits to the cinema or candlelit dinners |
| 24 | There was food for his enfeebled eyes . |
| 25 | Work , sport and social activities ran easily side by side , There was time for them all — after I 'd absorbed father 's time-mentality . |
| 26 | It was time for someone new to take over . |
| 27 | Now it was time for our first venture out ; luckily the yard was situated amidst very quiet roads , and my husband John had been loaned a schoolmaster called Paddy to act as escort . |
| 28 | At home he did n't spook at bright blue barrels , a wall or planks , so we decided it was time for our first party . |